https://github.com/huertatipografica/piazzolla

Piazzolla type family
https://github.com/huertatipografica/piazzolla

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Piazzolla type family

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/huertatipografica/piazzolla
• Owner: huertatipografica
• License: ofl-1.1
• Created: 2019-12-10T12:58:02.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-01-13T09:40:50.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T05:11:55.489Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: fonts, type, typography
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://piazzolla.huertatipografica.com
• Size: 35 MB
• Stars: 104
• Watchers: 13
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Authors: AUTHORS.txt

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# Piazzolla font family

![Piazzolla](extra/Piazzolla.png)

Type system intended for optimizing the available space in press media and other publications. It has a compact appearance which allows for small font sizes and tight leading while achieving solid lines and robust paragraphs.

Piazzolla has a distinctive voice that conveys a personal style, especially in display sizes. It has great performance and readability in small point sizes and long texts, both for screen and printing.

## Download

- Download the latest version of [Piazzolla](https://github.com/huertatipografica/piazzolla/releases/latest/download/Piazzolla.zip) and [Piazzolla SC](https://github.com/huertatipografica/piazzolla/releases/latest/download/PiazzollaSC.zip)

- For older versions and the changelog, you can refer to the [releases section](https://github.com/juandelperal/piazzolla/releases)

## Contributing

#### Requirements

- Glyphs (for editing sources)

- Python 3 (for building fonts)

#### Setup

To run any of the commands, you need to generate the virtual environment (venv) and install dependencies. It will generate a `venv` folder

    python3 -m venv venv

    . venv/bin/activate

    pip install --upgrade pip

    pip install -r requirements.txt

#### Build ufos and generate fonts

To build the fonts there are several steps and all the process is being handled by a custom script. All the magic happens by running in terminal:

    bash build.sh

#### Running tests

for Variable Fonts

    fontbakery check-universal fonts/Piazzolla/variable/ttf/*

for Static Fonts

    fontbakery check-universal fonts/Piazzolla/static/ttf/*

for UFO sources (replace `UFO_PATH` for the ufo you want to check)

    fontbakery check-ufo-sources UFO_PATH