https://github.com/pebble-dev/renaissance

A raster font family for Pebble
https://github.com/pebble-dev/renaissance

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A raster font family for Pebble

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pebble-dev/renaissance
• Owner: pebble-dev
• License: other
• Created: 2017-01-17T01:18:26.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-01-28T13:29:23.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-28T14:28:19.881Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: font, font-files
• Language: Python
• Homepage: http://renaissance.rebble.io/
• Size: 352 KB
• Stars: 13
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# Renaissance

![An image showing a comparison between different sizes of the font.](samples.png)

A (mostly) metrically compatible replacement for Raster Gothic Condensed in Pebble font format.

Please see the [wiki](https://github.com/pebble-dev/renaissance/wiki) for more information.

## Metrical Compatibility

Renaissance needs to be _mostly_ metrically compatible. This means that the

entire basic ASCII set & symbols should have the same `advance` number and the

same baseline/x-height/etc. However, some Latin-extended characters, such as

those with certain diacritics, may be slightly different.

In order to improve legibility, Renaissance 9 explicitly does _not_

follow the goal of metrical compatibility.

## Design

I'm by no means a type designer. If you'd like to raise any concern about the

font (especially concerning diacritics), _please_ let me know!

Here are some guidelines for Renaissance's design:

- No stroke modulation (all strokes in a glyph should be the same width)

    - Except diacritics & certain characters like @, especially in small sizes.

- Grotesque-ish style

- Comparatively short ascenders/descenders (1/3 to 1/2 x-height.)

- Legibility is just as important as consistency.

- When a diacritic can't be centered over a character, move it right.

    - Except characters like g where it might interfere

      (e.g. double-story lowercase g)

- All characters should be available in all fonts (some fonts are

  missing the `×` character)

    - Exception: Renaissance 9 needn't contain all diacritics because they may

      be hard to tell apart at that size.

- Carons must _always_ be distinguishable from breves. (NB: Breves don't exist in 09.)

- Renaissance aims for friendlier-looking lowercase letters like `b` in large

  sizes, meaning that the curvature of the bowl should be the same on both sides.

## Copyright concerns

To my best understanding, only outline fonts are protected by US intellectual

property law. Nevertheless, Renaissance is a from-scratch remake of

Gothic Condensed—not a simple copy of it. Either way, most characters will look

similar, and others will even be the exact same: there simply aren't infinite

ways to represent a given character within a given bitmap.