https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack-windows-installer

A Windows installer for the Hack typeface
https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack-windows-installer

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A Windows installer for the Hack typeface

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack-windows-installer
• Owner: source-foundry
• License: mit
• Created: 2016-04-23T16:23:50.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-03-06T18:53:41.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T15:23:11.895Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: font, installer
• Language: Inno Setup
• Homepage:
• Size: 2.22 MB
• Stars: 739
• Watchers: 44
• Forks: 74
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE-Hack.txt

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# Hack Windows Installer

A Windows installer for the [Hack](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack) typeface.

While it might seem like overkill to use a Windows installer for fonts, there is good reason for this on the Windows platform. A number of things can go wrong when one tries to install or update frequently updated fonts manually (see [issue #152](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack/issues/152), [issue #129](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack/issues/129) and [issue #362](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack/issues/362) in the [Hack repository](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack/)). 

This installer addresses nearly all of the [commonly obeserved issues](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack-windows-installer/blob/master/FontInstallationIssues.md).

## Usage

- Download `HackFontsWindowsInstaller.exe` from [Releases](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack-windows-installer/releases/latest)

- Double click `HackFontsWindowsInstaller.exe`

- If you see a *Windows protected your PC* message, click on `More info` and select `Run anyway`. This *Windows SmartScreen warning* can be safely ignored, the installer is virus and addware free (see VirusTotal report for each release) 

- Follow the installation instructions

- If a font file was installed or removed, the installer will request a reboot

## Installer Source

You may review the comment annotated installer source in [HackWindowsInstaller.iss](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack-windows-installer/blob/master/src/HackWindowsInstaller.iss).

To build this setup yourself, download the most recent ANSI (not Unicode) version of [Inno Setup](http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php). Install it and activate the option to install the [Inno Setup Preprocessor](http://www.jrsoftware.org/ispphelp/). Double-click `HackWindowsInstall.iss` (folder `src`), which will load it in Inno Setup and select *Build* - *Compile*.

We release the compiled installer with its SHA256 hash digest and [VirusTotal](https://virustotal.com/en/) malware scan report link in [Releases](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack-windows-installer/releases/latest).

## Silent Installation

To install silently, use the following command:

 ``start /wait HackFontsWindowsInstaller.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART /CLOSEAPPLICATIONS /NORESTARTAPPLICATIONS``

To remove it silently:

 ``C:\Program Files\Hack Fonts\unins000.exe /VERYSILENT /SUPPRESSMSGBOXES /NORESTART``

## Troubleshooting

The installer creates a log file on the path `C:\Users\ (Username) \AppData\Local\Temp\Setup Log (Year-Month-Day) #XXX.txt` with full information, as well as `C:\Program Files\Hack Fonts\Log-FontData.txt`. The later only contains a subset of the first. 

If you are using EMET: If the "Only trusted fonts" option is activated, you need to declare Hack as trusted or it will not be usable.

## Contributions

Any constructive contribution is very welcome! 

In order to fix a bug you have encountered, we require the log file. To view this log file, do the following:

- Open the folder `C:\Program Files\Hack Fonts` (or `C:\Program Files\Hack Windows Installer` if you installed it before 1.6.0)

- Locate the file called `Log-FontData.txt`

- Open a new [issue](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack-windows-installer/issues/new)

- Paste the entire text of the log file  

## License

Copyright © 2016-2018 [Michael Hex](http://www.texhex.info/) / Source Foundry. Licensed under the **MIT License**. For details, please see [LICENSE.txt](https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack-windows-installer/blob/master/LICENSE.txt).