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https://github.com/toxicfrog/ligaturizer
Programming Fonts with Ligatures added (& a script to add them to other fonts)
https://github.com/toxicfrog/ligaturizer
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Programming Fonts with Ligatures added (& a script to add them to other fonts)
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/toxicfrog/ligaturizer
- Owner: ToxicFrog
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2017-08-08T05:19:28.000Z (about 7 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-06-13T23:34:04.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-09-30T20:41:03.876Z (3 days ago)
- Topics: coding-fonts, font, font-ligatures, ligatures, monospace-font, programming-font, programming-fonts
- Language: Python
- Size: 16.1 MB
- Stars: 2,226
- Watchers: 34
- Forks: 113
- Open Issues: 25
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Ligaturizer #
**Add ligatures to any coding font!**
This script copies the ligatures (glyphs and rendering information) from [Fira Code](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode) into any other TrueType or OpenType font. (Note that the ligatures are scale-corrected, but otherwise copied as is from Fira Code; it doesn't create new ligature graphics based on the font you're modifying.)
This repo contains a [Fontforge python script](ligaturize.py) that you can use to add the Fira Code ligatures to any font, as well as submodules for some popular coding fonts and [another script](build.py) for ligaturizing all of them at once.
Pre-ligaturized versions are available under [releases](https://github.com/ToxicFrog/Ligaturizer/releases).
Here's a couple examples of the fonts generated: SF Mono & Menlo with ligatures (note the `!=` and `->`):
## Requirements ##
**This Repo**: You'll need the repo and its submodules, so `git clone` with `--recurse-submodules`.
**Using the Fonts**: See the [FiraCode README](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode) for a list of supported editors.
**Script**: This script requires FontForge python bindings. For Debian/Ubuntu they are available in `python-fontforge` package. For OpenSUSE and NixOS, they are included in the `fontforge` package. For macOS, they are available via brew (`brew install fontforge`).
## Using the Script ##
### Automatic ###
Use automatic mode to easily convert 1 or more font(s).
1. Put the font(s) you want into `fonts/`.
1. Edit `ligatures.py` to disable any ligatures you don't want, and/or enable any (non-ligature) characters you want from Fira Code in addition to the ligatures.
1. Edit `build.py` to add your new font(s) to the `prefixed_fonts` list. It supports globbing, so if (e.g.) you want to ligaturize all the different weights of FooFont you can add `'FooFont*'` to the list.
1. Run `make`.
1. Retrieve the ligaturized fonts from `fonts/output/`.
1. The output fonts will be renamed with the prefix "Liga".
### Manual ###
1. Move/copy the font you want to ligaturize into `fonts/` (or somewhere else convenient).
1. Edit `ligatures.py` to disable any ligatures you don't want.
1. Run the script:
```
$ fontforge -lang py -script ligaturize.py path/to/input/font.ttf
--output-dir=path/to/output/dir/ \
--output-name='Name of Ligaturized Font'
```
e.g.
```
$ fontforge -lang py -script ligaturize.py fonts/Cousine-Regular.ttf
--output-dir='fonts/output/' \
--output-name='Ligaturized Cousine'
```
Which will produce `fonts/output/LigaturizedCousine-Regular.ttf`.
The font weight will be inherited from the original file; the font name will be replaced with whatever you specified in `--output-name`. You can also use `--prefix` instead, in which case the original name will be preserved and whatever you put in `--prefix` will be prepended to it.
`ligatures.py` supports some additional command line options to (e.g.) change which font ligatures are copied from or enable copying of individual character glyphs; run `fontforge -lang=py ligaturize.py --help` to list them.
## Misc. ##
### Credit ###
This script was originally written by [IlyaSkriblovsky](https://github.com/IlyaSkriblovsky) for adding ligatures to DejaVuSans Mono ([dv-code-font](https://github.com/IlyaSkriblovsky/dv-code-font)). [Navid Rojiani](https://github.com/rojiani) made a few changes to generalize the script so that it works for any font. [ToxicFrog](https://github.com/ToxicFrog) has made a large number of contributions.
### Contributions ###
Contributions always welcome! Please submit a Pull Request, or create an Issue if you have an idea for a feature/enhancement (or bug).
### Related Projects ###
For more awesome programming fonts with ligatures, check out:
1. [FiraCode](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode)
2. [Hasklig](https://github.com/i-tu/Hasklig)