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NOTICE: github namespace recently changed from +agarick+ to blobject.

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version 37, 06 jan 2021 \

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agave is a fixed-width outline typeface, designed and produced by [[https://b.agaric.net/about][type agaric]].

Free to use, peruse, and diffuse -- everything (font files, glyph designs, glyph databases, and documentation) is released under the [[/LICENSE][MIT license]].

more about: [[https://b.agaric.net/page/agave]]

** install

The ~.ttf~ font files can be found at either of:

• https://github.com/blobject/agave/releases/latest
• https://github.com/blobject/agave/tree/master/dist

Please install according to common procedures specified by your platform. Maybe these pages might help: [[https://repology.org/project/fonts:agave/versions][repology]], [[https://www.howtogeek.com/192980/how-to-install-remove-and-manage-fonts-on-windows-mac-and-linux][howtogeek]].

** sample

• 2160x1440 screen resolution, 200 dpi, freetype v2.10.4, libXft v2.3.3, libpng v1.6.37, gimp v2.10.20

glyph distinction in ASCII

[[/pub/ascii.png]]

code, sampling C syntax (emacs v27.1, height 55)

[[/pub/code.png]]

terminal (alacritty v0.6.0, size 5.5)

[[/pub/term.png]]

literary text, sampling ASCII, Greek, Cyrillic, and Czech (alacritty v0.6.0, size 5.5)

[[/pub/lit.png]]

cataclysm: dark days ahead (alacritty v0.6.0, size 5.5)

[[/pub/cdda.png]]

unicode (alacritty v0.6.0, size 5.5)

[[/pub/uni.png]]

in the wild: \ /(particular glyph shapes may be out of date)/

• https://www.programmingfonts.org/#agave
• https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/hb4ib9/i3gaps_pywal_is_a_blessing/
• https://k1ss.org/screenshots (Mike Emanuelli's)
• https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/ft1iu5/stumpwm_preparing_for_the_end_times/
• https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1266904#p1266904

** build

For example, with the Regular variant:

• Open ~src/agave-r.sfd~ in FontForge.
• Click File --> Generate Fonts --> pick TrueType, No Bitmap Fonts, No Rename --> /Options:/ pick TrueType Hints, PS Glyph Names, OpenType --> Generate.
  • You might see (and can ignore, I think) some warnings about non-integral coordinates, etc.
• Hint the generated font file using ttfautohint.
  • Assuming the generated file is ~raw.ttf~, run ~ttfautohint -v -t raw.ttf Agave-Regular.ttf~

** naming

• type agaric opted for a slightly eponymic name for their first typeface.
• "Agave" refers either to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave][green plant]] or to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave_(Theban_princess)][daughter of Kadmos]] in mythology.
• agave is sister to [[https://github.com/blobject/autonoe][autonoe]] and [[https://github.com/blobject/ino][ino]].

** discussion

Feel free to use the [[https://github.com/blobject/agave/issues][issue tracker]] to voice your feedback, questions, and suggestions. Or contact type agaric via email at [email protected]=.

** thanks

... foremost to [[https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/][bc]], [[https://inkscape.org/][Inkscape]], [[http://ttfautohint.com/][ttfautohint]], and [[https://fontforge.org/][FontForge]] as I relied on them to respectively measure, draw, hint, and generate agave,

to GitHub for hosting this repo,

and to all the users ♥