@ibm/plex-sans-variable
v0.1.0
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The package of IBM’s typeface, IBM Plex Sans Variable
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IBM Plex Sans Var 1.0
Using pre-compiled ttf fonts
Pre-compiled binaries are supplied in the fonts
folder.
The pre-compiled ttf fonts contain several enhancements that are not included when compiling source files yourself:
- Variable TrueType hint instructions for better rendering on Windows;
- Alternate forms for glyphs
naira
,won
andfraction
that are automatically shown when using particular widths; - A
stat
table containing names of all instances that is used to show these instances in font menus; - A
meta
table.
Building fonts from source
UFO source files are supplied in the sources
folder.
Requirements
To build binary font files from the supplied UFO sources you need fontmake. Fonts in this release have been generated with fontmake 1.9.1.
Building
Run build.sh
from the command line. This will compile both IBMPlexSansVar-Roman.ttf and IBMPlexSansVar-Italic.ttf in a new folder called variable_ttf
.
IBM Telemetry
This package uses IBM Telemetry to collect de-identified and anonymized metrics data. By installing this package as a dependency you are agreeing to telemetry collection. To opt out, see Opting out of IBM Telemetry data collection. For more information on the data being collected, please see the IBM Telemetry documentation.