[Pkg-fonts-devel] Bug#780233: Bug#780233: fonts-inconsolata: Please package v1.014 from Google Font Directory

[Christoph Haag]

Dear all,

On 19/10/15 16:11, Maximiliano Curia wrote:
> Christoph, what was the exact procedure needed to convert obtain the
> sfdir format from the inconsolata font? Is there any data lost in the
> process?

For Inconsolata I created the fontforge sources from the available 
truetype formats, which were the ones most up-to-date 
(http://git.io/vWePO). Exact procedure: opening with fontforge save as 
sfdir. When preparing files for fontain.org I prefer sfd/sfdir, ufo, 
otf, ttf in this this order. The vbf sources often available are 
exclusive to FontLab, as far as I know.

IMPORTANT: main incentive for fontain.org is the possibility to export 
fonts to necessary formats, e.g. for use with LaTeX, in a easy way and 
create a interface to browse converted fonts. Collecting the sources is 
a side effect and I try my best to have the versions in the repository 
up-to-date (already not true for Inconsolata). Therefore the sources 
should not be considered a 'fork' but a 'mirror'.


Best regards,
Christoph



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