be5invis/Iosevka v3.0.0-rc.1

Iosevka, version 3.0.0-rc.1

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Modifications since version 2.x

• 3.0.0-rc.1

  • The packaging and spacing is significantly changed:
    • Iosevka → Kept, but made arrows and geometric symbols wide.
    • Iosevka Term → Iosevka Fixed.
    • Iosevka TermLig → Iosevka Term.
    • Iosevka Type → Removed.
    • Iosevka CC → Removed.
  • Fix “Lucida” style's one character.
  • Added weight “Book”.
  • Fix broken shape of heavy curly V, etc.
  • Improve double-line arrow ligations.
  • Add diamond-shaped <> ligation, and enabled that for Haskell.
  • Added bar-less u variants, and JetBrains Mono:
    • Assigned cv90 to this variant.
    • Assigned ss14 to the stylistic set.

• 3.0.0-beta.3

  • Made the curly-bar variant via OpenType tag ss20.
  • Alias U+2B95 to U+27A1.
  • Add symbol U+22DA, U+22DB, U+23B0, U+23B1, etc.
  • Finished the unicode block that supports retro computer characters.
  • Building: The shape weight is now a continuous space.

• 3.0.0-beta.2

  • Fix horn connection on O-horn with tone marks: Ờ ờ Ớ ớ Ở ở Ỡ ỡ Ợ ợ.
  • Optimize the anchor position of R and ɏ (U+024F).

• 3.0.0-beta.1

  • Fix the shape of Rrotunda (U+A75A) and rrotunda (U+A75B).
  • Make curly k under Slab variants look more different than the straight ones.
  • Fixed minor stroke overflow on A.
  • Fix O-hook connection.
  • Add more math symbols (≺, ≻, ⊏, ⊐, etc.) for Agda.

• 3.0.0-alpha.5

  • Made hooks' terminal flat, which applies to a, c, e, etc.
  • Add variant selector for f: v-f-serifed.
  • Add variant selectors for r: v-r-standard, v-r-serifed, v-r-top-serifed.
  • Fix various r-related glyphs' shape.
  • Fix shape of cursive k under Slab shape.
  • Fix Bulgarian Tse shape.
  • Add fwid and hwid for Powerline.
  • Default g to single-storey.

• 3.0.0-alpha.4

  • Added three-line ligation of === and !== for JavaScript, PHP, etc.
    • Default ligature set selector: ligset-javascript and ligset-php.
    • Cherry-picking configuration selector: eqeqeq and exeqeq.
    • OpenType tags: XJS0, XPHP.
  • Exposed curly-vs-straight letterform selectors.
    • OpenType tags are from cv70 to cv83.
  • Fixed style linking for extended variants.

• 3.0.0-alpha.3

  • Added ligation for ~>, <~, ~~>, etc.
  • Further refined the shapes of APL symbols.
  • Added old-style numbers. Feature onum and lnum are enabled.

• 3.0.0-alpha.2

  • Extended width will be built automatically and integrate into existing families.
  • Added more letter-like symbols: ⅋, ℂ, ℍ, ℙ, ℕ, ℚ, ℝ, ℤ, ℵ, ℶ.
  • Refine the height of brackets and symbols.
  • Renamed various variant selectors:
    • v-m-longleg → v-m-normal
    • v-one-hooky → v-one-nobase
    • v-one-serifed → v-one-base
    • v-seven-normal → v-seven-noserif
    • v-seven-force-serifed → v-seven-serifed
  • Added v-lig-ltgteq-flat (cv66) and v-lig-ltgteq-slanted (cv67) to change the shape of <= and >= ligation.

• 3.0.0-alpha.1

  • The letters k, x, v, A, etc. will now use straight legs by default. The “curly” families will keep the old shape.
  • Note this is a parameter difference rather than variant. So there won’t be a cv## or ss## variant selector.
  • Introduced a curly italic k with untagged variant v-k-italic.
  • Introduced ss12 OpenType tag for Ubuntu-Mono style as well as a prebuilt SS12 family.

Prebuilt Packages

Iosevka provides a large variety of variants. Prebuilt variants are described below.

• Spacing : How wide some specific characters are.
  • Default: The default variant with ligatures. Various symbols, like arrows and geometric, are wide (2-column).
  • Terminal (“Term”)：A narrower variant focusing terminal uses. Arrows and geometric symbols will be narrow to follow typical terminal usages.
  • Fixed: Exact monospace font without ligatures and wide glyphs. Since some environments cannot interpret Iosevka or Iosevka Term as monospace, and have difficulties with ligatures included, you can use Iosevka Fixed as an alternative.
• Shape : Key shape parameters:
  • Slab: Letters will contain slab serif.
  • Curly: Letters like k, x, v, A, R will have curly leg shapes.
• Ligatures : Whether the ligatures is included. The “no-ligature” variants are used for some Linux-based environments cannot handle ligatures correctly.
• Menu Name : The family name of the font in your OS after installation. If two variants share the same family name, they cannot be installed together.

Packages

Packaging Reorganization

Since Iosevka 3.0.0-rc.1, the following packaging reorganization is introduced:

• Iosevka Term → Iosevka Fixed.
• Iosevka TermLig → Iosevka Term.
• Iosevka Type → Removed.
• Iosevka CC → Removed.

The default Iosevka family's spacing is also updated to focus on code editing solely.