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diff --git a/fonts-x11/ttf-mensch/DETAILS b/fonts-x11/ttf-mensch/DETAILS new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..cc9601c916 --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts-x11/ttf-mensch/DETAILS @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ + SPELL=ttf-mensch + VERSION=1 + SOURCE_IGNORE=unversioned + SOURCE="mensch.ttf" + SOURCE_URL[0]=http://robey.lag.net/downloads/${SOURCE} + SOURCE_HASH=sha512:5525beb76b4d49bd1cb4cfb105d513ebe5e6e7c2faa9c66967440c7a849587c74b8568fa2b81d4500e776078a35f70cf83d28dd6d670e9ae91bb69ece36a3c53 +SOURCE_DIRECTORY="${BUILD_DIRECTORY}/${SPELL}" + WEB_SITE="http://robey.lag.net/2010/06/21/mensch-font.html" + LICENSE[0]=Freely Distributable + ENTERED=20140518 + SHORT="a console font based on MacOS X's Menlo font" +cat << EOF +The latest MacOS release (10.6, or “Snow Leopard”) comes with a new +monospace font. It’s called “Menlo” and it’s a slightly modified +form of the standard Linux font (with appropriately weightly Linux name) +“DejaVu Sans Serif Mono”, which is itself an updated form of Bitstream +Vera Sans Mono. Apple’s modifications are a definite improvement to my +eyes, mostly because they thicken up some of the wispier glyphs from DejaVu, +like the underline and period. + +The Mensch font is based on Menlo and is modified as follows: + + * Zero is back to being a circle with a dot in the middle. * The + ampersand’s loop was closed. That was also bugging me. * Three is rendered + in the gothic style, because the gothic style is clearly + superior. + * Lowercase L is drawn in a more traditional style (the Menlo variant looks + bizarre to me), and one is turned gothic. I think the original artist + drew the L weirdly to make it extremely clear that it’s not a one, but + if you draw a gothic one, the difference is obvious even with a simpler L. + * The bang, question, lowercase I, and lowercase J are made friendlier by + turning the dots into actual circles, not just blocks. + * Angle brackets are embiggened to facilitate languages like Java and C++ that + use them to enclose class names. They parallel parens and square brackets + in size now. + * Q and lowercase Q are made more distinct. Lowercase Q gets a little more + spunk. (This was a bit gratuitous.) +EOF |