programmingfonts/README.md

Programming Fonts
================

Test drive programming fonts [online in your browser](https://www.programmingfonts.org/). The interactive counter part of the [Tumblr Blog](https://programmingfonts.tumblr.com).

ProgrammingFonts.org makes it easier to find monospaced fonts. All fonts in one place, with proper credits towards the creators. It's not a download portal, we don't track anything, it's strictly by nerds and designers for nerds and designers.

## Buy me a coffee 

☕️👌🏻

This website is powered by coffee. No ads, no tracking, no monetization. We do have some costs for domain name. And coffee. Gallons of coffee.
Please feel free to make a little [donation via PayPal](https://paypal.me/koenlageveen) to keep this labour of love running. It's much appreciated!

## Project layout / contributing

- All information about the fonts is stored in [fonts.json](https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/blob/gh-pages/fonts.json).
  - Which adheres to [a schema](https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/blob/gh-pages/fonts-schema.json).
- Font files are stored in [fonts/resources](https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/tree/gh-pages/fonts/resources).
  - We store only 4 variants (if available), in `.woff2` format (if available): regular, italic, bold, bold+italic
- All font files (and directories) are normalized to lowercase, without `-mono` unless it's really part of the name.
- The [fonts.less](https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/blob/gh-pages/fonts/stylesheets/fonts.less) registers the variants for each font "alias" and is used to generate the stylesheets.
- The license needs to allow serving in a website, or an agreement with the font creators needs to be made. If available we add the license along with the font files.
- Running `npm install && npm run test` checks the json and builds the stylesheet. 

## Todo's

There are some limitations to the current approach. For instance, we only load the default set for each font. So, mostly:

- It' currently not possible to explore different weights (e.g. Source Code Pro Light). 
- Open type alternatives for zero style, and other options (e.g. all the different variations possible with [Input Mono](https://input.fontbureau.com)) are not exposed.
- I would be nice to include more commercial fonts. Creators need to eat too, and not all the best fonts are open source. However, it is not always possible to arrange a license for usage of the font in this website.
- Character set coverage and other valuable information, e.g. if a font has true italics, is not exposed.
- Background info on each font can usually be found in the blog (ongoing project: adding this to the `description` property for each font).
Update README.md 2014-11-18 23:56:44 +01:00			`Programming Fonts`
Initial commit 2014-11-18 21:45:29 +01:00			`================`

Update README.md 2020-10-10 13:27:09 +02:00			`Test drive programming fonts [online in your browser](https://www.programmingfonts.org/). The interactive counter part of the [Tumblr Blog](https://programmingfonts.tumblr.com).`

			`ProgrammingFonts.org makes it easier to find monospaced fonts. All fonts in one place, with proper credits towards the creators. It's not a download portal, we don't track anything, it's strictly by nerds and designers for nerds and designers.`

			`## Buy me a coffee`

			`☕️👌🏻`

minor readme tweaks 2023-06-10 19:10:07 +02:00			`This website is powered by coffee. No ads, no tracking, no monetization. We do have some costs for domain name. And coffee. Gallons of coffee.`
more and better info 2022-02-26 22:05:42 +01:00			`Please feel free to make a little [donation via PayPal](https://paypal.me/koenlageveen) to keep this labour of love running. It's much appreciated!`
Update README.md 2020-10-10 13:27:09 +02:00
more and better info 2022-02-26 22:05:42 +01:00			`## Project layout / contributing`
Update README.md 2020-10-10 13:27:09 +02:00
			`- All information about the fonts is stored in [fonts.json](https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/blob/gh-pages/fonts.json).`
			`- Which adheres to [a schema](https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/blob/gh-pages/fonts-schema.json).`
			`- Font files are stored in [fonts/resources](https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/tree/gh-pages/fonts/resources).`
prefer woff2 these days 2023-05-20 12:10:53 +02:00			- We store only 4 variants (if available), in `.woff2` format (if available): regular, italic, bold, bold+italic
Update README.md 2020-10-10 13:27:09 +02:00			- All font files (and directories) are normalized to lowercase, without `-mono` unless it's really part of the name.
more and better info 2022-02-26 22:05:42 +01:00			`- The [fonts.less](https://github.com/braver/programmingfonts/blob/gh-pages/fonts/stylesheets/fonts.less) registers the variants for each font "alias" and is used to generate the stylesheets.`
			`- The license needs to allow serving in a website, or an agreement with the font creators needs to be made. If available we add the license along with the font files.`
			- Running `npm install && npm run test` checks the json and builds the stylesheet.
Update README.md 2020-10-10 13:27:09 +02:00
			`## Todo's`

			`There are some limitations to the current approach. For instance, we only load the default set for each font. So, mostly:`

			`- It' currently not possible to explore different weights (e.g. Source Code Pro Light).`
			`- Open type alternatives for zero style, and other options (e.g. all the different variations possible with [Input Mono](https://input.fontbureau.com)) are not exposed.`
Typo 2022-09-22 20:43:31 +02:00			`- I would be nice to include more commercial fonts. Creators need to eat too, and not all the best fonts are open source. However, it is not always possible to arrange a license for usage of the font in this website.`
Update README.md 2020-10-10 13:27:09 +02:00			`- Character set coverage and other valuable information, e.g. if a font has true italics, is not exposed.`
more and better info 2022-02-26 22:05:42 +01:00			- Background info on each font can usually be found in the blog (ongoing project: adding this to the `description` property for each font).