This is a small release that fixes a detail in the `m` character of
all the "motion" variants. It now has a tail at the bottom right
corner in addition to the top left serif. This is the same design used
wherever relevant, such as in the `n` and `u` glyphs.
Other than that, the rebuild is an attempt to fix the broken files
that appear on NixOS, as reported by Damien Cassou in issue 17:
<https://github.com/protesilaos/iosevka-comfy/issues/17>. I do not
know if this fixes the problem, but I cannot think of a better
approach. This is not reproducible on my end (Debian stable).
* It is difficult to build Iosevka Comfy
I made a lot of adjustments to preserve the aesthetics of Iosevka
Comfy while adapting them to the latest version of upstream Iosevka.
Users will now benefit from all the refinements made upstream.
Iosevka has a rapid release cycle. Almost every version introduces
some breaking change: a code point is repurposed to reference another
character or the numeric value of a character variant is modified to
point to another variant... To rebuild Iosevka Comfy, I have to
inspect every single character to ensure its code point AND numeric
variant are correct. This is a laborious task that takes several days
of testing all the fonts. Still, it is worth the effort as I get a set
of highly functional fonts in the process.
Another complication this time was on the hardware side of things. I
could not rebuild because I was running out of RAM and my computer
would crash. This stalled the current version for several months. I
finally got a new 16GB memory stick and was able to work on this project.
* Minor stylistic refinements
All the variants I provide are the same except for two small changes:
- The capital U in all the "motion" variants now uses the style I had
always intended. This is a rounded bottom with a serif at the top
left corner. In the previous version of Iosevka Comfy, this character
had a tail at the bottom right corner because upstream had changed
the numeric value of the variant. I either did not notice that in
the documentation at the time, or the documentation had not been
updated accordingly. I did spot the error back then after I had
rebuilt the fonts, but I was not going to put further stress on my
computer just for one character. Anyway, this change makes "motion"
variants have the desired rhythm throughout.
- All "duo" and "wide" variants have a capital 'i' ('I') with shorter
bars/serifs than the others (e.g. Iosevka Comfy and Iosevka Comfy
Motion). For the "duo" variants, this enforces tighter spacing around
that character, which is appropriate in a quasi-proportional font.
While for the "wide" variants, the same change improves the sense of
added space between characters and is easier to read at tiny point sizes.
This capital 'I' still has serifs to not be mistaken for the bar/pipe
character or for a cursor that is rendered in a vertical bar shape.
* Stylistic tweaks for the Greek alphabet
Greek characters have always been supported, though their style was
the same as that of upstream Iosevka. For many of those characters I
now introduce changes to make them fit better with their Latin
counterparts. The specifications are in the file 'private-build-plans.toml'.
- All fonts are now available in two more weights: medium and
semibold. Use them to refine your interfaces. This is in response to
the request for a medium weight made by madjxatw in issue 8 on the
GitHub mirror: <https://github.com/protesilaos/iosevka-comfy/issues/8>.
- Large portions of the build instructions have been rewritten to (i)
track the numerous and non-trivial breaking changes made by upstream
Iosevka and (ii) preserve the style of Iosevka Comfy.
- The latin long S (ſ) and the Latin sharp S, else Eszett (ß), are now
supported by Iosevka Comfy. Details of shape have been considered,
such that the reader does not conflate those characters with similar
ones (e.g. the sharp S with a Greek beta, an ampersand, or an 8).
- The slanted version of the ampersand looks the same as its upright
counterpart. This is a deviation from the previous version, where
this character looked like a flipped 3 with a flat top: I had
introduced that style by mistake and did not want to rebuild
everything just for it (rebuilding fonts is an expensive
operation---I spent 8 hours this time).
- Thanks to Raymond Ko for sending a patch to make Iosevka Comfy build
on top of Iosevka version 26.3.1. I installed it to register the
contribution in Git, though I eventually wrote the aforementioned
changes from scratch as the current development of Iosevka has more
breaking changes (the version was updated to 27.1.0 and more changes
were made on top). It was easier to review all code points, than to
assume some as fixed. Raymond send the patch on the mailing list:
<https://lists.sr.ht/~protesilaos/general-issues/patches/44816>.
As a note for future users, I am always keeping track of upstream
Iosevka, though I do not want to rebuild Iosevka Comfy too frequently.
Upstream has a policy of changing the code points practically every
few weeks, which then requires hours or days of testing on my end just
to keep Iosevka Comfy the same. If you try to build Iosevka Comfy
from source, make sure to use the commit in iosevka.git specified in
my project's README.md, as of this writing: this is the current
working version for me. Future versions of iosevka.git will probably
contain breaking changes. I will eventually adapt to them.
* Include table in the 'README.md' file that succinctly describes the
Iosevka Comfy variants. This is it:
| Family | Shapes | Spacing | Style | Ligatures |
|---------------------------------+--------+---------+------------+-----------|
| Iosevka Comfy | Sans | Compact | Monospaced | Yes |
| Iosevka Comfy Fixed | Sans | Compact | Monospaced | No |
| Iosevka Comfy Duo | Sans | Compact | Duospaced | Yes |
|---------------------------------+--------+---------+------------+-----------|
| Iosevka Comfy Motion | Slab | Compact | Monospaced | Yes |
| Iosevka Comfy Motion Fixed | Slab | Compact | Monospaced | No |
| Iosevka Comfy Motion Duo | Slab | Compact | Duospaced | Yes |
|---------------------------------+--------+---------+------------+-----------|
| Iosevka Comfy Wide | Sans | Wide | Monospaced | Yes |
| Iosevka Comfy Wide Fixed | Sans | Wide | Monospaced | No |
| Iosevka Comfy Wide Duo | Sans | Wide | Duospaced | Yes |
|---------------------------------+--------+---------+------------+-----------|
| Iosevka Comfy Wide Motion | Slab | Wide | Monospaced | Yes |
| Iosevka Comfy Wide Motion Fixed | Slab | Wide | Monospaced | No |
| Iosevka Comfy Wide Motion Duo | Slab | Wide | Duospaced | Yes |
* Review all glyph codes to preserve the font's style in light of the
numerous breaking stages in the main Iosevka repository. An example
of such a change is when 'cv20 = 2' has a different style than what
it used to or when the 'cvXX' refers to another character than what
it once did.
* Ensure the lower case italic form of 'f' has a crossbar at the
x-height. This is how its roman counterpart is: it aligns with 'i'
and 't'.
* Make the capital 'B' in all the "motion" variants (slab serif families)
consist of two symmetric chambers. This is consistent with the sans
serif variants of Iosevka Comfy.
* Revise the 'f' in the "motion" variants to be the same as their sans
serif counterparts. The reason is that the previous glyph was
closed at the top and was thus harder to read at small point sizes.
* Change the italic forms of lower case 'v', 'w', 'x', and 'z' from
curly to straight across all the variants. This is to ensure a
consistent rhythm in all contexts between upper and lower case
characters as well as upright and slanted forms.
* Let capital 'W' have a middle joint below the height of its two
sides in order to be consistent with capital 'M' and the lower case
'w'.
* Adjust the bar character '|' (also known as "pipe") to have no slope
in italic forms. The intent is to disambiguate it from the forward
slash. Also, the pipe can now be used in plain text tables even if
those are italicised (e.g. a comment in programming code).
* Declare the Iosevka Comfy Wide Motion Duo as a slab serif font.
This affects characters that are not explicitly defined in our list
of overrides.
* Clarify some comments in the build plan of Iosevka Comfy to better
describe the intended looks of the referenced characters.
* Make necessary adjustments to handle backward-incompatible changes
in upstream Iosevka. The intent is to preserve the aesthetic of
Iosevka Comfy.
* Introduce the "wide motion" superset of font families. This is
another triplet that consists of (i) a regular monospaced style with
support for ligatures and some wide glyphs like arrows, (ii) a fixed
spaced monospaced variant that does not support ligatures or any
wide glyphs, and (ii) a quasi-proportional ("duospaced") variant
that preserves some of the rigidity of its monospaced counterparts
but allows certain glyphs to occupy their natural width. The
project's README describes all the variants on offer.
There are no user-facing changes in this release. Though I had to
test everything again and make sure to adapt to upstream's breaking
changes.
Given this update, I am removing some files that had stayed behind
from a previous release.
* Made the '@' and '%' characters wider in the font families
'iosevka-comfy-duo', 'iosevka-comfy-motion-duo', 'iosevka-comfy-wide',
'iosevka-comfy-wide-fixed', 'iosevka-comfy-wide-duo'. This is
consistent with their design, which has wider glyphs and/or more
generous spacing.
* Built using upstream Iosevka 'v16.3.4', commit 'ad1e247a'.
The rest of the design remains the same as before. Read the detailed
release notes for version 1.0.0:
<https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2022-09-14-iosevka-comfy-1-0-0/>.
Breaking change about vertical spacing
--------------------------------------
I no longer override the line height established by upstream Iosevka.
This means that all the font families provided by the Iosevka Comfy
project are the same as Iosevka in terms of vertical spacing.
This change is necessary to conform with recent developments upstream.
Those affected Iosevka Comfy in two ways:
1. Capital letters with accents would no longer be rendered in full.
The accent would be cropped. I tried some modest adjustments to the
relevant variable, but the problem would still occur at certain point
sizes.
2. The "wide" families no longer had the same vertical spacing as the
others. This is a regression from what we used to have. I do not
want the various families of this project to be radically different,
so such a deviation is unacceptable.
New families and reorganisation into triplets
---------------------------------------------
I added two new families: 'iosevka-comfy-motion-fixed' and
'iosevka-comfy-wide-duo'. These complete the set of the three stylistic
variants provided by this project.
These triplets follow the naming scheme 'NAME{,-fixed,-duo}'. The base
name is monospaced and supports ligatures. The "fixed" one is strictly
monospaced so as to work with all terminal emulators: it does not
support ligatures. And the "duo" is quasi-proportionately spaced, while
supporting ligatures.
1. The **compact, sans-serif** set:
- 'iosevka-comfy' is monospaced and supports ligatures. Apart from
ligatures, it allows certain special glyphs, such as arrows, to
occupy more than one block.
- 'iosevka-comfy-fixed' is like 'iosevka-comfy' albeit strictly
monospaced and thus does not support ligatures. All glyphs are
exactly the same width. Use this if you prefer it or if your
application (e.g. terminal emulator) does not recognise
'iosevka-comfy' as a monospaced font.
- 'iosevka-comfy-duo' is quasi-proportional and supports ligatures. The
naturally narrow glyphs, such as 'i', are allowed to occupy their
natural width instead of one space.
2. The **compact, serif** set:
- 'iosevka-comfy-motion' is monospaced and supports ligatures. It is
like 'iosevka-comfy' but with lots of small tweaks that add serifs
and tailed ends to relevant glyphs. Put simply, it is the serified
counterpart of 'iosevka-comfy'.
- 'iosevka-comfy-motion-fixed' is the serif equivalent of the
aforementioned 'iosevka-comfy-fixed'.
- 'iosevka-comfy-motion-duo' is the serif equivalent of
'iosevka-comfy-duo'.
3. The **wide, sans-serif** set:
- 'iosevka-comfy-wide' is the same as 'iosevka-comfy' except it is
noticeably wider. It also looks taller than 'iosevka-comfy' even
though both variants fit the same number of lines on a screen.
- 'iosevka-comfy-wide-fixed' is the "wide" counterpart of the
'iosevka-comfy-fixed' family.
- 'iosevka-comfy-wide-duo' is the "wide" counterpart of the
'iosevka-comfy-duo' family.
Inter-font consistency
----------------------
I ensured that all fonts feel part of the same project. The stylistic
differences between them are subtle and, generally, only go in one
direction (e.g. the "motion" triplet just adds some serifs while
retaining the main skeleton).
Simplification of the README and update to the demo pictures
------------------------------------------------------------
I rewrote the README to omit some of its more technical sections. It
now is simpler as it focuses on describing what this project offers.
The README also includes links to all official sources of the project.
Furthermore, I updated the sample screen shots to better showcase the
three variants mentioned above:
<https://protesilaos.com/emacs/iosevka-comfy-pictures>.
Miscellaneous
-------------
The README now suggests a shallow clone of the git repo. Keeping a
version history of lots of .ttf files is not ideal.
Advanced users who plan to tweak the 'private-build-plans.toml' and then
build their own fonts, may be interested in the shell one-liner I use to
build the font files:
for i in iosevka-comfy{,-motion,-wide}{,-fixed,-duo} ; do npm run build -- ttf::$i ; done
This is invoked from the root of the iosevka.git repo and works with my
'private-build-plans.toml'.
The backronym of Iosevka COMFY is: Iosevka (Could Only Modify a Font, Yes)
Changes upstream affected our override of the 'leading' variable to the
effect that some point sizes would crop accents over capital letters.
Also, the "wide" variants no longer occupied the same lines as the
others, which is a regression based on what we had before. I do not
want the "wide" ones to be a different font.
This is not yet part of a release. I might make further changes.
* Created a dedicated page for sample pictures of the fonts:
<https://protesilaos.com/emacs/iosevka-comfy-pictures>.
* Revised the proportions of the fonts to have a marginally less compact
vertical spacing. The intent is to fix the display of accents over
capital letters, such as ÀÄÃÁÖÕ. This issue was discussed on the
mailing list. Thanks to inwit for bringing the matter to my
attention:
<https://lists.sr.ht/~protesilaos/general-issues/%3CCMG66XYLH7MO.2T0058JIS1343%40bisio%3E>.
* Made sweeping changes to Iosevka Comfy Motion and Iosevka Comfy Motion
Duo to address their [subtle] inconsistencies and enforce a uniform
style throughout their glyphs. Put simply, the "motion" variants are
the pseudo-serif counterparts of base Iosevka Comfy and Iosevka Comfy
Duo, respectively.
* Rebuilt all font files based on Iosevka 'v16.2.0', commit 'b7a59ee4'
on 2022-09-10.
* Updated the README to reflect the aforementioned.
* * *
Reminder of the font families on offer:
* 'iosevka-comfy' is monospaced and supports ligatures. Apart from
ligatures, it allows certain glyphs, such as arrows, to occupy more
than one block.
* 'iosevka-comfy-motion' is like 'iosevka-comfy' but with lots of small
tweaks that add serifs and tailed ends to relevant glyphs. Put sipmly
this is the pseudo-serif version of the otherwise sans-serif base
style.
* 'iosevka-comfy-duo' is quasi-proportional and supports ligatures. The
naturally wide glyphs, such as 'i', are allowed to occupy their
natural width instead of one space.
* 'iosevka-comfy-motion-duo' is like 'iosevka-comfy-duo' but with the
serified style of 'iosevka-comfy-motion'.
* 'iosevka-comfy-fixed' is like 'iosevka-comfy' albeit strictly
monospaced and thus does not support ligatures. All glyphs are
exactly the same width. Use this if you prefer it or if your
application (e.g. terminal emulator) does not recognise
'iosevka-comfy' as a monospaced font.
* 'iosevka-comfy-wide' is the same as 'iosevka-comfy' except it is
noticeably wider. It also looks taller than 'iosevka-comfy' even
though both variants fit the same number of lines on a screen.
* 'iosevka-comfy-wide-fixed' same as 'iosevka-comfy-wide' though it is
strictly monospaced and does not support ligatures.
- Rebuilt all files using upstream Iosevka version 'v16.0.2', commit
'2f48331f'. This is done to incorporate the latest changes (although
they do not affect Iosevka Comfy).
- Designed a new stylistic "motion" variant. Select glyphs are curlier
and/or have tailed ends and serifs, giving a more playful and fluid
impression. By comparison, standard Iosevka Comfy is austere.
The new variants are (i) 'iosevka-comfy-motion', which is largely
monospaced and supports ligatures, and (ii) 'iosevka-comfy-motion-duo'
which is quasi-proportional in its spacing.
The variants in brief:
- 'iosevka-comfy' is monospaced and supports ligatures. Apart from
ligatures, it allows certain glyphs, such as arrows, to occupy more
than one block.
- 'iosevka-comfy-motion' is like 'iosevka-comfy' but with lots of small
tweaks that add serifs and tailed ends to give a more playful
impression.
- 'iosevka-comfy-duo' is quasi-proportional and supports ligatures. The
naturally wide glyphs, such as 'm', are allowed to occupy two blocks
instead of one.
- 'iosevka-comfy-motion-duo' is like 'iosevka-comfy-duo' but with the
more playful style of 'iosevka-comfy-motion'.
- 'iosevka-comfy-fixed' is like 'iosevka-comfy' albeit strictly
monospaced and thus does not support ligatures. All glyphs are
exactly the same width. Use this if you prefer it or if your
application (e.g. terminal emulator) does not recognise
'iosevka-comfy' as a monospaced font.
- 'iosevka-comfy-wide' is the same as 'iosevka-comfy' except it is
noticeably wider. It also looks taller than 'iosevka-comfy' even
though both variants fit the same number of lines on a screen.
- 'iosevka-comfy-wide-fixed' same as 'iosevka-comfy-wide' though it is
strictly monospaced and does not support ligatures.
- Updated all screen shots and reworked the README to better present the
stylistic variants of Iosevka Comfy.
- The comparison between regular Iosevka and Iosevka Comfy now uses a
larger font height and displays line numbers. These help illustrate how
Iosevka Comfy is more compact than its counterpart (compactness is more
economical, but also prevents rivers of negative space from flowing
through the lines; rivers which I find incredibly annoying).
* Changed the 'a' glyph from a single to a double storey design. The
previous implementation had two problems: (1) it was not fully
consistent with the overall rounded style of Iosevka Comfy, and (2) it
could be mistaken for an 'o'.
Damien Cassou wrote about the latter case in issue 2 over at the
GitHub mirror: <https://github.com/protesilaos/iosevka-comfy/issues/2>.
The report confirmed my suspicion that I had a misplaced sense of
comfort in disambiguating the single storey 'a' from 'o' solely
because of how we tend to read known words predictively instead of
character-by-character. I was already testing this by substituting
random 'a' with 'o' in long texts where I was still reading everything
as if the typos were not there. Damien's report was the final datum
that provided the impetus for this change.
* Revised the 'b' and 'd' glyphs to exhibit the roundedness found in
other relevant glyphs. Before they had a sturdier look which broke
the established patterns of Iosevka Comfy, albeit ever so slightly.
The inconsistency was noticeable at larger point sizes.
The new rounded shapes look virtually the same as their predecessors
at small point sizes. At larger sizes though, they retain the
desirable characteristics of the typeface.
* Removed the tail from the 'u' glyph and enforced roundedness. This
aligns its design with 'a' but also with other characters like 'n'.
Again, the intent is to achieve inter-character consistency, where
appropriate.
* Updated the documentation to reflect the aforementioned.
* Produced new screenshots to showcase the current state of the project.
* Updated the screenshots that compare Iosevka Comfy to regular Iosevka.
They show how the former is more vertically compact than the latter,
while also exhibiting the stylistic differences between the two. Make
sure to view the images in full screen mode, otherwise the characters
may be distorted.
* Iosevka Comfy comes in "narrow" and "wide" variants. As the latter
have different requirements, we optimise for them instead of enforcing
a misguided one-size-fits-all. Concretely, the README explains thus:
Deviations from the regular style
---------------------------------
The variants of Iosevka Comfy are subdivided into "narrow" and "wide".
The former consists of `iosevka-comfy` and `iosevka-comfy-fixed`. The
latter includes `iosevka-comfy-wide`, `iosevka-comfy-wide-fixed`, and
the quasi-proportional `iosevka-comfy-duo`.
Due to the relaxed spacing requirements and concomitant legibility
considerations, the wide variants have stylistic deviations from their
counterparts. In detail:
* The 'm' character has three legs of equal length, insetad of a shorter
middle leg. The short middle leg in the narrow variants is necessary
for legibility, especially at small point sizes (otherwise the
character's legs visually blend into what appears to be a solid
block).
* The '0' has a forward slash that cuts diagonally through the middle of
the circle, connecting the bottom left part to the top right of the
oval shape. Whereas the narrow variants have a dashed forward slash
which does not connect the two sides as it is positioned inside the
oval shape.
Done using upstream version 'v15.5.2', commit 'a0f82f14'.
* Upstream now supports inheriting glyph variants, so we do just that.
Makes the build plans easier to manage.
* After lots of tests, the '@' sign uses a tall three-fold style which
(i) does not give off a faux bold weight, meaning that it does not
have more typographic colour than it ought to, (ii) does not look like
concentric circles at small point sizes the way four-folded variants
do, (iii) is not too short to the point where it might be mistaken for
a regular 'a' or simply be hard to discern, the way the Fira-style
version is, and (iv) has a recognisable shape at all point sizes and
widths.
* All "wide" builds use an 'm' character with three legs of equal
length. Whereas the "narrow" builds have an 'm' with a shorter middle
leg. The relevant part from the README:
Note that the `iosevka-comfy-duo`, `iosevka-comfy-wide`, and
`iosevka-comfy-wide-fixed` use a different style for the `m`
character. Instead of the one with a shorter middle leg, they let
all legs have the same length. The short middle leg in `m` that
we need in the narrow monospaced variants is necessary for
legibility, especially at small point sizes. Otherwise it is a
gimmick, so we remove it in the "wider" builds.
* To keep track of things, this commit marks the release of Iosevka
Comfy version '0.1.0' (even though the project has been viable for
close to two years now).
Done using upstream version 'v15.4.2', commit '76a87155'.
* Make punctuation marks and diacretics square, instead of circular.
* Add 'iosevka-comfy-wide-fixed' variant.
* Reword some statements in the README and update it to reflect the
above.
* Update sample light/dark pictures.
* Iosevka Comfy now comes in three variants:
- 'iosevka-comfy' which is monospaced and supports ligatures as well
as some wider glyphs;
- 'iosevka-comfy-fixed' which is strictly monospaced and does not
support ligatures or wider glyphs;
- 'iosevka-comfy-duo' which is quasi-proportionately spaced, meaning
that it allows naturally wide glyphs to occupy two blocks instead of
one while others retain their mono-block spacing.
* Updated the build instructions' file to include all aforementioned
variants.
* Rendered explicit support for some lower-case Greek glyphs.
* Ensured that diacritics are circular, just like punctuation.
* Modified the overrides of cv72 to match changes upstream (keeping it
as it was before, just pointing at the new value).
* Elaborated on the differences between the Iosevka Comfy variants in
the project's README.md.
* Wrote how to install fonts on GNU/Linux.
* Remove the "book" weight.
* Tweak the metrics to make glyphs more clear (otherwise the regular
weight looks heavier than it is supposed to).
* Update the demo pictures.
* Improve: the README to explain how Iosevka Comfy differs from the
standard Iosevka style.
* Make the capital 'D' use a top and bottom serif to avoid the issue
where TODO at small point sizes reads like TOOO. This reverts commit
3e3a91f.
* Use a single storey 'a' for roman and italic variants. The rounded
shape is more consistent with the rest of the typeface.
* Use a tailed 'u' for both variants, for the same reason as above.
* Revert to using an 'm' with a short middle leg to avoid the problem
where the three legs visually blend into a solid block at small point
sizes. Roman and italic variants have slighty different 'm' glyphs
due to their particular requirements, though both use the short middle
leg style in the interest of consistency.
* Make the '0' have an oval shape for both roman and italic variants
with a dashed forward slash which looks like a dot at small point
sizes. The slashed zero that was used before feels like an
exaggeration when the oval shape of the character already is
sufficiently distinct from 'O'. This new style is better than the
alternative of the dotted zero because the inside of the character is
more subtle (again, avoiding the possible exaggeration).
* Other minor tweaks to the comments in the private-build-plans.toml.
+ Make W sides straightly slanted and apply the same effect to M in
order to reduce blur and improve consistency.
+ Update build plan to match latest changes in upstream. All other
styles should be the same as with the last build of Iosevka Comfy
(commit 23d2018 in this repo).
+ Make spacing "fixed", which disables ligatures and makes all glyphs
strictly monospaced.
+ Update all glyph codes to their latest references.
+ Adjust metrics. Now I can finally use Iosevka Comfy at small point
sizes: "m" can be read properly!
+ Introduce 5 open contour.
+ Use m double-arched without shortleg for straight variant.
+ Remove 350 weight, which is no longer eligible.
+ Simplify build plan by removing all unused sections.
+ Update screenshots.
Changes:
+ Use dotted oval zero for the upright forms.
+ Use dotted more open rounded zero for the slanted forms.
+ Use earless double arched m with shortleg for the upright forms.
+ Use asymmetric double-circled 8.
+ Update inline comments in the build plan.
+ Rewrite the toml plan so that it is aligned with Iosevka's version 5.
+ Use oval shape for the zero. Furthermore, make upright zero long
dotted and slanted zero middle dotted.
+ Let Q have a crossing bottom line so that it is closer to O.
+ Be explicit about the shape of capital letters and other characters.
+ Provide unhinted variants.
+ Update screenshots.
+ Fix inconsistency between 'g' and 'y'.
+ Make 'y' the same style across upright and slanted variants.
+ Use straight shortleg 'm' for slanted variants.
+ Remove extended variants.
+ Disable unused metric overrides.
+ Clarify that the light weight is 350 instead of 300
+ Update screenshots.
+ Add lighter weight.
+ Slashed zero instead of a dotted one.
+ More circular eight.
+ Double arched roman 'm' instead of one with a shorter middle leg.
+ For italics, straight 'm' instead of a shortleged one.
+ Add light and dark sample screen shots.
This reviews several characters, in an attempt to tone down some
exaggerations, improve consistency between characters, and use more
appropriate styles for Roman and Italic variants. Some choices still
break the design pattern in the interest of keeping glyphs distinct in
body copy.
