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FONTLOG for the Iceland font
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This file provides detailed information on the Iceland
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font Software.
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This information should be distributed along with the
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Iceland fonts and any derivative works.
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Basic Font Information
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The idea of geometric typefaces with a look reminiscent of
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the machinery, technology, and interior design of the 1950s
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originated in Eurostile family by Aldo Novarese and
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Alessandro Butti (1952).
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Iceland is a modular square-shaped webfont by Victor
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Kharyk with a cold brutal character designed with the
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intention to perform well on screen starting from low
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resolutions. For this purpose the strokes are
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deliberatly kept vertical and diagonal cuts have a
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45° angle, outlines are rounded.
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Features like wide proportions and generous x-height
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are introduced for better legibility. Unconventional
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and simplified letterforms like k, f, r aid readability
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at small sizes. While at display sizes they add a
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crisp and sharp impression.
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Uppercase letters are decently heavier compared to
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lowercase as a tribute to the old typographic tradition.
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This way uppercase is easily distinguished from
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lowercase, and allows scaling down to be used
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as Small Caps.
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Because of its ascetic modular character and squarish
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proportions Iceland webfont is easily integrated in
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modular grids and logotypes.
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Iceland is a Unicode typeface family that supports
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languages that use the Latin script and its variants,
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and could be expanded to support other scripts.
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More specifically, this release supports the
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following Unicode ranges: Latin-1
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To contribute to the project contact Alexei Vanyashin at
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a@cyreal.org
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There are two .vfb Source files:
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1. Iceland-Regular.vfb (Original Source files with
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contour overlaps)
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2. Iceland-Regular-OTF.vfb (Merged and optimized file)
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ChangeLog
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17 November 2011 (Alexei Vanyashin) Iceland v. 1.001
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- Applied ttfautohint
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- Mastered TTF file
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— Added GASP table
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If you make modifications be sure to add your name (N),
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email (E), web-address (if you have one) (W) and
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description (D). This list is in alphabetical order.
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N: Viktor Kharyk
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E: kharyk@gmx.de
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D: Designer
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N: Alexei Vanyashin
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E: a@cyreal.org
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W: www.cyreal.org
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D: Mastering
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