Hack/CHANGELOG.md
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Version 3.003

  • U+005B, increased length of square brackets' horizontal strokes (symmetrically reducing left and right sidebearing), all variants
  • U+005D, increased length of square brackets' horizontal strokes (symmetrically reducing left and right sidebearing), all variants
  • U+0051, extended length of tail, all variants
  • U+051A, extended length of tail, all variants
  • U+0061, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0062, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0063, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0064, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0065, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0066, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0067, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0068, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0069, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+006A, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+006B, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+006C, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+006D, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+006E, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+006F, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0070, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0071, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0072, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0073, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0074, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0075, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0076, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0077, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0078, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+0079, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • U+007A, simplified and improved contours, all variants
  • added config/fontconfig/45-Hack.conf for use on Linux distros to define Hack as a monospaced typeface
  • added ttdiff.sh shell script for OpenType table diffs of ttx XML dumps of font binaries
  • added checksum.py to scripts directory, supports the generation of SHA1 checksum files of font binaries and ttx dumps of OpenType tables
  • ttfautohint-build.sh, fixed backtick and expr syntax shellcheck warnings (SC2003/2006)
  • converted to Semaphore CI (from Travis CI) as CI testing service, eliminated .travis.yml settings file

Version 3.002

Version 3.001

  • U+017F, added long s glyph to all four variant sets, completes Latin Extended A character sets
  • U+2024, added onedotenleader glyph to all four variant sets (general punctuation set)
  • U+2025, added twodotenleader glyph to all four variant sets (general punctuation set)
  • U+2027, added hyphenationpoint glyph to all four variant sets (general punctuation set)
  • U+2032, added minute glyph to all four variant sets (general punctuation set)
  • U+2033, added second glyph to all four variant sets (general punctuation set)
  • U+2034, modified glyph name to "millisecond" in all four variant sets (general punctuation set)
  • U+2012, modified figure dash to width of numeral glyphs in all four variant sets
  • U+2013, modified en dash to half width of em in all four variant sets
  • U+2014, modified em dash, slight adjustment to height in all four variant sets, horizontal position in italic and bold italic sets
  • U+0031, increased angle of top stroke vs. horizontal, all sets (legibility vs. U+006C)
  • U+0031, increased length of the top stroke, all sets (legibility vs. U+006C)
  • U+0031, decreased width of the top stroke, bold and bold italic sets (legibility vs. U+006C)
  • removed name table, ID=5 record ttfautohint metadata (previously included in this version string)
  • updated Harbuzz build dependency to v1.7.4
  • updated FreeType build dependency to v2.8.1
  • removed FreeType build patches in ttfautohint-build.sh script (not necessary after above upgrade)
  • modified ttfautohint-build.sh license to MIT License
  • added ink CSS file templates for automated git sha1 short code writes for releases
  • added new CSS file template build shell script
  • added new make target for CSS template file builds (make css)

Version 3.000

New license

  • Eliminated Hack Open Font License
  • Added MIT License for Hack work
  • These license changes eliminated the Reserved Font Name "Hack" in the typeface license
  • No changes to co-licensure with the Bitstream Vera license from upstream source

New source and build tooling

  • converted to valid UFO v2 source files with cubic curves
  • added automated build from scratch approach with make + FLOSS software only for desktop fonts
  • added automated build from scratch approach with make + FLOSS software only for web fonts (complete sets and subsets)
  • added automated cross platform build dependency installation as a make target
  • added ttfautohint build from source scripting support (includes support for builds on OS X platform)
  • added automated ttf build autohinting scripting with ttfautohint as part of the make build workflow
  • added Font Bakery fstype post-compilation fix
  • added Font Bakery DSIG table post-compilation fix
  • modified default zopfli iterations to 3 from 15 for woff builds (improved build time vs file size balance)
  • created a (workaround) approach to web font subset builds from UFO source files with fontmake
  • created new font archive preparation script
  • repository path modifications to support above changes
  • eliminated old, unnecessary repository scripts
  • added fontmake build dependency
  • added fontTools build dependency
  • added ttfautohint build dependency (includes Harfbuzz and FreeType build dependencies)
  • added Font Bakery fstype post-compilation fix dependency (script housed in repo)
  • added Font Bakery DSIG table fix dependency (script housed in repo)
  • added sfnt2woff-zopfli build dependency
  • added woff2 build dependency (uses customized Source Foundry fork that is modified to address build bug on OS X platforms)
  • added Source Foundry SRC vendor ID to source files

Continuous integration testing

  • added Travis CI desktop font build testing on Linux and OS X platforms
  • added Travis CI web font build testing on Linux and OS X platforms
  • added ufolint UFO source file linting to CI testing
  • added shellcheck shell script source file linting to CI testing

Desktop font build changes

  • eliminated otf builds

Web font build changes

  • eliminated eot web font builds
  • eliminated ttf web font builds
  • modified CSS file paths (affects web font CDN URL for all v3.0+ builds)

Design changes

  • added U+0114 and U+0115, all sets
  • added U+012C and U+012D, all sets
  • added U+014E and U+014F, all sets
  • Bold set: reduced dimensions of middle dot glyph (U+00B7)
  • improved design of the Powerline glyph set (addresses alignment rendering on Linux and Windows platforms)
  • added web font subset character set targets of ASCII, Latin-1, Latin Extended A, General Punctuation, and Currency sets
  • ttfautohint updated to v1.6
  • added Regular set as blue zone reference font for ttfautohint ttf build autohinting
  • defined x height pixel grid rounding up size range as 6ppem - 10ppem for ttfautohint ttf build autohinting
  • examined and improved manual hinting adjustments across the entire ASCII glyph set x sizes 8 - 14 ppem
  • Regular set: modified manual hints U+0023 @ size 13
  • Regular set: modified manual hints U+0025 @ sizes 10, 11, 14
  • Regular set: modified manual hints U+002B @ sizes 12, 13
  • Regular set: modified manual hints U+0030 @ 8, 12, 13, 14
  • Bold set: modified manual hints U+0021 @ size 14
  • Bold set: modified manual hints U+0025 @ sizes 10, 11, 14
  • Bold set: modified manual hints U+002B @ sizes 10, 11
  • Bold set: modified manual hints U+0038 @ sizes 12, 13, 14
  • Italic set: modified manual hints U+0025 @ sizes 10, 11, 14
  • BoldItalic set: modified manual hints U+002B @ sizes 10, 11

Documentation changes

  • added design guidelines to CONTRIBUTING.md documentation
  • added issue reporting guidelines to CONTRIBUTING.md documentation
  • added pull request guidelines to CONTRIBUTING.md documentation
  • added contributors definition to CONTRIBUTING.md documentation
  • added build documentation in docs/BUILD.md
  • added Frequently Asked Questions documentation as FAQ.md

Fixes

  • modified openTypeNamePreferredSubfamilyName key definition in fontinfo.plist to support proper naming on Windows platform
  • added middle dot glyph (U+00B7) to BoldItalic set
  • fixed superscript OpenType features scripts in features.fea x all four variant sets

Version 2.020

  • divided the vertical stroke in the pipe glyph (U+007C), italic and bold italic sets
  • modified U+007C hints in TrueType builds at 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 ppem italic set
  • modified U+007C hints in TrueType builds at 6, 7, 10, 14 ppem bold italic set
  • modified slant angle and stroke length (U+005C), italic and bold italic sets
  • centered U+007C and U+005C, all sets
  • modified zero (U+0030) oval fill hints in regular set
  • added Powerline glyphs to the bold, italic, and bold italic sets
  • U+2502 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2503 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+250C lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+250D lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+250E lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+250F lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2510 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2511 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2512 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2513 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2514 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2515 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2516 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2517 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2518 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2519 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+251A upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+251B upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+251C upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+251D upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+251E upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+251F upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2520 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2521 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2522 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2523 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2524 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2525 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2526 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2527 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2528 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2529 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+252A upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+252B upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+252C lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+252D lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+252E lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+252F lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2530 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2531 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2532 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2533 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2534 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2535 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2536 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2537 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2538 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2539 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+253A upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+253B upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+252C upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+252D upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+253E upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+253F upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2540 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2541 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2542 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2543 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2544 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2545 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2546 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2547 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2548 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2549 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+254A upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+254B upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2551 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2552 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2553 lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+2554 lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+2555 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2556 lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+2557 lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+2558 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2558 upper terminals to 1950, all sets
  • U+2559 upper terminals to 1950, all sets
  • U+255A upper terminals to 1950, all sets
  • U+255B upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+255C upper terminals to 1950, all sets
  • U+255D upper terminals to 1950, all sets
  • U+255E upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+255F upper terminals to 1950, lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+2560 upper terminals to 1950, lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+2561 upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2562 upper terminals to 1950, lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+2563 upper terminals to 1950, lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+2564 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2565 lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+2566 lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+2567 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2568 upper terminals to 1950, all sets
  • U+2569 upper terminals to 1950, all sets
  • U+256A upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+256B upper terminals to 1950, lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+256C upper terminals to 1950, lower terminals to -530, all sets
  • U+256D lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+256E lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+256F upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2570 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2571 adjusted horizontal position and length of strokes
  • U+2572 adjusted horizontal position and length of strokes
  • U+2573 adjusted horizontal position and length of strokes
  • U+2575 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+2577 lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+2578 horizontal alignment of superior margin of the stroke (1 unit adjustment)
  • U+2579 upper terminal to 1950, all sets
  • U+257B lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+257D upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • U+257F upper terminal to 1950, lower terminal to -530, all sets
  • updated OpenType name table field 1 0 0
  • updated OpenType name table field 3 1 1033
  • new Windows installer
  • added line spacing adjustment shell scripts
  • added font-tables.py OpenType table reporting script
  • updated dev-versioner.py OpenType table versioning script to support UTF16 big endian encoding of nameID=5, platformID=3 name table

Version 2.019 (release build)

ttf, otf, webfont builds

  • removed SVG from webfont releases
  • Corrected U+2588 glyph shape in regular set (had inappropriately small width and height)
  • decreased width U+2580 all sets
  • decreased width U+2581 all sets
  • decreased width U+2582 all sets
  • decreased width U+2583 all sets
  • decreased width U+2584 all sets
  • decreased width U+2585 all sets
  • decreased width U+2586 all sets
  • decreased width U+2857 all sets
  • adjusted left sidebearing U+2589 all sets
  • adjusted left sidebearing U+258A all sets
  • adjusted left sidebearing U+258B all sets
  • adjusted left sidebearing U+258C all sets
  • adjusted left sidebearing U+258D all sets
  • adjusted left sidebearing U+258E all sets
  • adjusted left sidebearing U+258F all sets
  • adjusted right sidebearing U+2590 all sets
  • decreased width of U+2594 all sets
  • adjusted right sidebearing U+2595 all sets
  • adjusted left sidebearing U+2596 all sets
  • adjusted right sidebearing U+2597 all sets
  • adjusted left sidebearing U+2598 all sets
  • decreased width of U+2599 all sets
  • decreased width of U+259A all sets
  • decreased width of U+259B all sets
  • decreased width of U+259C all sets
  • adjusted right sidebearing U+259D all sets
  • decreased width of U+259E all sets
  • decreased width of U+259F all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+2580 all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+2588 all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+2589 all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+258A all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+258B all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+258C all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+258D all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+258E all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+258F all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+2590 all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+2594 all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+2595 all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+2598 all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+2599 all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+259A all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+259B all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+259C all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+259D all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+259E all sets
  • increased upper terminal position to 1950 units U+259F all sets
  • reverted Cyrillic lower case es glyph (U+0441) to Latin lower case c shape
  • reverted Cyrillic upper case es glyph (U+0421) to Latin upper case C shape

Version 2.018 (release build)

ttf, otf, webfont builds

Patch for missing glyphs in regular set:

  • added U+016C (upper case U breve), regular set - Issue #21
  • added U+016D (lower case u breve), regular set - Issue #21

Version 2.017 (release build)

ttf, otf, webfont builds

Changes vs. release v2.015:

  • increased vertical position of the tilde (U+007E) to improve alignment with other glyphs - Issue #23
  • increased width of the vertical stroke on the dollar symbol (U+0024) - Issue #92
  • modified Cyrillic upper case C (U+0421) to differentiate from Latin C - Issues #22 & #29
  • modified Cyrillic lower case c (U+0441) to differentiate from Latin c - Issues #22 & #29
  • modified upper case theta (U+0398) to differentiate from lower case theta - Issue #36
  • added U+0132 (IJ) glyph - Issue #52
  • added U+0133 (ij) glyph - Issue #52
  • added U+013F (upper case L dot) glyph - Issue #52
  • added U+0140 (lower case l dot) glyph - Issue #52
  • added U+0162 (upper case T cedilla) glyph - Issue #52
  • added U+0163 (lower case t cedilla) glyph - Issue #52
  • added U+0138 (kgreenlandic) glyph - Issue #52
  • added U+266A (musical note) glyph - Issue #52
  • added U+0149 (lower case n apostrophe) - Issue #52
  • added U+1EF9 (lower case y tilde) glyph - Issue #102
  • added U+1EF8 (upper case Y tilde) glyph - Issue #102
  • added U+1EBD (lower case e tilde) glyph - Issue #102
  • added U+1EBC (upper case E tilde) glyph - Issue #102
  • added U+2116 (numero) glyph - Issues #22 & #114
  • added U+01A4 (p hook) glyph - Issue #105
  • added U+0108 (upper case C circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+0109 (lower case c circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+011C (upper case G circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+011D (lower case g circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+0124 (upper case H circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+0125 (lower case h circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+0134 (upper case J circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+0135 (lower case j circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+015C (upper case S circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+015D (lower case s circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+016C (upper case U breve) - Issue #21
  • added U+016D (lower case u breve) - Issue #21
  • added U+20B7 (spesmilo) - Issue #21
  • fixed missing null glyph (U+0000) in regular, italic, bolditalic sets
  • removed duplicate CR glyph (U+000D) in all sets - Issue #149
  • updated ttfautohint to version 1.4.1 for TrueType (.ttf) build instruction sets

Version 2.016 (testing build)

  • increased vertical position of the tilde (U+007E) to improve alignment with other glyphs - Issue #23
  • increased width of the vertical stroke on the dollar symbol (U+0024) - Issue #92
  • modified Cyrillic upper case C (U+0421) to differentiate from Latin C - Issues #22 & #29
  • modified Cyrillic lower case c (U+0441) to differentiate from Latin c - Issues #22 & #29
  • modified upper case theta (U+0398) to differentiate from lower case theta - Issue #36
  • added U+1EF9 (lower case y tilde) glyph - Issue #102
  • added U+1EF8 (upper case Y tilde) glyph - Issue #102
  • added U+1EBD (lower case e tilde) glyph - Issue #102
  • added U+1EBC (upper case E tilde) glyph - Issue #102
  • added U+2116 (numero) glyph - Issues #22 & #114
  • added U+01A4 (p hook) glyph - Issue #105
  • added U+0108 (upper case C circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+0109 (lower case c circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+011C (upper case G circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+011D (lower case g circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+0124 (upper case H circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+0125 (lower case h circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+0134 (upper case J circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+0135 (lower case j circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+015C (upper case S circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+015D (lower case s circumflex) - Issue #21
  • added U+016C (upper case U breve) - Issue #21
  • added U+016D (lower case u breve) - Issue #21
  • added U+20B7 (spesmilo) - Issue #21
  • updated ttfautohint to version 1.4 for TrueType (.ttf) build instruction sets

Version 2.015 (release build)

ttf, otf, webfont builds

Changes vs. release v2.013:

  • new vertical metrics = decreased line spacing height - Issues #28, #32, #39, #41, #95, #103
  • adjusted vertical position of the colon to a higher position, improves alignment with other punctuation glyphs (U+003A) - Issue #66
  • changed vertical position of the dash (U+002D) so that regular and oblique, bold and bold oblique are properly aligned - Issue #107
  • updated hinting algorithm for bold set (improved point position over stem of lowercase j/i for some text sizes) - Issue #84
  • underscore (U+005F) centered, increased width, increased height & aligned vertical position closer to baseline - Issues #97, #98, #100, 103,
  • increased vertical position of dieresis mark on lowercase u dieresis (U+00FC) - Issue #61
  • increased vertical position of dieresis mark on lowercase i dieresis (U+00EF)
  • increased vertical position of dieresis mark on lowercase e dieresis (U+00EB)
  • decreased vertical position of the asterisk (U+002A) - Issue #34
  • new design for ascii tilde - broader curves, taller glyph with goal to improve appearance at small text sizes where it tended to render like a dash (U+007E) - Issue #37
  • new ttf build autohinting script (./postbuild_processing/tt-hinting/autohint.sh)
  • new ttf build autohinting Control Instructions File - bold set (./postbuild_processing/tt-hinting/Hack-Bold-TA.txt)
  • new ttf build release script (./postbuild_processing/tt-hinting/release.sh)
  • new web font release script (./postbuild_processing/webfonts/releasewebfonts.sh)
  • new vfb to UFO source file conversion script (./tools/makeufo.sh)
  • new UFO source file types - includes separate source files for TrueType (*-TT.ufo) and PostScript (*-PS.ufo) releases
  • source file path changes: now includes separate ufo and vfb directories under the ./source repository directory
  • Hack Open Font license updated to version 2.0. The license changes better define the Hack project as a derivative project of the Bitstream Vera Sans Mono typeface project and are intended to make the license more consistent with the Bitstream Vera libre, open source license under which Hack is co-licensed. There are no new restrictions on use of the fonts with these license changes. Embedding permissions are made explicit in this version of the Hack Open Font license.

Version 2.014 (testing build)

  • ttf only build for testing
  • updated hinting algorithm for bold set (corrected incorrect point position of lowercase j/i at some sizes) - Issue #84
  • adjusted vertical metrics - Issues #28, #32, #39, #41, #95, #103
  • centered, increased width, & adjusted vertical position of underscore - Issues #97, #98, #100, 103,
  • increased vertical position of dieresis mark on lowercase u dieresis (U+00FC) - Issue #61
  • increased vertical position of dieresis mark on lowercase i dieresis (U+00EF)
  • increased vertical position of dieresis mark on lowercase e dieresis (U+00EB)
  • decreased vertical position of the asterisk (U+002A) - Issue #34
  • new design for ascii tilde (U+007E) - Issue #37

Version 2.013 (release build)

ttf, otf, webfont builds

Changes vs. release v2.010

  • Fixed missing middle dot glyph (U+00B7), adjusted width of U+00B7 em box to address spacing issues in editors that highlight empty spaces (Issues #27 & 46)
  • Powerline glyph alignment and size adjustments (Issue #33)
  • Fixed name tables to address:
    • incorrect oblique rendering with Java type renderers on OS X (Issue #26)
    • incorrect italic + bold + bold oblique rendering in some syntax highlighters (Issues #42, #50, #60)
    • backslash character took inappropriate vertical alignment because of incorrect slant angle in some editors (Issue #67)
  • Changed oblique and bold oblique font names to "Hack Italic" and "Hack Bold Italic" to address Windows listings
  • Changed oblique and bold oblique webfont names to "hack-italic-webfont.[xxx]" and "hack-bolditalic-webfont.[xxx]"
  • Changed oblique and bold oblique basic Latin + Latin-1 webfont subsets to the names "hack-italic-latin-webfont.[xxx]" and "hack-bolditalic-latin-webfont.[xxx]"
  • Changed license name from "Modified SIL Open Font License" to "Hack Open Font License" to comply with SIL regulations for SIL Open Font License modifications
  • Removed all license references to SIL to comply with SIL regulations for modifications of the SIL Open Font License
  • Removed SIL Open Font License preamble from the Hack Open Font License to comply with SIL regulations for modifications of the SIL Open Font License
  • Removed the following statement from Hack Open Font License condition #3: "This restriction only applies to the primary font name as presented to the users." to address a reserved font name conflict with the Bitstream Vera license
  • Modified the build directory structure for the Hack web fonts
  • Added Hack webfont CSS files to the build directory

Version 2.012 (testing build)

  • ttf only build for testing
  • Powerline glyph alignment and size adjustments (Issue #33)
  • Fixed name tables to address:
    • incorrect oblique rendering with Java type renderers on OS X (Issue #26)
    • incorrect italic + bold + bold oblique rendering in some syntax highlighters (Issues #42, #50, #60)
    • backslash character took inappropriate vertical alignment because of incorrect slant angle in some editors (Issue #67)

Version 2.011 (testing build)

  • ttf only build for testing
  • fixed missing middle dot glyph (U+00B7), adjusted width of U+00B7 em box to address spacing issues in editors that highlight empty spaces (Issues 27 & 46)

Version 2.010

New Glyphs

  • New glyphs for Revised Western European (ISO-8859-15, Latin-9) character set (shapes from DejaVu Sans Mono typeface)
  • New glyphs for Central European (ISO-8859-2, Latin-2) character set (shapes from DejaVu Sans Mono typeface)
  • New glyphs for South European (ISO-8859-3, Latin-3) character set (shapes from DejaVu Sans Mono typeface)
  • New glyphs for Vietnamese character set (shapes from DejaVu Sans Mono typeface)
  • New glyphs for Pan African Latin character set (shapes from DejaVu Sans Mono typeface)
  • New glyphs for Cyrillic (ISO-8859-5) character set (shapes from DejaVu Sans Mono typeface)
  • New glyphs for Greek (ISO-8859-7) character set (shapes from DejaVu Sans Mono typeface)
  • New glyphs for Armenian character set (shapes from DejaVu Sans Mono typeface)
  • New glyphs for Georgian character set (shapes from DejaVu Sans Mono typeface)
  • New punctuation glyphs
  • New Powerline glyphs
  • New number glyphs
  • New scientific inferior numerals
  • New superscript numerals
  • New subscript numerals
  • New symbol glyphs
  • New dotlessi
  • New iacute
  • New icircumflex
  • New idieresis
  • New igrave
  • New imacron
  • New iogonek
  • New itilde
  • New uppercase upsilon
  • New uppercase upsilon tonos
  • New uni0069
  • New uni0457
  • New uni0458

Modified Glyphs

Latin Character Set
  • Modified uppercase Q - added flared tail and modified tail angle
  • Modified uppercase F - central arm lowered to fill open gap at the base
  • Modified lowercase a - added curved tail/spur
  • Modified lowercase b - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified lowercase d - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified lowercase g - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified lowercase i - rounded corners of the dot, oriented dot position left of center relative to vertical stem, adjusted vertical position of the horizontal stem to x-height, lengthened the vertical stem to slightly overshoot baseline with the curved tail, decreased width of horizontal stem
  • Modified lowercase j - rounded corners of the dot, oriented dot position left of center relative to vertical stem
  • Modified lowercase l - lengthened the vertical stem to overshoot the baseline with the curved tail
  • Modified lowercase m - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified lowercase n - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified lowercase p - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified lowercase q - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified lowercase r - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified lowercase t - added angle to the upper terminal, increased length of the vertical stem to allow the curved tail to slightly overshoot the baseline
  • Modified lowercase y - modified curves
  • Modified 0 - modified width and length of central oval fill, improved symmetry of the oval fill in all sets
  • Modified 2 - rounded the upper left corner of the base, decreased width of the spine of the hook
  • Modified Abreve - modified curves
  • Modified Aogonek - modified curve, decreased the width of the tail to meet typeface metrics
  • Modified Eogonek - modified tail curve
  • Modified Iogonek - modified tail curve
  • Modified Itilde - modified tilde curve
  • Modified Ohorn - modified horn curve
  • Modified Oslash - modified curves
  • Modified Oslashacute - modified curves
  • Modified Otilde - modified tilde curve
  • Modified Racute - modified bowl and leg curves
  • Modified Rcaron - modiifed bowl and leg curves
  • Modified Rcommaaccent - modified bowl and leg curves
  • Modified Scommaaccent - modified curves
  • Modified Tcommaaccent - modified comma accent curves
  • Modified Ucircumflex - modified curves
  • Modified Udieresis - modified curves
  • Modified Ugrave - modified curves
  • Modified Uhorn - modified curves
  • Modified Uhungarumlaut - modified curves
  • Modified Umacron - modified curves
  • Modified Uogonek - modified curves
  • Modified Uring - modified curves
  • Modified Utilde - modified curves
  • Modified agrave - decreased width of terminal, opened angle in regular and bold sets
  • Modified aacute - decreased width of terminal, opened angle in regular and bold sets
  • Modified abreve - decreased width of upper terminal to create an angled stem
  • Modified acircumflex - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified atilde - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified adieresis - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified amacron - decreased width of upper terminal to create an angled stem
  • Modified aring - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified dcroat - decreased width of terminal, opened angle
  • Modified dcaron - decreased width of lower terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified ecaron - modified curves
  • Modified ecircumflex - modified curves
  • Modified edieresis - modified curves
  • Modified egrave - modified curves
  • Modified emacron - modified curves
  • Modified eogonek - modified curves
  • Modified gbreve - modified curves of bowl and tail
  • Modified gcaron - modified curves of bowl and tail, decreased width of upper terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified gcommaaccent - modified curves of bowl and tail, decreased width of upper terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified gdotaccent - modified curves of bowl and tail, decreased width of upper terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified hbar - adjusted curves
  • Modified dotlessi - decreased width of horizontal stem
  • Modified iacute - decreased width of horizontal stem
  • Modified icircumflex - decreased width of horizontal stem
  • Modified idieresis - decreased width of horizontal stem
  • Modified igrave - decreased width of horizontal stem
  • Modified imacron - decreased width of horizontal stem
  • Modified iogonek - decreased width of horizontal stem
  • Modified itilde -decreased width of horizontal stem
  • Modified nacute - adjusted curves
  • Modified ncaron - adjusted curves
  • Modified ncommaaccent - adjusted curves
  • Modified eng - adjusted curves, decreased the upper terminal width to create an angled stem
  • Modified nacute - decreased width of upper terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified ncaron - decreased width of upper terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified ncommaaccent - decreased width of upper terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified ntilde - adjusted curves
  • Modified ohorn - adjusted curves
  • Modified ohungarumlaut - adjusted curves
  • Modified omacron - adjusted curves
  • Modified oslash - adjusted curves
  • Modified oslashacute - adjusted curves
  • Modified otilde - adjusted curves
  • Modified racute - adjusted curves, decreased width of upper terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified rcaron - adjusted curves, decreased width of upper terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified rcommaaccent - adjusted curves, decreased width of upper terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified sacute - adjusted curves
  • Modified scedila - adjusted curves
  • Modified scommaaccent - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase t - decreased length of the left terminal to angle the horizontal stem
  • Modified tbar - decreased length of the left terminal to angle the horizontal stem
  • Modified tcaron - decreased length of the left terminal to angle the horizontal stem
  • Modified tcommaaccent - adjusted curves, decreased length of the left terminal to angle the horizontal stem
  • Modified uhorn - adjusted curves, decreased width of lower terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified uhungarumlaut - adjusted curves, decreased width of lower terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified umacron - adjusted curves, decreased width of lower terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified uogonek - adjusted curves, decreased width of lower terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified uring - adjusted curves, decreased width of lower terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified utilde - adjusted curves, decreased width of lower terminal to create angled stem
  • Modified yacute - adjusted curves
  • Modified ycircumflex - adjusted curves
  • Modified ydieresis - adjusted curves
  • Modified ygrave - adjusted curves
  • Modified zdotaccent - rounded corners of dot
  • Modified gbreve - decreased width of terminal, opened angle in regular and bold sets
  • Modified ntilde - decreased width of terminal, opened angle in regular and bold sets
  • Modified ugrave - decreased width of terminal, opened angle in regular and bold sets
  • Modified uacute - decreased width of terminal, opened angle in regular and bold sets
  • Modified ucircumflex - decreased width of terminal, opened angle in regular and bold sets
  • Modified udieresis - decreased width of terminal, opened angle in regular and bold sets
  • Modified exclamdown - rounded corners of the dot
  • Modified dieresis - rounded corners
  • Modified questionmarkdown - rounded corners of the dot
  • Modified ordfeminine - decreased width of lower terminal on the a character to create angled stem
  • Modified Adieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified Edieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified Idieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified Odieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified Udieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified Ydieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified adieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified edieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified idieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified odieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified udieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified ydieresis - rounded corners of dieresis component of glyph
  • Modified Idotaccent - rounded corners of the dot
  • Modified dotaccent - rounded corners of the dot
  • Modified ellipsis - rounded corners of the dots
  • Modified periodcentered - rounded corners of the dot
Greek Character Set
  • Modified upsilondieresistonos - adjusted vertical position to properly position on the baseline
  • Modified iotadieresistonos - adjusted vertical position to properly position on the baseline
  • Modified eth - altered curve of the neck
  • Modified uppercase eta - modified the curves
  • Modified uppercase theta - modified the curves
  • Modified uppercase omicron - modified the curves
  • Modified uppercase rho - modified the curves
  • Modified uppercase psi - modified the curves
  • Modified uppercase upsilon - new glyph style (change from Latin Y shape)
  • Modified uppercase omega - modified the curves
  • Modified uppercase alphatonos - adjusted right and left sidebearings, corrected position of the tonos symbol
  • Modified uppercase epsilontonos - adjusted right and left sidebearings, corrected position of the tonos symbol
  • Modified uppercase etatonos - adjusted right and left sidebearings, corrected position of the tonos symbol
  • Modified uppercase iotatonos - adjusted right and left sidebearings, corrected position of the tonos symbol
  • Modified uppercase omicrontonos - adjusted right and left sidebearings, corrected position of the tonos symbol
  • Modified uppercase upsilontonos - adjusted right and left sidebearings, corrected position of the tonos symbol
  • Modified uppercase omegatonos - adjusted right and left sidebearings, corrected position of the tonos symbol
  • Modified uppercase iotadieresis - rounded the dieresis points
  • Modified uppercase upsilondieresis - new upsilon shape, rounded the dieresis points
  • Modified lowercase alpha - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase beta - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase gamma - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase delta - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase epsilon - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase zeta - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase eta - decreased width of the top terminal to create angled stem, adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase theta - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase iota - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase lambda - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase mu - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase nu - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase xi - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase omicron - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase pi - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase rho - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase sigmafinal - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase sigma - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase tau - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase upsilon - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase phi - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase chi - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase psi - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase omega - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase iotatonos - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase iotadieresis - rounded points of the dieresis, adjusted curves
  • Modified iotadieresistonos - rounded corners of points of dieresis mark, appropriately positioned tonos mark, adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase upsilontonos - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase upsilondieresis - rounded points of dieresis mark, adjusted curves
  • Modified upsilondieresistonos - rounded corners of points of dieresis mark, appropriately positioned tonos mark, adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase omicrontonos - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase omegatonos - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase alphatonos - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase epsilontonos - adjusted curves
  • Modified lowercase etatonos - decreased width of top terminal to create angled stem, adjusted curves
Cyrillic Character Set
  • Modified curves in uni0411, uni0412, uni0401, uni0417, uni041B, uni041E, uni0420, uni0421, uni0423, uni040E, uni0424, uni0427, uni042F, uni042C, uni042A, uni042B, uni0409, uni040A, uni0405, uni0404, uni042D, uni0408, uni040B, uni042E, uni0402, uni0462, uni0472, uni0494, uni0498, uni04AA, uni04BA, uni04CB, uni04D0, uni04D2, uni04D6, uni04D8, uni04DA, uni04DC, uni04DE, uni04E0, uni04E4, uni04E6, uni04E8, uni04EA, uni04EC, uni04EE, uni04F0, uni04F2, uni04F4, uni04F8, uni0510, uni051A, uni0430, uni0431, uni0432, uni0434, uni0435, uni0450, uni0451, uni0437, uni0439, uni043B, uni043E, uni0440, uni0441, uni0443, uni045E, uni0444, uni0447, uni044F, uni044C, uni044A, uni044B, uni0459, uni045A, uni0455, uni0454, uni044D, uni0456, uni0457, uni0458, uni045B, uni044E, uni0452, uni0463, uni0473, uni0499, uni04AB, uni04BB, uni04CC, uni04D1, uni04D3, uni04D7, uni04D9, uni04DB, uni04DD, uni04DF, uni04E1, uni04E5, uni04E7, uni04E9, uni04EB, uni04ED, uni04EF, uni04F1, uni04F3, uni04F5, uni04F9, uni0511, uni051B, uni04D5
  • Rounded corners of points of dieresis marks in uni0401, uni0407, uni04D2, uni04DA, uni04DC, uni04DE, uni04E4, uni04E6, uni04EA, uni04EC, uni04F0, uni04F4, uni04F8, uni0451, uni0457, uni04D3, uni04DB, uni04DD, uni04DF, uni04E5, uni04E7, uni04EB, uni04ED, uni04F1, uni04F5, uni04F9
  • Rounded corners of dots in uni0456, uni0458
  • Modified lowercase i glyphs (uni0456, uni0457) so that they are consistent with the shape of the Hack Latin lowercase i
  • Modified uni0430 - decreased width of lower terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0440 - decreased width of upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni04D1 - decreased width of lower terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni04D3 - decreased width of lower terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni051B - decreased width of upper terminal to create angle
  • Numerous metrics changes to better align the Cyrillic glyphs in a fixed width format
Armenian Character Set
  • Modified curves in uni0531, uni0532, uni0533, uni0534, uni0535, uni0536, uni0538, uni0539, uni053A, uni053B, uni053D, uni053E, uni053F, uni0540, uni0541, uni0542, uni0543, uni0544, uni0545, uni0546, uni0547, uni0548, uni0549, uni054A, uni054B, uni054C, uni054D, uni054E, uni054F, uni0550, uni0551, uni0553, uni0554, uni0555, uni0556, uni0561, uni0562, uni0563, uni0564, uni0565, uni0566, uni0568, uni0569, uni056A, uni056B, uni056D, uni056E, uni056F, uni0570, uni0571, uni0572, uni0573, uni0574, uni0575, uni0576, uni0577, uni0578, uni0579, uni057A, uni057B, uni057C, uni057D, uni057E, uni057F, uni0580, uni0581, uni0583, uni0584, uni0585, uni0586, uni0587
  • Modified uni0563 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0564 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0566 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0568 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0569 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0572 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0573 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0574 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0576 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0578 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni057C - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni057D - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0580 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0581 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
  • Modified uni0584 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create angle
Georgian Character Set
  • Modified curves in uni10D0, uni10D1, uni10D2, uni10D3, uni10D4, uni10D5, uni10D6, uni10D7, uni10D8, uni10D9, uni10DA, uni10DB, uni10DC, uni10DD, uni10DE, uni10DF, uni10E0, uni10E1, uni10E2, uni10E3, uni10E4, uni10E5, uni10E6, uni10E7, uni10E8, uni10E9, uni10EA, uni10EB, uni10EC, uni10ED, uni10EE, uni10EF, uni10F0, uni10F1, uni10F2, uni10F3, uni10F4, uni10F5, uni10F6, uni10F7, uni10F8, uni10F9, uni10FA, uni10FC, uni055C, uni055E
  • Rounded corners of points in uni10FB, uni0589
Punctuation Character Set
  • Modified curves in uni2047, questiondown, uni203D, uni203F, uni2048, uni2049, uni204B, uni2E18, uni2E1F, uni2E2E, uni2E18.case, questiondown.case, uni208E, uni207E, uni2768, uni2769, uni276B, uni27C5, uni27C6, uni2987, uni2988, uni055C, uni055E, uni061F, H18533, circle, uni25EF, uni25D0, uni25D1, uni25D2, uni25D3, uni25D6, uni25D7, uni25D4, uni25D5, uni25F4, uni25F5, uni25F6, uni25F7, uni25CD, uni25C9, uni25CE, openbullet, invbullet, invcircle, uni25DA, uni25DB, uni25E0, uni25E1, uni25DC, uni25DD, uni25DE, uni25DF, ampersand, copyright, registered, section, degree
  • Modified dong - decreased width of the lower terminal to create an angled stem
  • Modified uni20A5 - decreased width of the upper terminal to create an angled stem
  • Modified uni225D - decreased width of the lower terminal on the d character to create an angled stem
  • Modified uni225E - decreased width of the upper terminal to create an angled stem
Symbol Character Set
  • Modified curves in cent, colonmonetary, dong, euro, florin, lira, peseta, sterling, uni0E3F, uni20A0, uni20A2, uni20A5, uni20A8, uni20AA, uni20AF, uni20B0, uni20B1, uni20B2, uni20B4, uni20B5, uni20B9, approxequal, asciitilde, circlemultiply, circleplus, congruent, element, emptyset, infinity, integral, integralbt, integraltp, intersection, notelement, notsubset, partialdiff, percent, perthousand, propersubset, propersuperset, proportional, reflexsubset, reflexsuperset, similar, suchthat, therefore, uni2031, uni2126, uni2201, uni220A, uni220C, uni220D, uni2218, uni221B, uni222C, uni222D, uni2235, uni2236, uni2237, uni2238, uni2239, uni223A, uni223B, uni223D, uni2241, uni2242, uni2243, uni2244, uni2246, uni2247, uni2249, uni224A, uni224B, uni224C, uni224E, uni224F, uni2250, uni2251, uni2252, uni2253, uni2254, uni2255, uni2256, uni2257, uni2258, uni225D, uni225E, uni225F, uni2272, uni2273, uni2274, uni2275, uni227C, uni227D, uni227E, uni227F, uni2285, uni2288, uni2289, uni228B, uni228D, uni2296, uni2298, uni2299, uni229A, uni229B, uni229C, uni229D, uni22B8, uni22CD, uni22D0, uni22D1, uni22DE, uni22DF, uni22E0, uni22E1, uni22E6, uni22E7, uni22E8, uni22E9, uni22EF, uni23A8, uni23AC, uni27DC, uni2A00, uni2A6A, uni2A6B, union, uni219C, uni219D, uni21AD, uni21A9, uni21AA, uni21AB, uni21AC, uni21B6, uni21B7, uni21BA, uni21BB, uni21F4, H18533, circle, uni25EF, uni25D0, uni25D1, uni25D2, uni25D3, uni25D6, uni25D7, uni25D4, uni25D5, uni25F4, uni25F5, uni25F6, uni25F7, uni25CD, uni25C9, uni25CE, openbullet, invbullet, invcircle, uni25DA, uni25DB, uni25E0, uni25E1, uni25DC, uni25DD, uni25DE, uni25DF, at, ampersand, copyright, registered, section, degree, uni0606, uni03F6

Metrics Changes

  • Changed line gap / typo line gap to 275 units
  • Modified uppercase P - increased right sidebearing to equal sidebearing of uppercase O glyph
  • Modified uppercase Z - changed to right = left sidebearing (shifts orientation to left) for regular, bold, oblique sets
  • Modified uppercase Z - reduced left sidebearing for bold oblique set, not necessary to make this equal as with above sets
  • Modified lowercase a - reduced left sidebearing
  • Modified lowercase c - reduced left sidebearing
  • Modified lowercase e - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified lowercase g - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified lowercase i - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified lowercase j - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified lowercase k - reduced left sidebearing
  • Modified lowercase r - reduced left sidebearing
  • Modified 3 - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified Zacute - centered glyph (reduced left sidebearing, increased right sidebearing)
  • Modified Zcaron - centered glyph (reduced left sidebearing, increased right sidebearing)
  • Modified Zdotaccent - centered glyph (reduced left sidebearing, increased right sidebearing)
  • Modified aacute - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified abreve - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified acircumflex - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified adieresis - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified agrave - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified amacron - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified aogonek - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified aring - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified atilde - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified kcommaaccent - decreased left sidebearing
  • Modified racute - decreased left sidebearing
  • Modified rcaron - decreased left sidebearing
  • Modified rcommaaccent - decreased left sidebearing
  • Mofified Mu - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified Zeta - reduced left sidebearing to center the glyph
  • Modified Rho - reduced left sidebearing
  • Modified Phi - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified left guillemet - increased right sidebearing
  • Modified right guillemet - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified left brace - increased right sidebearing
  • Modified right brace - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified left bracket - increased right sidebearing
  • Modified right bracket - increased left sidebearing
  • Modified left parenthesis - increased right sidebearing
  • Modified right parenthesis - increased left sidebearing
  • Adjusted spacing on all diacritic marks in the regular, bold, oblique, and bold oblique set

True Type Instructions / PostScript Hinting

  • New TrueType instructions / PostScript hinting across the entire glyph set

Removed

  • Removed fi and fl ligatures. Spacing issues that require these ligatures are not present in this monospaced typeface

Version 1.3

Modified Glyphs

  • Curve adjustments & curve smoothing across all glyphs in the font collection
  • hinting improvements

Build Files

  • New binary build system - should result in improved cross-platform compatibility for font binaries

Version 1.2

Modified Glyphs

  • Modified lowercase i glyph. Removed serif and added curved tail
  • Modified hyphen glyph. Widened
  • Modified zero glyph. Adjusted alignment and shape of the oval fill
  • Modified left parenthesis glyph. Increased right sidebearing length
  • Modified right parenthesis glyph. Increased left sidebearing length

Source

  • Converted to UFO formatted source

Version 1.0.1

  • Modified the SIL license to permit dual licensing with the Bitstream Vera license. This modification removed the stipulation that multiple licenses are not possible (preamble and section #5) and was intended to create the new Reserved Font Name Hack for this typeface modification and preserve the right (for myself and others) to define Reserved Font Names for all future fonts derived from this typeface. There are no other modifications to either license under which this font is released.
  • This release did not introduce changes to the glyphs included in the typeface

Version 1.0.0

  • Branched Bitstream Vera Sans Mono 1.10 release

Changes

New Glyphs

  • New exclamation point glyph. Circular full stop point, tapered line, increased weight relative to other characters.
  • New asterisk glyph. Glyph shape from Source Code Pro. Modified vertical position of the glyph to orient closer to the ascender.
  • New period glyph. Circular full stop point, modified from square glyph.
  • New comma glyph. Rounded comma shape from Source Code Pro, modified from square glyph.
  • New colon glyph. Circular colon points, modified from square points.
  • New semicolon glyph. Circular point and rounded comma shape from Source Code Pro, increased vertical spacing between the shapes

Modified Glyphs

  • Modified percent glyph. Increased line length and added vertical line ends.
  • Modified zero glyph. Changed circular fill to oval fill.
  • Modified left square bracket glyph. Increased height of the glyph.
  • Modified right square bracket glyph. Increased height of the glyph.
  • Modified left curly bracket glyph. Modified vertical position, increased length of the horizontal stem, decreased left sidebearing
  • Modified right curly bracket glyph. Modified vertical position, increased length of the horizontal stem, decreased right sidebearing
  • Modified question mark glyph. Changed square full stop point to circular full stop point.
  • Modified hyphen glyph. Raised vertical alignment to center -> character combinations.

Font Styles

  • Regular - includes all changes indicated above
  • Regular Oblique - includes all changes indicated above
  • Bold - includes all changes indicated above
  • Bold Oblique - includes all changes indicated above