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Public Sans v2.001

11 May 16:59
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General

  • Improved the build process
  • Fixed style linking in stat table to output fonts properly for Google Fonts

Updated ZIP (5.16.22)

Updated the ZIP file to include all the license and contributing information in addition to sources/ and fonts/ which were in the initial ZIP. The font files are unchanged from the initial ZIP.

ZIP contents:

  • sources/
  • fonts/
  • OFL.txt
  • FONTLOG.txt
  • README.md
  • AUTHORS.txt
  • CONTRIBUTING.md
  • CONTRIBUTORS.txt
  • DESCRIPTION.en_us.html
  • LICENSE.md

Public Sans v2.000

01 Nov 23:11
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General

  • Update to 2.000
  • Rename PublicSans-italicsPublicSans-Italic
  • Fixed language feature encoding
  • Removes dash from Public-Sans in source files → PublicSans

Glyphs

  • Modified eth contours
  • Adjusted curves of S and Thorn
  • Corrected
    • Eng, eng
    • Ldot, 'ldot
    • Tbar, tbar
    • gcommaaccent
  • Removed unnecessary anchors
  • Decomposed and transformed components
  • Corrected dot accent position in thin masters
  • Slightly shifted position of acute and grave
  • Adjusted percent and perthousand
  • Corrected positon of caron.alt
  • Added caret anchors
  • Corrected Naira currency
  • Decomposed nested components
  • Corrected kerning group inconsistencies in caps and lowercases
  • Corrected position of breve_hookabove
  • Adjusted alignment zones
  • Renamed narrow acutecomb variants acutecomb.001acutecomb.narrow
  • Added gravecomb.narrow
  • Fixed contour directons
  • Added _ringacute in aringacute italic, decomposed and merged _ringacute
  • Decomposed overlapping components

Structure and license

  • Adds AUTHORS.txt for copyright-holding authors
  • Adds CONTRIBUTORS.txt for contributors who are not copyright authors
  • Renames /src directory to /sources, which includes the build script and the Glyphs sources
  • Renames /binaries directory to /fonts adding TTF fonts as a /fonts/ttf directory separate from webfonts
  • Adds explicit description file
  • Adds requirements.txt for python 3.x pip3 install -r requirements.txt
  • Moves old version binaries to an /old directory

Build

  • Add weight class fix in build script
  • Added new fontbakery tools to requirements.txt and build script
  • Uses new locations
  • Removes autohinting
  • Updates build process to build with Docker
  • Adds gftools gen-stat to the build process, as well as a stat.yaml file

Thank you!

Thanks to @davelab6, @RosaWagner, and @aaronbell for their help and patience above and beyond the call.

Public Sans v1.008

08 Jan 19:11
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General

  • Improves overall texture, spacing, and readability
  • Added NPM scripts for building and testing

Kerning and spacing

  • Tightened kerning around r, t, f, and l
  • Loosened spacing around o
  • Improved spacing around n
  • Balanced o|v|o kerning
  • Widen space glyph
  • Balance sidebearings in capitals

Glyphs

  • Added division slash

Public Sans v1.007

14 Nov 00:51
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General

  • Rewrite type test to better test unusual combinations
  • Remove AFM files for simplicity
  • Rename fonts to binaries
  • Keep UFOs and designspace files in src
  • Move Glyphs files to src/glyphs
  • Update test strings
  • Add Google Analytics code to site
  • Update dependencies
  • Remediate package vulnerabilities in gulp-notify
  • Update and clarify Public Sans license

Metadata

  • Update description
  • Remove trademark metadata
  • Update copyright and designer information

Metrics changes

  • Changed ascender height to 1900
Parameter v1.006 v1.007
Ascender 2000 1900
typoAscender 2000 1900
hheaAscender 2000 1900

Kerning and spacing

  • Normalized sidebearings to multiples of 5
  • Used sidebearing groups more consistently
  • Improve Æ spacing
  • Improve kerning of the following: s|s, t|t, g|g, r|g, E|t, V|[a,e], R|e, 'P'|'e'
  • Fix spacing around U
  • Set width of the colonsign.tf to 1400
  • Use 600 width for tf punctuation
  • Rebalance roman tabular figures
  • Use components for .tf numbers and rebalance

Glyphs

  • Widen H
  • Redraw Þ
  • Add and synchronize italic tabular figs
  • Add currency to tabular figures
  • Align diacritics
  • Fix faulty dot accents
  • Fix italic i
  • Square terminals and regularize shapes in s,e,c
  • Update italic æ and Æ
  • Update italic œ and Œ

Public Sans v1.006

18 Jul 01:03
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Public Sans v1.005

06 Jun 18:30
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  • Redraws eth character
  • Improves Vietnamese diacritics with better positioning and shape
  • Fixes bad masters that resulted in faulty interpolation in fractions and some math characters
  • Improves spacing of caron.alt–related glyphs

Public Sans v1.004

03 Jun 17:19
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  • Improved kerning
  • Improved hinting and rendering on Windows
  • Improved fractions and subscript/superscript numerals
  • Improved spacing for hyphens and em/en dashes
  • Fixes the colón character

Public Sans v1.003

07 May 23:46
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  • Address some spacing regressions in v1.002
  • Thicken regular weight to 365 from 350
  • Adds explicit underline metadata to address a rendering quirk in Firefox

Public Sans v1.002

06 May 21:27
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This release tries to simplify the kerning and spacing and make both easier to maintain. There may be some small spacing regressions as we evaluate this version in production and continue to update.

  • Added 'okina character
  • Improved appearance and spacing of diacritic glyphs — especially Czech, Slovak, and Vietnamese
  • Improved consistency between roman and italic
  • Upscaled to 2000 UPM
  • Use 100-900 as range for variable font output
  • Rebalanced numbers
  • Improved kerning in fractions
  • Corrected some spacing issues in tabular figures, especially in italic tabular figures
  • Adjusted position of hcircumflex
  • Removed spur from eszett
  • Simplified spacing and kerning
  • Updated and made better use of sidebearing groups
  • Updated and made better use of kerning groups

Public Sans v1.0.0

05 Oct 16:33
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Public Sans is a strong, neutral, principles-driven, open-source typeface for text or display based on Libre Franklin.

Included

  • Source files in Glyphs format
  • Desktop font files: OTF
  • Webfont files: TTF, EOT, WOFF, and WOFF2
  • Experimental variable font files: TTF

Features

  • Tabular numerals
  • Optional hook l character
  • Squared corners
  • Adjusted line spacing, word spacing, and kerning
  • Optimized for readability