Add IBM Plex Mono `otf`
ZorinFoss opened this issue · 8 comments
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Problem Description
IBM Plex Mono ttf version render light
Desired Solution
Please add IBM Plex Mono otf version because it render better than ttf
Thanks,
Alternatives Considered
Add IBM Plex Mono otf version
Additional Context
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Any explanation why you closed this? Not that I could have done much about it.
And then I checked the IBM Plex repo, and they had a new release yesterday 🎉
Version 1.0
WHAT? We have Version 2.004 from Release 6.4.0 ...
Ah, they just started again counting from one, probably when switching to monorepo.
But the font is still 2.004 😓
Old wine in new skins 😬
Ah, no, they added telemetry, thank god! 🎉 Of course what we all need!
IBM Telemetry gets installed too and runs a script which analyzes your source code and captures data
Analyzes my code? (O_o)
I just try to patch new fonts and it worked well. otf version is rendering better than ttf.
patch new fonts
There are no new fonts IBM Plex Mono. Its the same old font we have here, just with a new release tag that means nothing.
As for otf vs ttf
- Can you provide screenshots and a textual description what is better with the
otfs? - Which OS are you using? Possibly which application?
The version you download here is ttf, this is the 'normal' one. If you prefer the otf that might be a personal decision? If we would switch all Nerd Fonts update will break, that is not really a desirable thing to do. (I mean: People who have the ttf currently installed will complain. Because the naming is identical you can not have both ttf and otf of one font installed in a system.)
Uses ttf: https://www.ibm.com/plex (the website itself for the previews)
Uses ttf: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Mono (when dowloaded from here)
So I's dare say what the font designers inteded is the ttf look. If there are differences (depending on your OS, see question above) that might be because of the different hinting for ttf and otf and most probably otf is not hand optimized (guessing).
Analysis of IBM website
First find out which fonts are used on the page:
woff can contain either ttf or otf, so examine that font file:
Contains a glyf table and no CFF table, so it is a ttf font.
Edit: Add website analysis with pictures
There are no new fonts IBM Plex Mono. Its the same old font we have here, just with a new release tag that means nothing.
i was mean new release of otf IBM Plex Mono
otf IBM Plex Mono Regular screenshot from KDE Plasma Konsol
ttf IBM Plex Mono Regular screenshot from KDE Plasma Konsol
- If it possible to add just
otf IBM Plex Monoit will be great.
Your screenshots at 400%
Upper: otf, lower: ttf
The lower variant ('ttf') looks less heavy.
Lets try to reproduce:
Hmm, I can not really see a difference; I could imagine one, but not as vast as in your images:
Upper: otf, lower: ttf; 400%
I guess there is either something wrong with your Wayland setup or with your subpixel-rendering settings.
Plasma is just using Wayland (or X86) under the hood, I assume?
My screenshots are from a Gnome on Wayland system, with these settings:
Terminal settings:
Edit: Add terminal settings screenshot
This is not wayland issue. the same behaviour also happen on X11 and on old plasma 5 versions.
Well, I think we will not add another format of one font. We had some of this (one font both ttf and otf in the release), but that has been removed to have a simpler setup and usually ttf has more OpenType possibilities that otf, that is why we normally prefer ttf.
The concrete font's main format is also ttf and we should probably stick to it. The fact that the otf looks different is in fact an unwanted artefact.