- New repositories. Hit the green button above ("Use this template") to create your own repository. We then need to update the workflow permissions. Go to Settings > Actions > General > Workflow permissions and enable "Read and write permissions". Finally, rerun the failed github action by going to Actions > Initial commit > Re-run jobs > Re-run all jobs.
Please note that a Github Action job will be executed once you've created the repository which will populate the readme and build dependencies. This job will fail because it was executed with incorrect permissions. The steps above will fix the permissions issue and rerun the job. Please wait for the job to complete and pass before pulling the repo to your local system.
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Updating a repository. To update your font repository to bring in the latest best-practices from the Google Fonts Project Template, run
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Replace the font sources in the
sourcesdirectory with your own font sources. These sources may be either in Glyphs format or UFO/Designspace formats.
Unlike many open source distributors, Google Fonts is curated. Fonts shipped to the platform have to match the Google Fonts Specifications. Please read them carefully.
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Then reference the sources in the file
sources/config.yaml, as well as making any other changes you would like to make based on the instructions in the Google Fonts Builder documentation. -
Add yourself to the
AUTHORS.txtandCONTRIBUTORS.txtfiles. -
Update the first line of the OFL.txt (year and project name). Update also the Copyright string in the sources, it has to be the same as the OFL.txt. The
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Finally, add and commit any files you have modified (i.e.
README.md,AUTHORS.txt,CONTRIBUTORS.txt, the font sources, andsources/config.yaml) to git, then push to GitHub. Please be aware that Github Actions may take a few minutes to build your font family. It is worthwhile inspecting the progress in the "Actions" tab. -
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If Github Actions has successfully built the family, you will find the font binaries in the Actions tab. The official Github Actions documentation provides further information.
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Once you are happy with your font, add promotional assets in the documentation directory. Make it different from the pic you use in this README. You can get inspired by existing tweet @googlefonts like: https://twitter.com/googlefonts/status/1415562928657416192.
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Google Fonts uses Github Releases to manage font families. If you feel your font project has hit a milestone, you must create a new release for it. In order to do this, go to the releases page and hit the "Draft a new release button". You must provide a tag number and title which can only be a decimal number e.g 0.100, 1.000 etc. For the body text, mention what has changed since the last release. Once you are done, hit the "Publish release" button. Here is an example which fulfills the requirements, https://github.com/m4rc1e/test-ufr-family/releases/tag/2.019. For more info regarding Github release, please see the official Github Release documentation. Please note that Github Actions must be able to build the fonts before you can make a release. Once you have made a release, the fonts and tests assets will be attached to the release automatically. This may take a while since the fonts and tests will be built from scratch so please be patient.
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Remove this section from the readme. :-)
Description of your font goes here. We recommend to start with a very short presentation line (the kind you would use on twitter to present your project for example), and then add as much details as necesary :-) Origin of the project, idea of usage, concept of creation… but also number of masters, axes, character sets, etc.
Don't hesitate to create images!
Description of you and/or organisation goes here.
Fonts are built automatically by GitHub Actions - take a look in the "Actions" tab for the latest build.
If you want to build fonts manually on your own computer:
make buildwill produce font files.make testwill run FontBakery's quality assurance tests.make proofwill generate HTML proof files.
The proof files and QA tests are also available automatically via GitHub Actions - look at https://googlefonts.github.io/danfo-seyi.
When you update your font (new version or new release), please report all notable changes here, with a date. Font Versioning is based on semver. Changelog example:
26 May 2021. Version 2.13
- MAJOR Font turned to a variable font.
- SIGNIFICANT New Stylistic sets added.
This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license is available with a FAQ at https://scripts.sil.org/OFL
This font repository structure is inspired by Unified Font Repository v0.3, modified for the Google Fonts workflow.