# Qunifont

Qunifont is a [qunified](https://typotheque.genderfluid.space/fr/quni#quni) version of the [Unifont](https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html)

## Drawing new Qunifont glyphs (in pads)

Download, extract and rename the last Unifont tar.gz file (https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/?C=M;O=D) to get access to the Unifont utilities scripts

    curl https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-16.0.01/unifont-16.0.01.tar.gz -o unifont.tar.gz
    tar -xvf unifont.tar.gz
    mv unifont-16.0.01 unifont

Change the GLYPH_MAX_WIDTH variable from hex2otf.c to 64 and compile it with `gcc unifont/src/hex2otf.c -o hex2otf`

    #define GLYPH_MAX_WIDTH 64	///< Maximum glyph width, in pixels.

TODO: change metadata

    see unifont/src/hex2otf

Draw glyphs in a pad following this format (hexadecimal identifier):

    F4910:
    ----------------
    ----------------
    ----------------
    ----------------
    ---#----######--
    ---#---#------#-
    ---#---#------#-
    -##############-
    ---#------------
    ---#------------
    ---#------------
    ---#------------
    ---#------------
    ----##----------
    ----------------
    ----------------

Run `padascii2uniascii.sh` to download the pad's content and format it for the Unifont utilities (uniascii) 

    ./padascii2uniascii.sh http://88.127.187.90:9001/p/qunifont > qunifont.txt

Run `mergehex.sh` to convert `qunifont.txt` (uniascii) to unihex and merge it with the `unfont-base.hex` file

    ./mergehex.sh

Convert unihex to bdf

    ./unifont/src/hex2bdf qunifont.hex > qunifont.bdf

Convert unihex to otf, --help for format list
    
    ./unifont/src/hex2otf hex=qunifont.hex out=qunifont.otf format=truetype

TODO: add OpenType features

    see https://gitlab.com/bye-bye-binary/typotheque/-/raw/master/features-samples/features_exemple_long.fea

## Other useful commands

Convert uniascii to unihex

    ./unifont/src/hexdraw qunifont.txt  > qunifont.hex

Convert unihex to png preview table (-p for plage)

    ./unifont/src/unihex2png -i qunifont.hex -o qunifont.png -p 0

Convert unihex to sfd

    ./unifont/src/hex2sfd < qunifont.hex > qunifont.sfd

Print specific glyph in terminal from hexcode

    printf %b\\n \\UF1010
    󱀐

    printf %b\\n \\UFFE1
    ￡

    printf %b\\n \\U1F480
    💀

Download .fea from BBB

    wget https://gitlab.com/bye-bye-binary/typotheque/-/raw/master/features-samples/features_exemple_long.fea