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98 lines
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# Qunifont
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Qunifont is a [qunified](https://typotheque.genderfluid.space/fr/quni#quni) version of the [Unifont](https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html)
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## Drawing new Qunifont glyphs in a pad
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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
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curl https://unifoundry.com/pub/unifont/unifont-16.0.01/unifont-16.0.01.tar.gz -o unifont.tar.gz
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tar -xvf unifont.tar.gz
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mv unifont-16.0.01 unifont
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TODO: Change metadata in `hex2otf.c`
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see unifont/src/hex2otf
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Change the GLYPH_MAX_WIDTH variable in `hex2otf.c` to 64 and compile it with `gcc unifont/src/hex2otf.c -o unifont/src/hex2otf`
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#define GLYPH_MAX_WIDTH 64 ///< Maximum glyph width, in pixels.
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Draw glyphs in a pad following this format (hexadecimal identifier):
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F4910:
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---#----######--
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---#---#------#-
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---#---#------#-
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-##############-
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---#------------
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---#------------
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---#------------
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---#------------
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---#------------
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----##----------
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Run `padascii2uniascii.sh` to download the pad's content and format it for the Unifont utilities (uniascii)
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./padascii2uniascii.sh http://92.131.57.17:9001/p/qunifont > qunifont.txt
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Run `mergehex.sh` to convert `qunifont.txt` (uniascii) to unihex and merge it with the `unfont-base.hex` file
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./mergehex.sh
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Convert unihex to otf, --help for format list
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./unifont/src/hex2otf hex=merge.hex out=qunifont.otf format=truetype
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Add OpenType features (in fontforge for the moment)
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open qunifont.otf > file > merge feature info > select file > features_qunifont.fea
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## Other useful commands etc.
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Convert uniascii to unihex
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./unifont/src/hexdraw qunifont.txt > qunifont.hex
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Convert unihex to png preview table (-p for plage)
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./unifont/src/unihex2png -i qunifont.hex -o qunifont.png -p 0
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Convert unihex to bdf
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./unifont/src/hex2bdf qunifont.hex > qunifont.bdf
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Convert unihex to sfd
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./unifont/src/hex2sfd < qunifont.hex > qunifont.sfd
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Print specific glyph in terminal from hexcode
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printf %b\\n \\UF1010
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printf %b\\n \\UFFE1
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￡
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printf %b\\n \\U1F480
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💀
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Download .fea from BBB
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curl -O https://gitlab.com/bye-bye-binary/typotheque/-/raw/master/features-samples/features_exemple_long.fea
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Edit Fontforge Lookup table
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Element > Font Info > Lookup
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Import .fea file in Fontforge
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File > Import merge features
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