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  # Cooltrainer::DistorteD
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- `DistorteD` is a multimedia framework for Jekyll websites.
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- Right now this repo contains two Gems:
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- - [`DistorteD-Jekyll`](https://rubygems.org/gems/distorted-jekyll) contains anything and everything that depends on Jekyll.
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- - [`DistorteD-Ruby`](https://rubygems.org/gems/distorted) contains just the abstract media file format handling code. It's separate so I can use those functions in other contexts and/or easily replace the Ruby core if necessary.
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- ## Motivation
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- DD is my solution for displaying photos, videos, and other types of media on [cooltrainer.org](https://cooltrainer.org) due to my dissatisfaction with every other solution I could find.
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- My previous approach was similar to what's [described here](https://eduardoboucas.com/blog/2014/12/07/including-and-managing-images-in-jekyll.html), with small/medium/large image size variations generated with [Jekyll-MiniMagick](https://github.com/MattKevan/Jekyll-MiniMagick-new).
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- Here are some already-existing ways to put pictures on your Jekyll site that are worth your consideration before choosing DistorteD:
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- - [jekyll-responsive-image](https://github.com/wildlyinaccurate/jekyll-responsive-image)
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- - [jekyll_picture_tag](https://rbuchberger.github.io/jekyll_picture_tag/)
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- - [jekyll-gallery-generator](https://github.com/ggreer/jekyll-gallery-generator)
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- - [jekyll-photo-gallery](https://github.com/aerobless/jekyll-photo-gallery)
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- - [jekyll-thumbnail](https://superterran.github.io/jekyll-thumbnail/)
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- - [jekyll-assets](https://github.com/envygeeks/jekyll-assets)
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- I wanted a solution that fit all of my preferences:
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- - I want to write Markdown and stop littering my Markdown files with instances of Liquid tags like `{% my_image_tag some_photo.jpg %}`. Markdown has an image syntax: same as the hyperlink syntax but with a preceding bang (`!`). It seems [generally accepted](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/embedded-audio-and-video/441/15) that this same syntax is used for video as well.
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- - I try to [avoid shelling out](https://julialang.org/blog/2012/03/shelling-out-sucks/) if possible, mostly for the sake of efficiency with very large Jekyll sites so we aren't forking and spawning an entire shell just to call `convert` or `ffmpeg` for every single image in every single page. That means avoiding some popular libraries like [mini_magick](https://github.com/minimagick/minimagick/blob/master/lib/mini_magick/shell.rb) and [streamio-ffmpeg](https://github.com/streamio/streamio-ffmpeg/blob/master/lib/streamio-ffmpeg.rb).
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- - I want to support many media types (images, videos, PDF, SVG, etc) with the same syntax and workflow on the source side, and with consistent look-and-feel on the output side.
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- - I want my media files to be able to live in the same directory as their corresponding post/page Markdown. This is something I think Hugo gets right with its concept of [Page Bundles](https://gohugo.io/content-management/page-bundles/). You can get similar functionality with [jekyll-postfiles](https://nhoizey.github.io/jekyll-postfiles/), but it won't generate thumbnails or `<img>`/`<picture>` tags for you. Most Jekyll asset plugins want me to have a single images folder for my entire site.
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- - I don't want to depend on any APIs, so plugins like [jekyll-cloudinary](https://nhoizey.github.io/jekyll-cloudinary/), [S3_Video](https://gist.github.com/TimShi/a48fa83abbc8a0242557), and [jekyll-imgix](https://docs.imgix.com/libraries/jekyll-imgix) are out.
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- - I want automatic format conversion to maximize compatibility and efficiency, e.g. JPEGs and PNGs should also generate a WebP, native WebPs should generate JPEG or PNG for older browsers, single-frame GIFs should generate a PNG/WebP, animated GIFs should generate an MPEG-4 (or other format) video, all videos should generate HLS and DASH segments/playlists, etc.
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- - I want to good defaults handling of things like EXIF tag sanitization, auto-rotation, smart cropping, and chosen formats. Any of these options should be configurable per-instance with a Maruku/Kramdown-style [attribute list](https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/maruku/proposal.html).
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- ## Status
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- Images are fairly well supported and are enabled by default. Video support is very experimental and fragile and is not enabled in the default config. HLS works fine right now with iOS/Safari/Edge, but my current Gst pipeline is very specific to my hardware. I'm waiting on a version of GStreamer to include the new [dashsink2](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gst-plugins-bad/merge_requests/704) before I do the work to rewrite my basic `gst_parse`-based pipeline and get it into a usable state for Firefox/Chrome. All other media types are still conceptual. Please don't ask me for ETAs :)
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  ## Installation
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- DistorteD Writing: /home/okeeblow/Works/DDDemo/jekyll/update/2020/06/17/DistorteD-full.png
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+ <a href="http://www.zehfernando.com/about" title="Zeh Fernando">Zeh Fernando</a> made <a href="http://www.dafont.com/perfect-dos-vga-437.font" title="Perfect DOS VGA 437 @ dafont">Perfect DOS VGA 437</a> back in 2003, and it is <em>almost</em> the best TrueType VGA font out there. To my eye it looks a bit too spaced-out horizontally; this is for a couple of reasons. I made the following alterations to his font to address them.</p>
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+ <p>First, while his font is done on a proper 9x16 pixel matrix (VGA characters are stored as 8x16 matrices in ROM, but <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/59953">the adapter displays them in a padded 9x16 cell</a>), none of his alphanumeric glyphs are more than 7 pixels wide, which is not as it should be. For <strong>More Perfect DOS VGA</strong> I fixed the capitals T and Z, both cases of M, V, X, and W, the zero, the ligatured AE, and a few other glyphs to better match IBM’s VGA ROM font. The result of this is that some glyphs lie a little closer to one another, which makes text look a little less spread-out.</p>
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+ <p>An aesthetic remedy to this is just to kern the TrueType font one “pixel” narrower, and that’s what I did for <strong>Less Perfect DOS VGA</strong>. I left Zeh’s glyphs as he made them and just narrowed the width of the font definition. The result is more tightly packed, less perfect, but nicer as a screen font.</p>
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<a class="tdn help black" style="cursor:help" target="_blank" href="./faq.php#copyright">100% Free</a>&nbsp;- 2 font files</div><div class="dlbox" style="height:88px" ><a class="dl" title="49 K" href="//dl.dafont.com/dl/?f=perfect_dos_vga_437" rel="nofollow">&nbsp;Download&nbsp;</a><a class="donate dfsmall" href="#null" onclick="document.getElementById('donate1').submit()">Donate to author</a><form id="donate1" action="https://www.paypal.com/1/cgi-bin/webscr" target="_blank" method="post"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_xclick"><input type="hidden" name="business" value="&#122;&#101;&#104;&#64;&#122;&#101;&#104;&#102;&#101;&#114;&#110;&#97;&#110;&#100;&#111;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;"><input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="To Zeh Fernando, from a nice dafont visitor"><input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="Perfect DOS VGA 437 font"><input type="hidden" name="no_shipping" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="cn" value="Add a comment"><input type="hidden" name="tax" value="0"><input type="hidden" name="lc" value="EN"/><input type="hidden" name="locale.x" value="en_XC"/><input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"></form></div><div style="background-image:url(/img/preview/p/e/perfect_dos_vga_4370.png)" class="preview"><a href="perfect-dos-vga-437.font"></a></div><div style="height:8px"></div><div class="points"></div><br><h4>9 comments</h4><div style="padding:9px 3px;background:#e9e9e9"><div class="dfsmall"><b><a class="tdh" href="profile.php?user=596503">WM3DAS</a> </b> &nbsp;Dec 27, 2012</div><div style="padding-top:5px;word-wrap:break-word">Nice font!</div></div><div style="padding:9px 3px;background:#fff"><div class="dfsmall"><b><a class="tdh" href="profile.php?user=667059">MissIndependent</a> </b> &nbsp;Mar 28, 2013</div><div style="padding-top:5px;word-wrap:break-word">as I download the shrift and place it in my Font folder, why I can't use it in my word? it appears in the word but it didn't change the font</div></div><div style="padding:9px 3px;background:#e9e9e9"><div class="dfsmall"><b><a class="tdh" href="profile.php?user=769228">flberger</a> </b> &nbsp;Mar 02, 2014</div><div style="padding-top:5px;word-wrap:break-word">Sadly, the font does not come with a license.</div></div><div style="padding:9px 3px;background:#fff"><div class="dfsmall"><b><a class="tdh" href="profile.php?user=770800">antopolo</a> </b> &nbsp;Mar 10, 2014</div><div style="padding-top:5px;word-wrap:break-word">This font helped me to port an old dos program under W7 32 bit. I used semigraphical characters to draw rectangles. PerfectDOS is slighty different from original 437 characters: Vertical bar is 179 decimal. If I put 179 on the same column in different rows, I see a long continuous vertical line. With PerfectDOS the line in not continuous: most upper and lower dots are off ! The same holds for orizontal lines. Anyway: great work !</div></div><div style="padding:9px 3px;background:#e9e9e9"><div class="dfsmall"><b><a class="tdh" href="profile.php?user=177476">zeh</a> </b><span style="background:#ff0">&nbsp;author of Perfect DOS VGA 437&nbsp;</span> &nbsp;Sep 16, 2014</div><div style="padding-top:5px;word-wrap:break-word">The license is this: this font is free to use in whatever you want.</div></div><div style="padding:9px 3px;background:#fff"><div class="dfsmall"><b><a class="tdh" href="profile.php?user=933485">aespo</a> </b> &nbsp;Aug 09, 2016</div><div style="padding-top:5px;word-wrap:break-word">Beautiful work! Thanks, Zeh!!! I will use this in a web user interface that will look<br>
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+ like old VGA text mode user interface</div></div><div style="padding:9px 3px;background:#e9e9e9"><div class="dfsmall"><b><a class="tdh" href="profile.php?user=960917">183078</a> </b> &nbsp;Jan 09, 2017</div><div style="padding-top:5px;word-wrap:break-word">a little hard to read</div></div><div style="padding:9px 3px;background:#fff"><div class="dfsmall"><b><a class="tdh" href="profile.php?user=972097">grenzfurthner</a> </b> &nbsp;Mar 11, 2017</div><div style="padding-top:5px;word-wrap:break-word">Hey Zeh! Just wanted to tell you that 'Perfect DOS VGA 437' is a really great font and I used it as the main font in my nerd documentary 'Traceroute': <a target="_blank" href="http://www.monochrom.at/traceroute" rel="nofollow">http://www.monochrom.at/traceroute</a><br>
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+ In case you want to watch it, drop me a line: jg At monochrom.at<br>
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+ Cheers!</div></div><div style="padding:9px 3px;background:#e9e9e9"><div class="dfsmall"><b><a class="tdh" href="profile.php?user=1118278">Band</a> </b> &nbsp;Feb 03, 2019</div><div style="padding-top:5px;word-wrap:break-word">If anybody wonders what's the difference between &quot;Perfect DOS VGA 437&quot; and &quot;Perfect DOS VGA 437 Win&quot; - Win version uses normal places for glyphs like &#1105;, and non-win version isn't (i guess it's for something like KOI8 or other obsolete encoding system).</div></div><br><br><div class="dfsmall"><a href="login.php?ref=%2Ffont-comment.php%3Ffile%3Dperfect_dos_vga_437">Login</a> to add a comment.</div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-left:140px;clear:left"><div class="points" style="padding-bottom:12px"></div><div style="padding-right:1px" class="dfsmall tdh right"><a href="./privacy.php">Privacy Policy</a>&nbsp; -&nbsp; <a href="./contact.php">Contact</a></div><div class="dfsmall tdh">Links:&nbsp; <a target="_blank" href="http://luc.devroye.org/fonts.html">On snot and fonts</a></div></div>&nbsp;</body></html>
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+ >> perfect dos vga 437 - general information >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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+ "Perfect DOS VGA 437" and "Perfect DOS VGA 437 Win" are truetype fonts
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+ designed to emulate the MS-DOS/Text mode standard font, used on VGA monitors,
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+ with the 437 Codepage (standard US/International). This is a "bitmap" font,
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+ meaning it emulates a bitmap font and can only be used at a given size (8 or
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+ multiples of it like 16, 24, 32, etc). It's optimized for Flash too, so it
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+ There are two fonts available. "Perfect DOS VGA 437" uses the original DOS
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+ codepage 437. It should be used, for example, if you're opening DOS ASCII
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+ files on notepad or another windows-based editor. Since it's faithful to the
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+ original DOS codes, it won't accent correctly in windows ("�" would produce
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+ >> perfect dos vga 437 - creation process >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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+ This font was created to be used on a Flash-based ANSi viewer I'm working. To
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+ charWrite 1 + (l MOD 20), 1 + (l \ 20) * 6 + (l MOD 2), LTRIM$(RTRIM$(STR$(l))) + CHR$(l)
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+ Then captured the text screen using SCREEN THIEF (a very, very old screen
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+ recreated the font polygon by polygon on Fontlab, while looking at the image
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+ >> author >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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+ zeh fernando remembers the old days. SMASH DAH FUCKING ENTAH.
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+ FONTLOG for Anonymous Pro
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+ This file provides detailed information on the Anonymous Pro Font Software. This information should be distributed along with the Anonymous Pro fonts and any derivative works.
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+ Anonymous Pro is a family of four fixed-width fonts designed especially with coding in mind. Characters that could be mistaken for one another (O, 0, I, l, 1, etc.) have distinct shapes to make them easier to tell apart in the context of source code.
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+ Anonymous Pro is distributed with the Open Font License (OFL).
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+ For more information, see the file "README for Anonymous Pro".
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+ Mark Simonson
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+ September 8, 2010
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+ Mark Simonson Studio LLC
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+ http://www.ms-studio.com
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+ mark@marksimonson.com
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+ CHANGELOG
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+ 8 September 2010 (Mark Simonson) Anonymous Pro Version 1.002
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+ - Fixed (stupid) incorrect design of quotesinglbase and quotedblbase
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+ - Lengthened hyphen
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+ - Shortened underscore so that it is distinct from adjacent underscores
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+ - Increased the weight of the ampersand to make it visually the same weight as other glyphs
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+ - Adjusted vertical position of "<", ">" and math characters to align with hyphen
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+ - Modified design of Cyrillic "ze" to better distinguish it from "3"
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+ - Modified 12ppm and 13ppm "m" bitmap so it does not touch adjacent glyphs
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+ - Corrected asymmetrical parentheses in 13ppm bitmaps
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+ - Corrected missing encoding of .null and CR
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+ - Added installation instructions for Linux to README.txt
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+ 9 October 2009 (Mark Simonson) Anonymous Pro Version 1.001
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+ - Lowered comma and comma portion of semicolon for better legibility
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+ - Tweaked design of quotesinglbase and quotedblbase
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+ - Tweaked bitmaps for period and other "dot" punctuation for better legibility
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+ - Fixed bad value in CVT that caused uneven cap height at some sizes on Windows
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+ - Corrected 13ppem bitmaps for omicrontonos
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+ - Switched to the SIL Open Font License (OFL)
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+ - Created FONTLOG and new README file
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+ 10 June 2009 (Mark Simonson) Anonymous Pro Version 1.0
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+ - Initial release of Anonymous Pro fonts
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+ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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+ Thanks to Susan Lesch and David Lamkins for creating the Anonymous 9 Macintosh bitmap font (1991-1994), the basis for the TrueType fonts Anonymous™ and its successor, Anonymous Pro.
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+ Consult the copyright statement(s) in the license for ways to contact the original authors. Consult the FONTLOG for information on how the font differs from the Original Version, and get in touch with the various contributors via the information in the acknowledgment section. Please consider using the Original Versions of the fonts whenever possible.
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+ The intent is that the goodwill and reputation of the author(s) should not be used in a way that makes it sound like the original author(s) endorse or approve of a specific Modified Version or software bundle. For example, it would not be right to advertise a word processor by naming the author(s) in a listing of software features, or to promote a Modified Version on a web site by saying "designed by ...". However, it would be appropriate to acknowledge the author(s) if your software package has a list of people who deserve thanks. We realize that this can seem to be a gray area, but the standard used to judge an acknowledgement is that if the acknowledgement benefits the author(s) it is allowed, but if it primarily benefits other parties, or could reflect poorly on the author(s), then it is not.
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+ Yes, but these issues are out-of-scope for the OFL. The license itself neither encourages their use nor prohibits them since such mechanisms are not implemented in the components of the Font Software but through external software. Such restrictions are put in place for many different purposes corresponding to various usage scenarios. One common example is to limit potentially dangerous cross-site scripting attacks. However, in the spirit of libre/open fonts and unrestricted writing systems, we strongly encourage open sharing and reuse of OFL fonts, and the establishment of an environment where such restrictions are unnecessary. Note that whether you wish to use such mechanisms or you prefer not to, you must still abide by the rules set forth by the OFL when using fonts released by their authors under this license. Derivative fonts must be licensed under the OFL, even if they are part of a service for which you charge fees and/or for which access to source code is restricted. You may not sell the fonts on their own - they must be part of a larger software package or bundle. For example, even if the OFL font is distributed in a software package or via an online service using a DRM mechanism, the user would still have the right to extract that font, use, study, modify and redistribute it under the OFL.
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+ 2.4 Can I pay someone to enhance the fonts for my use and distribution?
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+ Yes. This is a good way to fund the further development of the fonts. Keep in mind, however, that if the font is distributed to others it must be under the OFL. You won't be able to recover your investment by exclusively selling the font, but you will be making a valuable contribution to the community. Please remember how you have benefitted from the contributions of others.
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+ 2.5 I need to make substantial revisions to the font to make it work with my program. It will be a lot of work, and a big investment, and I want to be sure that it can only be distributed with my program. Can I restrict its use?
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+ No. If you redistribute a Modified Version of the font it must be under the OFL. You may not restrict it in any way. This is intended to ensure that all released improvements to the fonts become available to everyone. But you will likely get an edge over competitors by being the first to distribute a bundle with the enhancements. Again, please remember how you have benefitted from the contributions of others.
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+ 2.6 Do I have to make any derivative fonts (including extended source files, build scripts, documentation, etc.) publicly available?
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+ No, but please do share your improvements with others. You may find that you receive more than what you gave in return.
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+ 2.7 Why can't I use the Reserved Font Name(s) in my derivative font names? I'd like people to know where the design came from.
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+ The best way to acknowledge the source of the design is to thank the original authors and any other contributors in the files that are distributed with your revised font (although no acknowledgement is required). The FONTLOG is a natural place to do this. Reserved Font Name(s) ensure that the only fonts that have the original names are the unmodified Original Versions. This allows designers to maintain artistic integrity while allowing collaboration to happen. It eliminates potential confusion and name conflicts. When choosing a name be creative and avoid names that reuse almost all the same letters in the same order or sound like the original. Keep in mind that the Copyright Holder(s) can allow a specific trusted partner to use Reserved Font Name(s) through a separate written agreement.
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+ 2.8 What do you mean by "primary name as presented to the user"? Are you referring to the font menu name?
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+ Yes, the requirement to change the visible name used to differentiate the font from others applies to the font menu name and other mechanisms to specify a font in a document. It would be fine, for example, to keep a text reference to the original fonts in the description field, in your modified source file or in documentation provided alongside your derivative as long as no one could be confused that your modified source is the original. But you cannot use the Reserved Font Names in any way to identify the font to the user (unless the Copyright Holder(s) allow(s) it through a separate agreement; see section 2.7). Users who install derivatives ("Modified Versions") on their systems should not see any of the original names ("Reserved Font Names") in their font menus, for example. Again, this is to ensure that users are not confused and do not mistake a font for another and so expect features only another derivative or the Original Version can actually offer. Ultimately, creating name conflicts will cause many problems for the users as well as for the designer of both the Original and Modified versions, so please think ahead and find a good name for your own derivative. Font substitution systems like fontconfig, or application-level font fallback configuration within OpenOffice.org or Scribus, will also get very confused if the name of the font they are configured to substitute to actually refers to another physical font on the user's hard drive. It will help everyone if Original Versions and Modified Versions can easily be distinguished from one another and from other derivatives. The substitution mechanism itself is outside the scope of the license. Users can always manually change a font reference in a document or set up some kind of substitution at a higher level but at the lower level the fonts themselves have to respect the Reserved Font Name(s) requirement to prevent ambiguity. If a substitution is currently active the user should be aware of it.
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+ 2.9 Am I not allowed to use any part of the Reserved Font Names?
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+ You may not use the words of the font names, but you would be allowed to use parts of words, as long as you do not use any word from the Reserved Font Names entirely. We do not recommend using parts of words because of potential confusion, but it is allowed. For example, if "Foobar" was a Reserved Font Name, you would be allowed to use "Foo" or "bar", although we would not recommend it. Such an unfortunate choice would confuse the users of your fonts as well as make it harder for other designers to contribute.
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+ 2.10 So what should I, as an author, identify as Reserved Font Names?
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+ Original authors are encouraged to name their fonts using clear, distinct names, and only declare the unique parts of the name as Reserved Font Names. For example, the author of a font called "Foobar Sans" would declare "Foobar" as a Reserved Font Name, but not "Sans", as that is a common typographical term, and may be a useful word to use in a derivative font name. Reserved Font Names should also be single words. A font called "Flowing River" should have Reserved Font Names "Flowing" and "River", not "Flowing River".
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+ 2.11 Do I, as an author, have to identify any Reserved Font Names?
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+ No, but we strongly encourage you to do so. This is to avoid confusion between your work and Modified versions. You may, however, give certain trusted parties the right to use any of your Reserved Font Names through separate written agreements. For example, even if "Foobar" is a RFN, you could write up an agreement to give company "XYZ" the right to distribute a modified version with a name that includes "Foobar". This allows for freedom without confusion.
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+ 2.12 Are any names (such as the main font name) reserved by default?
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+ No. That is a change to the license as of version 1.1. If you want any names to be Reserved Font Names, they must be specified after the copyright statement(s).
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+ 2.13 What is this FONTLOG thing exactly?
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+ It has three purposes: 1) to provide basic information on the font to users and other developers, 2) to document changes that have been made to the font or accompanying files, either by the original authors or others, and 3) to provide a place to acknowledge the authors and other contributors. Please use it! See below for details on how changes should be noted.
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+ 2.14 Am I required to update the FONTLOG?
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+ No, but users, designers and other developers might get very frustrated at you if you don't! People need to know how derivative fonts differ from the original, and how to take advantage of the changes, or build on them.
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+ 3 ABOUT THE FONTLOG
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+ This file provides detailed information on the <FontFamilyName> Font Software. This information should be distributed along with the <FontFamilyName> fonts and any derivative works.
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+ 3.2 Basic Font Information
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+ (Here is where you would describe the purpose and brief specifications for the font project, and where users can find more detailed documentation. It can also include references to how changes can be contributed back to the Original Version. You may also wish to include a short guide to the design, or a reference to such a document.)
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+ - Improved build script performance and verbosity
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+ - Added Armenian glyphs (U+0531 -> U+0587)
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+ - Released as "<NewFontFamilyName>"
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+ (Here is where contributors can be acknowledged.
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+ D: Designer - Greek & Cyrillic glyphs based on Roman design
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+ D: Engineer - original smart font code
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+ 4.1 Why should I contribute my changes back to the original authors?
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+ It would benefit many people if you contributed back to what you've received. Providing your contributions and improvements to the fonts and other components (data files, source code, build scripts, documentation, etc.) could be a tremendous help and would encourage others to contribute as well and 'give back', which means you will have an opportunity to benefit from other people's contributions as well. Sometimes maintaining your own separate version takes more effort than merging back with the original. Be aware that any contributions, however, must be either your own original creation or work that you own, and you may be asked to affirm that clearly when you contribute.
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+ 4.2 I've made some very nice improvements to the font, will you consider adopting them and putting them into future Original Versions?
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+ Most authors would be very happy to receive such contributions. Keep in mind that it is unlikely that they would want to incorporate major changes that would require additional work on their end. Any contributions would likely need to be made for all the fonts in a family and match the overall design and style. Authors are encouraged to include a guide to the design with the fonts. It would also help to have contributions submitted as patches or clearly marked changes (the use of smart source revision control systems like subversion, svk, mercurial, git or bzr is a good idea). Examples of useful contributions are bug fixes, additional glyphs, stylistic alternates (and the smart font code to access them) or improved hinting.
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+ It is likely that most authors of OFL fonts would accept financial contributions - contact them for instructions on how to do this. Such contributions would support future development. You can also pay for others to enhance the fonts and contribute the results back to the original authors for inclusion in the Original Version.
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+ 5.1 I see that this is version 1.1 of the license. Will there be later changes?
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+ Version 1.1 is the first minor revision of the OFL. We are confident that version 1.1 will meet most needs, but are open to future improvements. Any revisions would be for future font releases, and previously existing licenses would remain in effect. No retroactive changes are possible, although the Copyright Holder(s) can re-release the font under a revised OFL. All versions will be available on our web site: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL.
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+ Yes! We heartily encourage anyone to use the OFL to distribute their own original fonts. It is a carefully constructed license that allows great freedom along with enough artistic integrity protection for the work of the authors as well as clear rules for other contributors and those who redistribute the fonts. Some additional information about using the OFL is included at the end of this FAQ.
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+ No. The Copyright Holder(s) still retain(s) all the rights to their creation; they are only releasing a portion of it for use in a specific way. For example, the Copyright Holder(s) may choose to release a 'basic' version of their font under the OFL, but sell a restricted 'enhanced' version. Only the Copyright Holder(s) can do this.
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+ The OFL is a license and not a contract and so does not require you to sign it to have legal validity. By using, modifying and redistributing components under the OFL you indicate that you accept the license.
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+ SIL certainly recognises the need for people who are not familiar with English to be able to understand the OFL and this FAQ better in their own language. Making the license very clear and readable is a key goal of the OFL.
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+ If you are an experienced translator, you are very welcome to help by translating the OFL and its FAQ so that designers and users in your language community can understand the license better. But only the original English version of the license has legal value and has been approved by the community. Translations do not count as legal substitutes and should only serve as a way to explain the original license. SIL - as the author and steward of the license for the community at large - does not approve any translation of the OFL as legally valid because even small translation ambiguities could be abused and create problems.
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+ "This is an unofficial translation of the SIL Open Font License into $language. It was not published by SIL International, and does not legally state the distribution terms for fonts that use the OFL. A release under the OFL is only valid when using the original English text.
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+ However, we recognize that this unofficial translation will help users and designers not familiar with English to understand the SIL OFL better and make it easier to use and release font families under this collaborative font design model. We encourage designers who consider releasing their creation under the OFL to read the FAQ in their own language if it is available.
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+ SIL International is a worldwide faith-based education and development organization (NGO) that studies, documents, and assists in developing the world's lesser-known languages through literacy, linguistics, translation, and other academic disciplines. SIL makes its services available to all without regard to religious belief, political ideology, gender, race, or ethnic background. SIL's members and volunteers share a Christian commitment.
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+ The ability to read, write, type and publish in one's own language is one of the most critical needs for millions of people around the world. This requires fonts that are widely available and support lesser-known languages. SIL develops - and encourages others to develop - a complete stack of writing systems implementation components available under open licenses. This open stack includes input methods, smart fonts, smart rendering libraries and smart applications. There has been a need for a common open license that is specifically applicable to fonts and related software (a crucial component of this stack) so SIL developed the SIL Open Font License with the help of the FLOSS community.
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+ Our main web site is: http://www.sil.org/
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+ Our site about complex scripts is: http://scripts.sil.org/
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+ Information about this license (including contact email information) is at: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
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+ 7.1 Put your copyright and reserved font names information in the beginning of the main OFL file (simply use the dedicated placeholders).
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+ 7.2 Put your copyright and the OFL references in your various font files (such as in the copyright, license and description fields) and in your other components (build scripts, glyph databases, documentation, rendering samples, etc). Accurate metadata in your font files is beneficial to you as an increasing number of applications are exposing this information to the user. For example, clickable links can bring users back to your website and let them know about other work you have done or services you provide. Depending on the format of your fonts and sources, you can use template human-readable headers or machine-readable metadata.
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+ 7.3 Write an initial FONTLOG for your font and include it in the release package.
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+ 7.4 Include the OFL license file in your release package.
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+ 7.5 We also highly recommend you include the relevant practical documentation on the license by putting the OFL-FAQ in your package.
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