Initially called ZORALab's Fonts, due to tech transfers, this font repository is now called Holloway's Open SIL Fonts Collections under (Holloway) Chew, Kean Ho and his team's direct supervision.
The repository is mainly to fulfill the following goals:
- Making It Easy for Clients - for modifications, deployment, and etc.
- Reusable Vetted Efforts - vetted for rapid prototyping with Open Font Licenses stores with re-distributable license.
- Easier to Scale Among Members & Friends - get to work without worrying about glyphs and font availabilities.
Simply git clone the repository to your operating system's fonts specific
folders and then execute the update.sh.ps1 script is suffice. To roll in
updates, simply git pull and retry again.
The best location to house the font directory is the user-level font directory or inside it. The location is:
${HOME}/.fonts
Hence, the usual commands are:
$ cd ~/.fonts
$ git clone https://github.com/ChewKeanHo/LIBS_Fonts holloway
$ cd ./holloway
$ ./update.sh.ps1
To update the repo from time to time, please enter the font repo and git pull:
$ cd ~/.fonts/zoralab && git pull
Unlike Linux & MacOS, there is no specific location. Treat this repository like any other source code repository.
The usual commands are:
$ git clone https://github.com/ChewKeanHo/LIBS_Fonts holloway
$ cd .\holloway
$ powershell.exe -noprofile -executionpolicy bypass -file .\update.sh.ps1
To update the repo from time to time, please enter the font repo and git pull:
$ cd .\holloway
$ git pull
Although the repository is set for automated font installation, there are some basics you need to learn before selecting a font for an art deployment. Before selecting a font for you next piece of art, you should always refer back to the font origin here and study its intended design purpose for avoiding akward outcome.
The display (display/ directory) type fonts are usually
designed for title and heading for attention grabbing. They are not
suitable for paragraphing so you may want to avoid that kind of usage unless
otherwise specified by the designer.
In this repository, display type maintains the glyph spacing without going into overly abstractive styling.
The handwriting (handwriting/ directory) type fonts are fancy & abstractive
handwriting designed for passive art usage like background glyphs and etc.
Obviously, they are way unsuitable for reading.
The monospace (monospace/ directory) type fonts are space aware glyphs
designed for plain and raw presentation (e.g. programming codes). It consumes
a lot of spacing and tends to be akwards when used at large like paragraphing.
The Sans Serif (sans-serif/ directory) is a modern organized font
without serif "tails" (e.g. Those Times New Roman style) designed for
both attention grabbing or conventional paragraphing. Sans Serif
usually tends to give modern, technological, and refreshing aura.
The Serif (serif/ directory) is a classical font with "tails" similar to
Times New Roman kind of font designed for both attention
grabbing or conventional paragraphing. Unlike Sans Serif, Serif
gives legacy and authoritive aura.
The Scanners (scanners/ directory) is a technologically functional font
designed for specific functions like QR codes or Bar codes. You should only
use the fonts here for technological function (usually comes with some kind of
scanner tool like Barcode scanner).
The fonts are primarily selected based on the type of projects we engaged in. Usually, the selected fonts are:
- License complying to free (pricing and freedom) for both commerical and non-commerical use.
- Lincese MUST have unrestricted re-distributable rights as per se.
- Attributable to original authors.
- Clear license file in case of legal dispute.
- Suitable for most graphic design works.
- Video processing (design and presentation).
Our documentations are primarily and strictly using Noto Family (sans, mono, and serif). It is rare to see us use other fonts for work and coding purposes.
All sourced fonts MUST be licensed under the Open Font License. Otherwise, we do not have the permission to distribute and to re-distribute the font freely under this repository.