README.md

   1 # Font Standard
   2
   3 Font Standard is a suite of pictographic icons for easily scalable
   4 vector graphics on websites. Those icons are assigned, when possible,
   5 to a proper public Unicode codepoint, and do not include
   6 questionably-licensed corporate logos, Libertarian tulips, or some
   7 bullshit web service you'll forget about in less than a year.
   8
   9 Font Standard is based on [Font Awesome][], which does not live up to
  10 its name. It is about 40% smaller than Font Awesome (even smaller if
  11 you no longer use FA's custom CSS), and usable in more situations.
  12
  13 ## Building
  14
  15 Install [FontForge][], then at a command line, run
  16
  17     make all
  18
  19 Now you'll get `fontstandard.ttf` and `fontstandard.woff`. These can
  20 be used as drop-in replacements for Font Awesome, or independently as
  21 a font with many useful Unicode glyphs.
  22
  23 ## Compatibility
  24
  25 Font Standard is compatible with Font Awesome, as long as you are not
  26 using any [Brand Icons][] or its awful gender icons. (If you are using
  27 any of these, reconsider the life choices that brought you to do so.)
  28
  29 Font Standard is _also_ compatible with regular HTML, and
  30 you can just assign a CSS font family and type Unicode characters like
  31 ♫ or ☕ and they will render appropriately.
  32
  33 Font Standard mappings may change in future updates. For example, the
  34 Font Awesome "bolt" icon (U+F0E7) is mapped to U+2301 (Electric
  35 Arrow), U+26a1 (High Voltage Sign), and 1+F5F2 (Lightning Mood). If a
  36 more "arrow-like" or "sign-like" bolt appears in Font Awesome in the
  37 future, it might take over those slots.
  38
  39 ## Known Issues
  40
  41 Some characters may be mis-mapped. Some characters are probably
  42 suitable for mapping but are not yet. Let me know if you have
  43 suggestions.
  44
  45 ## License
  46
  47 The scripts that build Font Standard are hereby deeded to the
  48 [public domain][]. The person who associated a work with this deed has
  49 dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her
  50 rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all
  51 related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can
  52 copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial
  53 purposes, all without asking permission.
  54
  55 No claim is made on the "Font Standard" name.
  56
  57 [Font Awesome][] by Dave Gandy is licensed under the [SIL OFL 1.1][] with
  58 the reserved name "FontAwesome".
  59
  60 [Font Awesome]: http://fontawesome.io/
  61 [FontForge]: http://fontforge.org/
  62 [Brand Icons]: http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/#brand
  63 [SIL OFL 1.1]: http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
  64 [public domain]: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/