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