Personal Builder for the Iosevka Font

This repo has a GitHub Workflow which can build Arch Linux packages for the incredible Iosevka font.

The built package can be installed on Arch Linux with sudo pacman -U, or you can simply extract the fonts with your favorite archive tool for use on any system.

To run the included scripts, you'll need python3-venv.

Contents

• How to Use
• Using the Customizer Site

How to Use

If you want to have GitHub build your custom configuration, fork this repo on GitHub, then:

• get a local copy:

  $ git clone <your-github-fork>
  $ cd archbuilder_iosevka

• configure your font, either by editing vars.nt, or by Using the Customizer Site.

  If editing vars.nt, look through all the options, and reference the character variants.

• generate your new workflow:

  $ ./mk/buildpkg.yml.sh

• commit, tag, and push:

  $ git commit -am "whatever change message you want"
  $ git tag whatever-label-you-want
  $ git push && git push --tags

You can watch the build process in your Actions tab, or using GitHub's CLI:

$ gh run watch

After anywhere from 5-120+ minutes you can get the built font from your Releases page, or:

$ gh release download -p '*'

Using the Customizer Site

There is now an official web app for configuring a build visually.

To use a configuration thus generated with this builder:

• in the customizer, leave the default Family Name ("Iosevka Custom")
• save the generated configuration as templates/private-build-plans.toml.wz
• in vars.nt:
  • in the build list, ensure the only uncommented item is ttf-iosevka-custom-git
  • set use_custom_name to no
  • set hinted and build_webfonts as desired
  • other options will be ignored