KayKhosrow-Font

[shahabsiavash]

Hi,

I sent 2 Persian fonts about a week ago and another 2 tonight. I didn't receive any replies. I hope we can see more Persian (Arabic) typefaces specially display ones in Google Fonts.

I saw the Lalezar font by Borna Izadpanah and it would be nice if we see more there.

[davelab6]

@shahabsiavash thanks for reaching out here too. Please see https://github.com/google/fonts/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md to learn more about the requirements :) Feel free to update this issue with more details about the 4 fonts you have in mind if they meet the requirements :)

[shahabsiavash]

Thanks for the reply. I sent the files via Google Fonts Form. Now, I guess it is not the right way to do that! :)

And also my Persian fonts are only support Arabic and Persian. Are Latin glyphs mandatory?

Great day ;)

[davelab6]

Yep, all font files must have at a minimum the 215 glyphs listed in the latin_unique-glyphs.nam file

[alexeiva]

@shahabsiavash if you don't want to draw Latin from scratch, you can borrow them from another OFL font

[shahabsiavash]

@alexeiva Thanks a lot. Is there any page or group that I can find some of these? Because I want to be 100% sure that they are OFL and also can get in touch with the designer.

[alexeiva]

@shahabsiavash Sure! All fonts on fonts.google.com are opensource. Most of which are OFL, while others may be under Apache or UFL.

You can browse all OFL's here: https://github.com/google/fonts/tree/master/ofl

You are welcome to post your design-in-progress or any related questions on the GF Discussions forum: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/googlefonts-discuss

[shahabsiavash]

@alexeiva Thanks. I joined. the group :)

[shahabsiavash]

Hi, I designed the Latin glyphs and it is almost finished.

I posted it on Google fonts discussion group.

Here's the link: Review Request: New Persian (Arabic) typeface

Should I update this issue after it is finished or open a new one?

Thanks, @davelab6 @alexeiva

[davelab6]

Great :) updating here is good

[shahabsiavash]

I asked because the new family tag has been removed. :) @davelab6

[davelab6]

I moved it to the new family milestone :)

[shahabsiavash]

Hi,

Finally here! I designed the Latin glyphs, completed the Persian and did the metrics, kerning, {salt} feature and I also added 9 more styles to the family including a Pure Persian style.

This font family includes the first ever Persian color font :) [Layers, SVG, sbix, COLR]

Please read the ReadMe for more information.

Also got some good feedbacks and insights from TypeDrawers masters in the mean time.

Here is the project: KayKhosrow-Font

Please let me know what are the next steps. I'm excited about this :)

Thanks and have a great day,

@davelab6 @alexeiva

[davelab6]

@shahabsiavash alright!

KayKhosrow-Light.ttf
KayKhosrow-Bold.ttf
KayKhosrow-Black.ttf

Are these 3 weights the same design on a weight continuum?

If so, I will need a KayKhosrow-Regular.ttf :)

KayKhosrow-Italic.ttf

Ideally I'd like an italic for each roman weight, in the above list.

KayKhosrow-Oblique.ttf
KayKhosrow-Outline.ttf
KayKhosrow-PurePersian.ttf
KayKhosrow-Round.ttf    
KayKhosrow-Smooth.ttf
KayKhosrow-Inline.ttf

Each of these should be its own family, in a Regular weight. Eg,

KayKhosrowOblique-Regular.ttf
KayKhosrowOutline-Regular.ttf
KayKhosrowPurePersian-Regular.ttf
KayKhosrowRound-Regular.ttf 
KayKhosrowSmooth-Regular.ttf
KayKhosrowInline-Regular.ttf

And this is also true for KayKhosrow-Colored, but currently Google Fonts isn't supporting color fonts.

[shahabsiavash]

If so, I will need a KayKhosrow-Regular.ttf :)

Actually it was Regular at first, but I changed it to light. I'm changing it back. :)

Ideally I'd like an italic for each roman weight, in the above list.

Sure. We will do this.

Each of these should be its own family, in a Regular weight. Eg,

I wanted to gather all of them in one family. I think what I understand is that it should be weight based rather than style based. So I'm gonna do your advice. :)

And this is also true for KayKhosrow-Colored, but currently Google Fonts isn't supporting color fonts.

Maybe soon? :)

Great and thank you.

[shahabsiavash]

@davelab6 Hi again :)

I updated the files. Please take a look and check if everything is ok: KayKhosrow-Font

Thanks,

[shahabsiavash]

@davelab6 @alexeiva The files and the readme are also updated.

Please let me know if something else is necessary. :)

[shahabsiavash]

Is it August holidays in Google Fonts? :tropical_drink: :wink:

[davelab6]

hehe :) The final decision to include fonts in the Google Font collection isn't up to me individually; the collection is now curated by an internal Google team that I'm part of. I'm focused on fixing bugs and improving some of the existing popular fonts, but I'll update this thread when I have news, probably in October or so :) Thanks for your patience with this!

[shahabsiavash]

Thanks. I know. I wish they were here, too! :) We will wait until October then! Good day,