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Source files for the Lato fonts
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A huge thank you and a request for font completion options #59

Open cantaeus opened 1 month ago

cantaeus commented 1 month ago

Dear Lato Team,

First, I want to express my gratitude for making such a versatile and beautiful font freely available for both personal and commercial use. The quality and usability of Lato are remarkable, and it has become an integral part of many global projects.

I understand that the project may no longer be actively maintained, but I was hoping to inquire about the possibility of adding support for a few missing characters: "čđİli̇şğşč" on the various versions of the web font present on Google Fonts. Would it be possible to explore options for updating the font, even if this would require a paid commission?

Any guidance or assistance on this would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards, C.

kenmcd commented 1 month ago

The fonts on Google Fonts web fonts are v1.104 and have a very limited character set. They are tracking the update here: Add Lato v3 #3978 https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/3978 The updated v2 and v3 fonts have far more character coverage. Until GF updates their fonts you can only get this by hosting the fonts yourself. Download v2.015 here: https://www.latofonts.com/lato-free-fonts/ That page also has web fonts. Built versions of these v3 fonts are available here: https://github.com/applecuckoo/lato-builds You will need to convert to web fonts yourself. Keep in mind that the v3 fonts are not final at this time.

Looks like all of your characters are there in v2 and v3, but I am not sure as it appears you pasted some base characters and combining diacritics rather than complete characters.

cantaeus commented 1 month ago

Hi @kenmcd , thank you so much for your quick answer and for your guidance navigating this. I will share your guidelines with my dev team and share back the outcome.

kenmcd commented 1 month ago

@cantaeus You are welcome. Out of curiosity - what language are you trying to support?

cantaeus commented 1 month ago

most languages went without issues, but Turkish, Czech, Croatian and Serbian for example seem more challenging with the implementation choices made so far.