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Add the Bitstream Charter font #363

Open 1993CRV opened 1 month ago

1993CRV commented 1 month ago

Description

Requesting Bitstream Charter to be added to the default font list. Charter is a popular serif font created by Matthew Carter in 1987 (also the creator of Georgia for Microsoft).

Charter is also the official font Google Deepmind uses for their publications. For example: Learning Agile Soccer Skills for a Bipedal Robot with Deep Reinforcement Learning.

Use Case

Users can use Charter without having to upload .ttf or .otf files into their project.

Links to Font Files

License

This is a copy of the Charter fonts which Bitstream contributed to the X consortium. This is the original notice included with the fonts:

(c) Copyright 1989-1992, Bitstream Inc., Cambridge, MA. You are hereby granted permission under all Bitstream propriety rights to use, copy, modify, sublicense, sell, and redistribute the 4 Bitstream Charter (r) Type 1 outline fonts and the 4 Courier Type 1 outline fonts for any purpose and without restriction; provided, that this notice is left intact on all copies of such fonts and that Bitstream’s trademark is acknowledged as shown below on all unmodified copies of the 4 Charter Type 1 fonts. BITSTREAM CHARTER is a registered trademark of Bitstream Inc.

LaTeX Packages For Reference

Enivex commented 1 month ago

I'm not sure automatic type 1 conversions are good enough to be included in the web app. You can always upload your own fonts to the project if you really need that precise font.

1993CRV commented 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure automatic type 1 conversions are good enough to be included in the web app.

Hi @Enivex, could you explain what you mean by this in greater detail? Thank you.

Enivex commented 2 weeks ago

I'm not sure automatic type 1 conversions are good enough to be included in the web app.

Hi @Enivex, could you explain what you mean by this in greater detail? Thank you.

Bitstream is an old Type 1 font, and the repository you linked is an automated conversion to an opentype font.

1993CRV commented 2 weeks ago

Bitstream is an old Type 1 font, and the repository you linked is an automated conversion to an opentype font.

Are all the default fonts in the web app OpenType?

Enivex commented 2 weeks ago

Bitstream is an old Type 1 font, and the repository you linked is an automated conversion to an opentype font.

Are all the default fonts in the web app OpenType?

Yes, Type 1 fonts are deprecated, and pretty much only supported by LaTeX

1993CRV commented 2 weeks ago

Bitstream is an old Type 1 font, and the repository you linked is an automated conversion to an opentype font.

Are all the default fonts in the web app OpenType?

Yes, Type 1 fonts are deprecated, and pretty much only supported by LaTeX

Thanks. Why wouldn't automatic Type 1 -> OpenType conversions be good enough to be included in the web app?

Enivex commented 2 weeks ago

Bitstream is an old Type 1 font, and the repository you linked is an automated conversion to an opentype font.

Are all the default fonts in the web app OpenType?

Yes, Type 1 fonts are deprecated, and pretty much only supported by LaTeX

Thanks. Why wouldn't automatic Type 1 -> OpenType conversions be good enough to be included in the web app?

I'm not saying they necessarily are, but typically they're not. Usually you're better off picking a different native font.

(Regardless, I do not have any influence over font inclusion in the web app)

1993CRV commented 2 weeks ago

@laurmaedje could the fonts label be added to this issue?

laurmaedje commented 2 weeks ago

Bitstream Charter only supports the Windows Latin-1 codepage minus the € symbol. It might make more sense to include Charis SIL instead, which has a far wider character set, though it also has some design modifications. See also the page you linked: https://practicaltypography.com/charter.html

Enivex commented 2 weeks ago

Sample here https://software.sil.org/charis/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2015/12/CharisSILTypeSample.pdf

(though for an old version)