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Source Code Pro
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Overview
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Source Code Pro is a set of OpenType fonts that have been designed to work well
in user interface (UI) environments. In addition to a functional OpenType font, this open
source project provides all of the source files that were used to build this OpenType font
by using the AFDKO makeotf tool.
Getting Involved
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Send suggestions for changes to the Source Code OpenType font project maintainer,
phunt@adobe.com, for consideration.
Building
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Pre-built font binaries
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The font binaries are not part of the source files. They are provided in the [Downloads](https://github.com/adobe/Source-Code-Pro/downloads) section.
Requirements
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For building binary font files from source, installation of the [Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType](http://www.adobe.com/devnet/opentype/afdko.html) (AFDKO) is necessary. The AFDKO tools are widely used for font development today, and are part of most font editor applications.
Building one font
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Key to building OTF or TTF fonts is `makeotf`, which is part of the AFDKO toolset.
Information and usage instructions can be found by executing `makeotf -h`.
In this repository, all necessary files are in place for building the OTF and TTF fonts.
For example, build a binary OTF font for the Regular style like this:
$ cd Roman/Regular/
$ makeotf -r
Building all fonts
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For convenience, a shell script named `build.sh` is provided in the root directory.
It builds all OTFs and TTFs, and can be executed by typing:
$ ./build.sh
Installing
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[Font Installation Instructions for Windows and Mac](http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/fontinstall/instructions_english.html)
[Font Installation Instructions for Unix-based systems](https://github.com/adobe/source-code-pro/issues/17#issuecomment-8967116)