Quit your editor/program. Unzip and open the folder.
* **[Instructions for Windows](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Typography/TrueTypeInstall.aspx)**
* **[Instructions for macOS](http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2509)**
* Standard distribution in Homebrew: `brew tap caskroom/fonts && brew cask install font-iosevka` (May be outdated).
* Customizable install using Homebrew: see [robertgzr/homebrew-tap](https://github.com/robertgzr/homebrew-tap).
* **Linux** : Copy the TTF files to your fonts directory → Run `sudo fc-cache`.
- Arch Linux users can install the font from the AUR [here](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ttf-iosevka) using an AUR wrapper or by doing it manually. [All variants](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&SeB=nd&K=ttf-iosevka&SB=n&SO=a&PP=50&do_Search=Go).
- Void Linux users can install the font with `xbps-install font-iosevka`.
* **FreeBSD**: The font can be installed with `pkg install iosevka`.
## Weights, Variants and OpenType features
The typeface contains 9 weights (Thin to Heavy) alongside with both italic and oblique versions, with the same metrics as the regular one.
All versions include the same ranges of characters: Latin letters, Greek letters (including Polytonic), some Cyrillic letters, IPA symbols and common punctuations and some symbols. You can check out the full list [here](http://be5invis.github.io/Iosevka/specimen.html).
Iosevka’s default ligation set is assigned to `calt` feature, though not all of them are enabled by default.
Iosevka supports Language-Specific Ligations, which is the ligation set enabled only under certain languages. These ligation sets are assigned to custom feature tags, like `XHS0`.
## Building from Source
To build Iosevka you should:
1. Ensure that [`nodejs`](http://nodejs.org) (≥ 8.4), [`ttfautohint`](http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/), [`otfcc`](https://github.com/caryll/otfcc) (≥ 0.9.3).
2. Install necessary libs by `npm install`. If you’ve installed them, upgrade to the latest.
3.`npm run build -- contents:iosevka`.
You will find TTFs, as well as WOFF(2) web fonts and one Webfont CSS in the `dist/` directory.
## Build Your Own Style
Since version 2.0, Iosevka would no longer support building via `makefile`. To initialize a custom build, you need:
1. Create `private-build-plans.toml` file.
2. Add a build plan into `private-build-plans.toml`, following this format:
```toml
[buildPlans.iosevka-custom] # <iosevka-custom> is your plan name
# When this section is absent, all slants would be built.
[buildPlans.iosevka-custom.slants]
upright = "normal"
italic = "italic"
oblique = "oblique"
```
3. Run `npm run build -- contents:<your plan name>` and the built fonts would be available in `dist/`. Aside from `contents:<plan>`, other options are:
1.`contents:<plan>` : TTF (Hinted and Unhinted), WOFF(2) and Webfont CSS;
2.`ttf:<plan>` : TTF;
3.`ttf-unhinted:<plan>` : Unhinted TTF only;
4.`woff:<plan>` : TTF and WOFF only;
5.`woff2:<plan>` : TTF and WOFF2 only;
The current available styles for `design`/`upright`/`italic`/`oblique` options are:
* Styles for general shape:
*`sans` : Sans serif (default).
*`slab` : Slab serif.
* Styles related to ligations and spacing:
-`term` : Disable ligations and exact monospace.
- The font built will not contain ligatures.
- All glyphs wider than one letter would be deleted.
- In case of your OS or editor cannot handle ligatures correctly, you can disable ligations with it.
-`termlig` : Similar to `term`, the font is exact monospace to make `fontconfig` happy, while ligations are still present.
-`nolig` : Disable ligation only.
-`type` : Make some symbols, like arrows (`→`) and mathematical operators full-width.
-`stress-fw` : When included, full-width characters varying form `U+FF00` to `U+FFFF` will be boxed to present a clear distinguish between ASCII and Full-width.
* All registered `ss##` and `cv##` feature tags, including:
*`ss01`~`ss10` : Predefined stylistic sets based on other Monospace fonts.
*`cv01`~`cv53` : Standalone character variants.
* Styles for ligation sets, include:
*`ligset-haskell`: Default ligation set would be assigned to Haskell.
*`ligset-idris`: Default ligation set would be assigned to Idris.
*`ligset-coq`: Default ligation set would be assigned to Coq.
*`ligset-elm`: Default ligation set would be assigned to Elm.
*`ligset-ml`: Default ligation set would be assigned to ML.
*`ligset-fs`: Default ligation set would be assigned to F#.
*`ligset-fstar`: Default ligation set would be assigned to F\*.
*`ligset-swift`: Default ligation set would be assigned to Swift.
*`ligset-purescript`: Default ligation set would be assigned to PureScript.
* Styles for further customizing default (`calt`) ligation sets. When any of these styles present in your configuration, the `ligset-*` styles would be overridden.
*`calt-clear`: Clear the `calt` ligation set.
*`calt-center-ops`: Vertically align some of the operators (like `*`) to the center position it is before or after a "center" operator (like `+`);
*`calt-arrow`: Enable ligation set that forms arrows;
*`calt-arrow2`: Enable ligation for more arrows, like `>>=`;
*`calt-html-comment`: Enable ligation for `<!--` and `<!---`;
*`calt-eqeq`: Enable ligation for `==` and `===`;
*`calt-ineq`: Enable ligation for `<=` and `>=`;
*`calt-arrowZALE`: Enable ligation for `<=` to form a left double arrow;
*`calt-arrowZAGE`: Enable ligation for `>=` to form a right inverse double arrow;
*`calt-exeq`: Enable ligation for `!=` and `!==`;
*`calt-slasheq`: Enable ligation for `/=` and `/==`;
*`calt-plusplus`: Enable ligation for `++` and further plus-chaining;
*`calt-llgg`: Enable ligation for `<<`, `>>` and other angle-bracket chaining;
*`calt-trig`: Enable ligation for `<|`, `|>` , `<||`, and other bar-and-angle-bracket symbols;
*`calt-dotoper`: Treat dot (`.`) as operator and perform chained centering;
*`calt-brst`: Center asterisk in `(*` and `*)`;
*`calt-logic`: Enable ligation for `/\` and `\/`;
*`calt-colons`: Enable ligation for `::` and `:::` ;
* Styles for changing the line space (leading):
*`leading-750`, `leading-1000`, `leading-1250`, `leading-1500`, `leading-1750`, `leading-2000`: Change the line space. Default is `leading-1250`.
* Styles for changing Powerline symbols' position:
*`powerline-scale-y-750`, `powerline-scale-y-875`, `powerline-scale-y-1000`, `powerline-scale-y-1125`, `powerline-scale-y-1250`, `powerline-scale-y-1375`, `powerline-scale-y-1500`: Resize the Powerline symbols vertically, from 75% to 150%.
*`powerline-scale-x-750`, `powerline-scale-x-875`, `powerline-scale-x-1000`, `powerline-scale-x-1125`, `powerline-scale-x-1250`, `powerline-scale-x-1375`, `powerline-scale-x-1500`: Resize the Powerline symbols horizontally, from 75% to 150%.
*`powerline-shift-y-n500`, `powerline-shift-y-n450`, `powerline-shift-y-n400`, `powerline-shift-y-n350`, `powerline-shift-y-n300`, `powerline-shift-y-n250`, `powerline-shift-y-n200`, `powerline-shift-y-n150`, `powerline-shift-y-n100`, `powerline-shift-y-n50`, `powerline-shift-y-0`, `powerline-shift-y-p50`, `powerline-shift-y-p100`, `powerline-shift-y-p150`, `powerline-shift-y-p200`, `powerline-shift-y-p250`, `powerline-shift-y-p300`, `powerline-shift-y-p350`, `powerline-shift-y-p400`, `powerline-shift-y-p450`, `powerline-shift-y-p500`: Shift the Powerline symbols vertically, from -0.5em to +0.5em.
*`powerline-shift-x-n500`, `powerline-shift-x-n450`, `powerline-shift-x-n400`, `powerline-shift-x-n350`, `powerline-shift-x-n300`, `powerline-shift-x-n250`, `powerline-shift-x-n200`, `powerline-shift-x-n150`, `powerline-shift-x-n100`, `powerline-shift-x-n50`, `powerline-shift-x-0`, `powerline-shift-x-p50`, `powerline-shift-x-p100`, `powerline-shift-x-p150`, `powerline-shift-x-p200`, `powerline-shift-x-p250`, `powerline-shift-x-p300`, `powerline-shift-x-p350`, `powerline-shift-x-p400`, `powerline-shift-x-p450`, `powerline-shift-x-p500`: Shift the Powerline symbols horizontally, from -0.5em to +0.5em.
* Styles for changing the width:
*`expanded`: Expand the width by 10%;
*`compressed`: Compress the width by 10%.
* NOTE: these styles are highly experimental. Handle with extreme care.
* Styles for individual characters. They are easy-to-understand names of the `cv##` styles, including:
* Styles for letter `l`:
*`v-l-hooky` : Hooky `l`.
*`v-l-zshaped` : Z-shaped `l`.
*`v-l-serifed` : Serifed `l` (default for upright and oblique).
*`v-l-italic` : Italic `l` (default for italic).
*`v-l-tailed` : `l` with a curved tail.
*`v-l-hookybottom` : `l` with a straight tail.
* Styles for letter `i`:
*`v-i-hooky` : Hooky `i`.
*`v-i-zshaped` : Z-shaped `i`.
*`v-i-serifed` : Serifed `i` (default for upright and oblique).
*`v-i-italic` : Italic `i` (default for italic).
* Styles for letter `a`:
*`v-a-doublestorey` : Double-storey `a` (default for upright and oblique).
*`v-a-singlestorey` : Single-storey `a` (default for italic).
* Styles for letter `f`:
*`v-f-straight`: `f` without bottom hook (default for upright and oblique).
*`v-f-tailed`: `f` with a leftward bottom hook (default for italic).
* Styles for letter `g`:
*`v-g-doublestorey` : Double-storey `g` (default for upright and oblique).
*`v-g-singlestorey` : Single-storey `g` (default for italic).
*`v-g-opendoublestorey` : Open Double-storey `g`.
* Styles for letter `m`:
*`v-m-longleg` : `m` with long middle leg (default).
*`v-m-shortleg` : `m` with shorter middle leg.
* Styles for letter `t`:
*`v-t-standard` : Standard `t` shape (default).
*`v-t-cross` : Futura-like `t` shape.
* Styles for letter `Q`:
*`v-q-taily` : `Q` with a curly tail (default).
*`v-q-straight` : `Q` with a straight tail in the old versions.
* Styles for letter `y`:
*`v-y-straight`: More-straight letter `y`.
*`v-y-curly`: Curly, cursive-like `y`.
* Styles for zero (`0`):
*`v-zero-slashed` : Slashed Zero `0` (default).
*`v-zero-dotted` : Dotted Zero `0`.
*`v-zero-unslashed` : O-like `0`.
* Styles for one (`1`)
*`v-one-serifed` : `1` with bottom serif (default for Slab).
*`v-one-hooky` : `1` without bottom serif (default for Sans).
* Styles for three (`3`):
*`v-three-flattop` : Flat top `3` (Like Museo Sans / Montserrat).
*`v-three-twoarks` : Arched top `3` (default).
* Styles for ASCII tilde (`~`), asterisk (`*`), paragraph(`¶`), underscore (`_`) and ASCII Caret (`^`):
Once you narrow down your font choice of family (`Droid Sans`, `Inconsolata`, etc) and style (`bold`, `italic`, etc) you have 2 main choices:
#### `Option 1: Download already patched font`
* download an already patched font from the `complete` folder
* This is most likely the one you want. It includes **all** of the glyphs from all of the glyph sets. Only caution here is that some fonts have glyphs in the _same_ code point so to include everything some had to be moved to alternate code points.
#### `Option 2: Patch your own font`
* patch your own variations with the various options provided by the font patcher (see each font's readme for full list of combinations available)
* This is the option you want if the font you use is _not_ already included or you want maximum control of what's included
* This contains a list of _all permutations_ of the various glyphs. E.g. You want the font with only [Octicons][octicons] or you want the font with just [Font Awesome][font-awesome] and [Devicons][vorillaz-devicons]. The goal is to provide every combination possible in this folder.
For more information see: [The FAQ](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/wiki/FAQ-and-Troubleshooting#which-font)
