diff --git a/FAQ-and-Troubleshooting.md b/FAQ-and-Troubleshooting.md index fcb743b..baa41f9 100644 --- a/FAQ-and-Troubleshooting.md +++ b/FAQ-and-Troubleshooting.md @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ - [TL;DR](#tldr) - [Explanation](#explanation) 0. [Why do some of the fonts names appear incorrect or appear to have typos?](#why-do-some-of-the-fonts-names-appear-incorrect-or-appear-to-have-typos) +0. [What do these acronym variations in the font name mean: `LG`, `L`, `M`, `S`, `DZ`, `SZ`?](#what-do-these-acronym-variations-in-the-font-name-mean-lg-l-m-s-dz-sz) 0. [Why isn't my favorite font included (already patched)?](#why-isnt-my-favorite-font-included) 0. [Error: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer](#munmap_chunk-invalid-pointer) 0. [segmentation fault running patcher](#segmentation-fault-running-python-patcher) @@ -53,6 +54,30 @@ Once you narrow down your font choice of family (`Droid Sans`, `Inconsolata`, et Some of the patched fonts are _intentionally _renamed due to license restrictions to comply with SIL Open Font License (OFL). In particular the [Reserved Font Names (RFNs)](http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=OFL_web_fonts_and_RFNs#14cbfd4a) +## What do these acronym variations in the font name mean: `LG`, `L`, `M`, `S`, `DZ`, `SZ`? + +- LG - Line Gap +- L - Large +- M - Medium +- S - Small +- DZ - Dotted Zero +- SZ - Slashed Zero + +This particularly applies to Meslo at the moment: + +> Meslo has changed it’s name to Meslo LG which now includes three variants: +small, medium and large. +> +> LG stands for Line Gap, so there’s one variant for smaller vertical line spacing, +more towards Apple’s Menlo, a normal line gap (which equals Meslo v0.1) and +a large gap, which is more than twice the space of Apple’s Menlo. +> +> In addition to Regular, there’s Italic, Bold and Bold Italic font styles +included for each LG variant. + +source: https://github.com/andreberg/Meslo-Font + + ## Why isn't my favorite font included? It is most likely due to the font not being free _or_ due to licensing reasons which prevent distributing or distributing modified versions.