splitbeam

splitbeam is an OpenType font that have been designed to work in the user interface on splitbeam.org. splitbeam is an open source project. Download the repo and get the fonts in the deploy folder. Web Font Specimen

Download

Download Font (fonts in deploy folder)

Folder structur

– deploy                      >> *Here* you find the final fonts to use in production

build.sh                      >> Shell script to build the final fonts
Gruntfile.js                  >> To automate the documentation of the font (grunt task)
package.json                  >> The npm definition to have the grunt task running (node package manager)

- build                       >> files to build the final font and the documentation
    - doc                     >> for the grunt task to generate the documentation
    - Splitbeam-Regular       >> folder for AFDKO to build the OTF and TTF
    - Splitbeam-Regular.json  >> informations about the font as JSON
    - Splitbeam-Regular.pe    >> script for fontforge to build the svg font

- source
    SplitBean-Regular.vfb     >> FontLab source file of the font (see Build-Steps)
    Splitbeam-Regular.ufo     >> UFO File of the final font
    controll.xml              >> see http://scripts.sil.org/FLGlyphBuilder
    fontstep.xml              >> see https://github.com/signalwerk/fontstep

Build from source

To buld the font from the original file:

Requirements

• FontLab 5.x on Mac OS X
• robofab (updated build)
• fontstep
• FLGlyphBuilder
• Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType
• sfnt2woff
• ttf2eot
• Passion & Luck

Steps

• open SplitBean-Regular.vfb
• run FLGlyphBuilder with controll.xml
• run fontstep with fontstep.xml
• run build.sh from terminal
• enjoy ./deploy

Alternative you can take Splitbeam-Regular.ufo and export a TTF (font.ttf) and OTF (font.otf) to ./build/Splitbeam-Regular and run build.sh from terminal.

Special glyphs

####Standard Unicode

glyph name      unicode   description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
whitecircle     0x25cb    circle – no filling 
blackcircle     0x25cf    circle – black filling
envelope        0x2709    envelope
warningsign     0x26a0    warning sign
returnsymbol    0x23ce    return symbol

####Private Use Unicode

glyph name      unicode   description
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
fontversion     0xE000    version of font
logo            0xE002    the plain logo
logoeye         0xE004    just the eye of the logo
logobeam        0xE006    just the beam of the logo (width: 0)
logobeam.calt   0xE007    just the beam of the logo (width: standard)
logofill        0xE008    just the fill of the logo (width: 0)
logofill.calt   0xE009    just the fill of the logo (width: standard)
sparrow         0xE020    sparrow icon
printer         0xf036    printer icon – same unicode in  Windings 2
thumbbackup     0xf03c    thumbs up – same unicode in  Windings 2
                          In Unicode 6 there is 0x1f44d (thumbsupsign)
                          but this is not in the font becaus of missing 
                          Unicode 6 support in various clients.
zero.fitted     0xF639    --
one.fitted      0xF6DC      |
two.fitted      0xF63A      |
three.fitted    0xF63B      |
four.fitted     0xF63C      |-- proportional figures 
five.fitted     0xF63D      |   (name and encoding according to adobe)
six.fitted      0xF63E      |
seven.fitted    0xF63F      |
eight.fitted    0xF640      |
nine.fitted     0xF641    --

License

• All designs are under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0. The Designers of the font are Sonnenzimmer, Chicago
• All code related files are dual-licensed under the BSD 2-Clause license and the GPL v3.

Initial Authors

• Design & Concept: Sonnenzimmer, Chicago
• Font Engineering: Signalwerk, Zurich

Getting Involved

We welcome all contributions or suggestions for changes. We manage contributions through github. So please place an issue in the tracker or send a pull request.