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Provide basic info of fonts in typst-assets and typst-dev-assets
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Description
It'll be helpful if we also provide brovide basic font info for assets:
https://github.com/typst/typst-assets/tree/main/files/fonts
https://github.com/typst/typst-dev-assets/tree/main/files/fonts
For example, the font name used in Typst, version, available features, …
$ otfinfo --info NewCMMath-Bold.otf
Family: NewComputerModernMath
Subfamily: Bold
Full name: NewComputerModernMath-Bold
PostScript name: NewCMMath-Bold
Version: 5.3.0
Unique ID: FontForge : NewComputerModernMath-Bold : 19-4-2026
Trademark: Please refer to the Copyright section for the font trademark attribution notices.
Copyright: (C) 2019-2026 Antonis Tsolomitis. This work is released under the GUST Font License -- see http://tug.org/fonts/licenses/GUST-FONT-LICENSE.txt for details.
Vendor ID: PfEd
Permissions: Editable
$ otfinfo --features LibertinusSerif-Bold.otf
c2sc Small Capitals From Capitals
calt Contextual Alternates
case Case-Sensitive Forms
ccmp Glyph Composition/Decomposition
cpsp Capital Spacing
dlig Discretionary Ligatures
frac Fractions
hlig Historical Ligatures
kern Kerning
liga Standard Ligatures
lnum Lining Figures
mark Mark Positioning
onum Oldstyle Figures
pnum Proportional Figures
salt Stylistic Alternates
smcp Small Capitals
ss01 Stylistic Set 1
ss02 Stylistic Set 2
ss03 Stylistic Set 3
ss04 Stylistic Set 4
ss05 Stylistic Set 5
ss06 Stylistic Set 6
ss07 Stylistic Set 7
subs Subscript
sups Superscript
tnum Tabular Figures
zero Slashed Zero
Info of the same typeface family should be merged.
$ lsd LibertinusSerif-*
LibertinusSerif-Bold.otf LibertinusSerif-Italic.otf LibertinusSerif-Semibold.otf
LibertinusSerif-BoldItalic.otf LibertinusSerif-Regular.otf LibertinusSerif-SemiboldItalic.otf
The version of the described typst-dev-assets should be main, but that of typst-assets should be v0.14.2 at present.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by inspecting the fonts directories in typst-assets and typst-dev-assets and use the shown otfinfo commands to collect metadata for each font. Merge entries from the same typeface family; done means the documentation includes the requested font names, versions, features, and the specified asset revisions (v0.14.2 and main).
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100