Agave: A Unique Monospace Font with Mathematical Patterns

Agave is a unique font in that it pays homage to the classic console bitmap fonts of the past, while also incorporating mathematical patterns like the power of two and the golden ratio to create a modern and sleek look. It is a monospace font that is geometrically regular and simple in its design, making it perfect for any visual project. Agave has a wide range of glyphs, including support for Cyrillic and Greek characters, allowing for a greater range of use cases. Its simplicity and versatility make Agave a great choice for any typographical design.

* agave

*** about

*agave* is a fixed-width outline typeface, designed by [[https://b.agaric.net/about][type agaric]].

Free to use, peruse, and diffuse. Everything (font files, glyph designs, glyph databases, and documentation) is released under the [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/LICENSE][MIT license]].

*more about:* [[https://b.agaric.net/page/agave]]

*** status (ver. 11)

- regular:
- *done:* ascii; latin ext; greek; cyrillic; math; ipa; arrows; box; powerline; etc.
- *todo:* more glyphs here and there

- bold:
- /in progress (agave-b.ttf not ready for regular use)/

- italic:
- /yet to be designed/

*** distribution

The =Agave-*.ttf= font files are placed in =dist/=.

- Only the =Regular= variant is usable as of yet.

Source templates, designs, and databases can be found in =src/=.

*** preview

*glyph distinction*, in ASCII:

[[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/img/ascii.png]]

*geometric rationale*, sampling the regular Latin letter "b":

[[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/img/metric.png]]

*terminal*:

[[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/img/term.png]]

*literary text*, sampling ASCII, Greek, and Cyrillic:

[[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/img/text.png]]

*** naming

- "Agave" refers either to the green plant or to the daughter of Kadmos in mythology.
- Agave is sister to [[https://github.com/agarick/autonoe][autonoe]] and [[https://github.com/agarick/ino][ino]].
- *type agaric* opted for a slightly eponymic name for their first typeface.

*** discussion

Feedback, questions, suggestions, etc. are welcome and encouraged.

Feel free to use the [[https://github.com/agarick/agave/issues][issue tracker]] or contact *type agaric* via email at [email protected]=.

*** thanks

... foremost to the respective persons/teams behind FontForge and Inkscape, as I relied on the two programs to design, draw, and generate *agave*,

to GitHub for hosting this repo,

and to all the users ♥

Copyright (c) 2013-2019 type agaric [email protected]

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