| | 1 | [Jost*](http://indestructible-type.github.io/Jost.html) |
| | 2 | ======== |
| | 3 |  |
| | 4 | Jost* is an original font created by indestructible type*. It is inspired by |
| | 5 | the 1920s German sans-serifs. This is version 3.5. |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | Jost* is designed and maintained by [Owen Earl](https://ewonrael.github.io/), who is the creator of the font foundry [indestructible type*](http://indestructible-type.github.io). |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | About |
| | 10 | ----- |
| | 11 | During the 1920s there was a radical shift in German sans serif letterforms. A marriage between the |
| | 12 | precise geometry of earlier German sans serifs with the clean legibility of the humanists coming out of |
| | 13 | England, yielded a geometric sans serif that is so iconic that it still looks as futuristic and forward- |
| | 14 | thinking as it did almost 100 years ago. Jost* is an ode to this era of type design. Instead of trying to |
| | 15 | recreate it precisely, Jost* aims to capture the spirit, using the technologies of today. |
| | 16 | |
| | 17 | Jost* has 9 weights, ranging from Hairline to Black. It can support many languages, includes stylistic |
| | 18 | alternatives, and both tabular and proportional numbers. Using Jost* on the web is as easy as copying a |
| | 19 | line of code into your webpage and includes automatic updates. As of version 3.0, Jost* supports OpenType |
| | 20 | Variable Font technology that allows users to control the exact weight and italic of the font. Best of all |
| | 21 | Jost* is still being actively developed meaning it will continue to improve and future updates may include |
| | 22 | features requested by you! [Visit the website for more information!](http://indestructibletype.com/Jost) |
| | 23 | |
| | 24 |  |
| | 25 | |
| | 26 | Changelog |
| | 27 | --------- |
| | 28 | <b>2.0</b> |
| | 29 | Rebuilt from the ground up.<br> |
| | 30 | <b>2.1</b> |
| | 31 | Added oe ligatures to support French, fixed some italics<br> |
| | 32 | <b>2.2 </b> |
| | 33 | Added alternative a, fixed some kerning, fixed overshoot in bolder weights, added thin version!<br> |
| | 34 | <b>2.3 </b> |
| | 35 | Fixed missing kerning information on Book, Medium, and Bold weights<br> |
| | 36 | <b>3.0 </b> |
| | 37 | Redesigned and rebuilt to work as an OpenType Variable Font. Added Hairline, Semi, and Heavy weights. Added tabular number alternatives. Improved language support. General fixing of things.<br> |
| | 38 | <b>3.1 </b> |
| | 39 | Fixed metadata and metric issues<br> |
| | 40 | <b>3.2 </b> |
| | 41 | Renamed font from "Renner\*" to "Jost\*" due to international intellectual property rights concerns. Fixed some kerning issues, added capital sharp S, added Polish glyphs. Minor design fixes.<br> |
| | 42 | <b>3.3 </b> |
| | 43 | Added optical compensation to italics. Added Czech support. Minor tweaks and fixes.<br> |
| | 44 | <b>3.4 </b> |
| | 45 | Added Cyrillic alphabet (Russian support). Fixed metadata issues and added Romanian support.<br> |
| | 46 | <b>3.5 </b> |
| | 47 | Added some math symbols. Improved letterforms. Improved GitHub repo. Added automated build.sh script. |
| | 48 | |
| | 49 | Web Use |
| | 50 | ------- |
| | 51 | To use on your webpage, simply put the following line of code into the `<head>` of the webpage you'd like to display Jost* and use `font-family: 'Jost';` in your css.<br> |
| | 52 | `<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://indestructibletype.com/fonts/Jost.css" type="text/css" charset="utf-8" />` |
| | 53 | |
| | 54 | Building the Variable Font. |
| | 55 | --------------------------- |
| | 56 | Jost* is licensed under the [SIL open type license](http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL), meaning that it is free to use and modify. However, because of the difficulty |
| | 57 | associated with creating the OpenType Variable Font features, the compliled, functoning version of this font |
| | 58 | requires a payment of $10 or more on the website. However, if you'd like to build this font yourself using |
| | 59 | the source code, the follow the following instructions. |
| | 60 | |
| | 61 | 1. Download the complete source code, either by cloning this repository or downloading the .zip file. |
| | 62 | |
| | 63 | 2. Download and install:<br> |
| | 64 | **fontmake** which can be found [here](https://github.com/googlei18n/fontmake)<br> |
| | 65 | **gftools** which can be found [here](https://github.com/googlefonts/gftools)<br> |
| | 66 | **ttfautohint** which can be found [here](https://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint/)<br> |
| | 67 | |
| | 68 | 3. Run the build.sh script located in the "scripts" folder. This should make both the variable and non-variable versions of the font. |
| | 69 | |
| | 70 | Contact |
| | 71 | ------- |
| | 72 | If you have questions or want to help out, send me and email at indestructibletype@gmail.com |
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