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@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ A bitmap programming font optimized for coziness.
- [Linux](#linux)
- [Mac](#mac)
- [Windows](#windows)
- [Notes on specific applications](#notes-on-specific-applications)
- [VSCode, general GUI applications](#vscode-general-gui-applications)
- [Kitty](#kitty)
- [Roadmap](#roadmap)
- [Recommended alternatives](#recommended-alternatives)
- [Character map](#character-map)
@ -55,11 +58,6 @@ look nice and sharp (and pixel-perfect) at one specific point
size. Vector fonts scale well, but in this case, might look ugly at
smaller point sizes because of antialiasing issues and the like.
VSCode and a lot of other GUI applications don't support bitmap fonts, so you
will want to use CozetteVector there. In applications that do support bitmap
fonts, you will want to use the normal, bitmap Cozette (unless it's too
small for you, in which case, CozetteVector scales better).
### Linux
The preferred format is `.otb` (for bitmaps) or `.ttf`
(for CozetteVector). To install the font, just throw it in your fonts directory
@ -91,6 +89,28 @@ Grab `CozetteVector.ttf`. If you want to get the bitmap versions to work,
You know what you're doing.
### Notes on specific applications
#### VSCode, general GUI applications
VSCode and a lot of other GUI applications don't support bitmap fonts, so you
will want to use CozetteVector there. In applications that do support bitmap
fonts, you will want to use the normal, bitmap Cozette (unless it's too
small for you, in which case, CozetteVector scales better).
#### Kitty
> `if you like bitmap fonts, kitty is not for you.`
**`kitty` [doesn't, and never will, support bitmap fonts](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/97#issuecomment-373970232)**.
If you *really* want to get Cozette working, there are three workarounds reported to work.
The first one is outlined [here](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/97#issuecomment-579094656); if you
explicitly set Cozette(Vector)'s `spacing` to 100, and `scalable` to `true` in `fontconfig`, `kitty` *should* accept it. Alternately, you can build `kitty` from source with bitmap font support by... just changing `allow_bitmapped_fonts` to `1` in `kitty/fontconfig.c`. You can also make Cozette work flawlessly by uninstalling `kitty` and using a terminal emulator for which *not rendering fonts* isn't a design principle - I cannot recommend [alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/) enough. it's excellent, has worked flawlessly for me for quite some time, and both configuring and getting bitmap fonts to work in it is a breeze.
(The support was discussed in [slavfox/Cozette#18](https://github.com/slavfox/Cozette/issues/18). Many thanks to both the participants there, and to Luflosi, who brought up flipping the `allow_bitmapped_fonts` flag in [their fork](https://github.com/Luflosi/kitty/commit/e645e0b5ed084c2c57ecfb8acafc07e76f5717bb))
# Roadmap
Check the [CHANGELOG] for the latest news!