Helsinki Type Studio Exploring Unicode

HTS-X is an exploration of the Unicode standard in OTF format.

All glyphs are 1000 units wide and 1000 high.

Anyone can contribute a new glyph (fork and pull request)

or

Get in touch in the Discussions section if you want to become a collaborator.

How to...

fork and pull request in browser

(assuming you have a Github account)

1. Fork the repository

2. Code -> Download as zip -> open on your computer

3. Add a Unicode character to the OTF (for example select a random one with this generator and add the glyph using Glyphs App)

4. Upload file to your forked repository on Github with the commit message of your unicode number. For example the first ever character was the asterisk, with the unicode number U+002A so the message is simply "U+002A" Commit directly to the main branch.

5. Make a Pull request

Done!

Helsinki Type Studio will merge your pull request to the main repository if it is not overwriting any existing characters.

add unicode character to a font with Glyphs App

https://glyphsapp.com/learn/unicode

short version:

1. open the OTF in Glyphs App

2. press command+shift+G , or select Add Glyphs... from the menu

3. write the Unicode number (for example U+002A should be written in the format uni002A)

4. design your glyph

5. export OTF

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License

HTS-X is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Characters, Contributors

U+002A, Helsinki Type Studio