Something I couldn't find in the readme (could be my fault) is the "why". What did you tweak, what where the things in Iosevka that you we're missing?
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2023
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Oh thats a good point, I didn't include it.
- I changed the width of all the characters, made them like 40% wider. That was the big thing stopping me from using Iosevka; all the letters look squished to me.
- I swapped out some of the letter choices, such as making
alook like an "o with a tail" instead of a backwards 6 with a tail (if that makes sense, its kinda hard without a picture). I did changes like that for a handful of characters, I think it was a, l, {, }, and maybe y as well. - I changed the thick/thinness options. I like really thin fonts, so I had it output ultra thin by default. I did have some trouble with the bold weight being too heavy and I'd like to tweak it more but haven't gotten around to it.
- I played around with kerning, but I think its effectively the same as Iosevka
- Last, I think I disabled some of the ligatures
Also I really really tried patching XD Font to include the Nerdfont (https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts) icons. There are patching tools for it but ultimately I couldn't get them to work.