Pre-compiled binaries are supplied in the fonts folder.
The pre-compiled ttf fonts contain several enhancements that are not included when compiling source files yourself:
- Variable TrueType hint instructions for better rendering on Windows;
- Alternate forms for glyphs
naira,wonandfractionthat are automatically shown when using particular widths; - A
stattable containing names of all instances that is used to show these instances in font menus; - A
metatable.
UFO source files are supplied in the sources folder.
To build binary font files from the supplied UFO sources you need fontmake. Fonts in this release have been generated with fontmake 1.9.1.
Run build.sh from the command line. This will compile both IBMPlexSansVar-Roman.ttf and IBMPlexSansVar-Italic.ttf in a new folder called variable_ttf.