Add Nsibidi Libre => renamed to Agu Display

[n8willis]

Font Project Git Repo URL: https://github.com/theseunbadejo/nsibidi-libre

Super short description of the Font Family: Nsibidi (also known as nsibiri, nchibiddi or nchibiddy) is an ancient system of graphic communication indigenous to the Ejagham peoples of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon in the Cross River region. It is also used by neighboring Ibibio, Efik and Igbo peoples.

The Nsibidi Libre typeface is a vehicle for cultural preservation, storytelling, and bridging the gap between ancient symbolic communication and modern typographic expression.

note: the name Nsibidi Libre is slated to change prior to release.

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[n8willis]

There are about 18 glyphs remaining that require completion in one or more masters (out of three). It looks like all of those are in the extended Latin African set.

[chrissimpkins]

Updating to P2 in Q4

[chrissimpkins]

What's the development status of this project @n8willis?

[n8willis]

@chrissimpkins Design-wise, I believe it's ready for PR.

If we have the thumbs-up to ship it with custom style names for the MORF axis, that's doable. But it has to go in the "exception" column because, like Kablammo and Sixtyfour, it doesn't use an off-the-shelf set of style/subfamily names.

Everything that the designer has tried results in the builder generating a permutation of nameIDs and/or filenames that Bakery says is wrong (which FAIL it returns, naturally, depends on the configuration, but none of them satisfy everything). If everybody is on the same page that it just isn't going to conform to the generic checks in that regard, it can move forward.

It seems like Kablammo and Sixtyfour are both approved in that regard, so if that's the case here as well, it's good.

[chrissimpkins]

If we have the thumbs-up to ship it with custom style names for the MORF axis, that's doable. But it has to go in the "exception" column because, like Kablammo and Sixtyfour, it doesn't use an off-the-shelf set of style/subfamily names.

Will you please detail this issue here so that we can decide on it? What are the names and axes involved?

[m4rc1e]

@chrissimpkins I'm revising how we master fonts with MORF. Will bring it up in the meeting later.

[n8willis]

Sure. First thing, for the record, is that the font was renamed and thus so was the repo; it's now at https://github.com/theseunbadejo/Agu-Display

Details:

• Only one variable axis, MORF
• Three named instances:
  • Uzo (at MORF = 0)
  • Ala (at MORF = 30)
  • Osisi (at MORF=60)

Those instances each correspond to a distinct set of decorations/ornaments with different shapes; in the variable font, moving through in-between values causes the current set of decorations/ornaments to rotate or move. At the breakpoints, the decorations are swapped via Alternate layers in the Glyphs source. So each of the three instances (and/or static instantiated fonts) gives the user one of the three ornament sets.

[chrissimpkins]

Marc believes that he has an approach to address this, and that it will work across environments. Including InDesign. Further testing in progress to finalize the plan. Nate plans to open a PR for this family over ~ the next week. We do not see a current onboarding blocker.

[n8willis]

PR is open: #8487