latex-lexend

The Lexend fonts for XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX through fontspec

• Dowloading
• Working with the Source Code
  • Cloning
  • Building
    • Prerequisites
    • Making the Package
  • Developing
• License
• Random Quote

Dowloading

You can find this package on CTAN: https://ctan.org/pkg/lexend

Working with the Source Code

Cloning

To clone this repo, be sure to clone it recursively:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/BrainStone/latex-lexend.git

For older git versions or if you forgot to clone it recursively, do it like this:

git clone https://github.com/BrainStone/latex-lexend.git
cd latex-lexend
git submodule update --init --recursive

Building

Prerequisites

Before you try to build this package make sure you have the following installed:

• make
• pandoc
• A working TeX environment with a working latexmk and lualatex command.
• git (Yes, git is used to determine the version number automatically. So if you want it build properly, you need it, if you don't care about that, it's not needed)

Making the Package

Now if you just want to build the package, run:

make

Removing the build directory after creating the package can be done with

make clean

Developing

If you wish to work on this package, be sure to clone it as described and also to run this command to set everything up:

make setupWorkspace

License

The licensing of this project is a bit uncommon, so let me explain:

The source repository, the one you find under https://github.com/BrainStone/latex-lexend, however is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.

The final package, the one you find on CTAN, is licensed under The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c. So use it like you would use most other packages on CTAN.

Lastly, the font collection itself is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. You can find the license file under https://github.com/ThomasJockin/lexend/blob/master/OFL.txt.

Random Quote

Hardware: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.

— Jeff Pesis