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From: Benjamin Aleritsch <37836473+BenjaminAleritsch@users.noreply.github.com>
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+How to install the font:
+========================
+## Linux(Ubuntu):
+* Open font with Font Manager and install on System-level
+
+## Microsoft Windows:
+* Double-click on font file and install
+
+## Apple/Mac:
+* Unknown
+
+
+How to use the font:
+====================
+* In text-processing program, insert "Special Character"
+* Choose required symbols (see Examples.pdf or Examples.odt for ideas)
+* Place and align according to demands
+* If e.g., a closed circular multiline plasmidmap is required, close vertical gaps adjusting line spacing by
+  * clicking on menu: "Format" / "Paragraph" and
+  * select "Proportional" of ~"92%" at "Line Spacing"
+* After export to PDF, document can be imported to e.g., Inkscape via Poppler/Cairo import and used as path element
+
+Principles that were used in designing the font:
+================================================
+## Inkscape:
+* Import the svg files from the SBOL Github Rep
+* Scale them up to 4096px width
+* Create a layer for each glyph in Inkscape via Menu:Extensions/Typography/Add Glyph Layer
+* Add DNA baseline if required according to specification
+* Ungroup if required
+* Convert from strokes to paths
+* Combine paths
+* Center & Align
+* Save all layers as one svg
+
+## FontForge:
+* Open/Import above svg through FontForge or manually (ctrl+c & ctrl+v)
+* Setup font information
+* Correct wrong direction
+* Add missing extremas
+* Correct non-integral coordinates
+* Correct intersecting paths
+* Duplicate points that count as intersections are very common.
+* Generate Font
+
+Principles that were used in testing the font:
+==============================================
+Font has been tested by recreating Examples.odt and Examples.pdf in LibreOffice Writer Version: 5.4.6.2:
+* in Kubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark and 18.04 Bionic Beaver
+* On menu click: "insert" / "special character"
+* Choose up to 16 characters per insert (can be repeated)
+* Place and align as desired
+* If required, close vertical gaps adjusting line spacing by
+  * clicking on menu: "Format" / "Paragraph" and
+  * select "Proportional" of ~"92%" at "Line Spacing"
+* Click "File" / "Save as" "Example.odt"
+* Click "File" / "Export as PDF" "Example.pdf"
+
+How to update the font when new symbols are added:
+==================================================
+* Prepare new symbol in e.g., Inkscape
+* Open sfd file with e.g., FontForge
+* Vacate dedicated unicode allocation by moving existing symbols up the table (ctrl+x & ctrl+v)
+* Paste new symbol into dedicated, now vacated slot
+* Perform validation as above (missing extrema, non-integral coordinates, intersections and wrong direction)
+* If no errors are shown during validation, generate font
+
+How to test that an update has been completed correctly:
+========================================================
+* Recreate Example.odt and Example.pdf now including the new symbol