Important: Changes to File Naming Convention in Version 28

[be5invis]

To the maintainers of Iosevka packages on various software package platforms:

As the maintainer of the Iosevka project, I would like to inform you about some important changes that will be included in version 28.

Specifically, I will be modifying the way font files are named. Moving forward, all font filenames' components (family name and weight-width-slope suffix) will be written in PascalCase instead of being entirely lowercase. The updated naming schema will better follow the modern convention of font file names. For example:

• iosevka-curly-slab-semiboldextendeditalic.ttf will be renamed to IosevkaCurlySlab-SemiBoldExtendedItalic.ttf.
• iosevka.ttc will be renamed to Iosevka.ttc.

The menu names and CSS family names of the fonts will not be changed.

I humbly request you to update your package scripts timely, accommodating the changes in the file naming. It is crucial to make necessary amendments in your scripts related to packaging/publishing and especially updating the portion of your respective "uninstalling old-version font files" scripts.

Your timely response to this modification will ensure a smooth transition and uninterrupted user experience for all Iosevka users across various platforms.

I regret any inconvenience this may cause and sincerely appreciate your cooperation and understanding. Please feel free to leave comments if you need any further information or assistance regarding these changes.

Yours,
Renzhi Li aka be5invis

[be5invis]

Looping people in:

• @singularitti (Homebrew)
• @Markus00000 (AUR)
• @peterwu (Fedora COPR)
• @josegpt (Void Linux)
• @vext01 (OpenBSD)

[singularitti]

Got it! 👌

[be5invis]

@singularitti I will produce some alpha or beta versions before the final release so you could have time to update and validate your scripts and/or pipelines.
ps. As a result of renaming, the ZIP files' names will also be changed -- using PascalCase instead of lowercase. If you are using a pipeline to download the packages then you will need to update it to work on the new versions.

[singularitti]

Sure, but I am really busy recently. I will update them on Nov 2. You don't have to wait for me, though. There are other contributors on Homebrew.

[be5invis]

@singularitti Version 27 will sill using the current naming scheme, so you do NOT need to do anything for now. The changes will start on version 28.

[singularitti]

Sure, I understand.

[AndydeCleyre]

EDIT: These aren't right anymore, because sometimes extra variants will be built as part of the process, so dist/*/ matches too much. All my instances of dist/*/ are now replaced by dist/<build-plan-name>/

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I use a few globs for some of my packages, and here's how I think they are affected (not fully tested yet):

Old Glob	New Glob	Notes
dist/*/*.css	dist/*/*.css	No change
dist/*/ttf/*.ttf	dist/*/TTF/*.ttf	-
dist/*/woff2/*.woff2	dist/*/WOFF2/*.woff2	Untested, guessed based on the above

[be5invis]

v28.0.0-alpha.1 has been published into prereleases.

[singularitti]

I'm aware of it. Homebrew will probably only take stable releases, though.

[be5invis]

@singularitti You can test your script updates using the preview versions before v28 stable is out.

[AndydeCleyre]

My scripts are working with all the new namings except: I'm unexpectedly getting IosevkaCustom in addition to IosevkaTermCustom when I try to build only the latter. Build plans for both are in private-build-plans.toml, but the command being run is

npm run build -- ttf::IosevkaTermCustom

private-build-plans.toml

[buildPlans.IosevkaCustom]
family = "Iosevka Custom"
exportGlyphNames = false
buildTextureFeature = true
spacing = "normal"
[buildPlans.IosevkaCustom.ligations]
inherits = "dlig"
[buildPlans.IosevkaCustom.variants.design]
# ...
[buildPlans.IosevkaCustom.weights.regular]
shape = 600
menu = 400
css = 400
[buildPlans.IosevkaCustom.weights.bold]
shape = 800
menu = 700
css = 700
[buildPlans.IosevkaCustom.slopes.Upright]
angle = 0
shape = "upright"
menu  = "upright"
css   = "normal"
[buildPlans.IosevkaCustom.slopes.Italic]
angle = 9.4
shape = "italic"
menu  = "italic"
css   = "italic"


[buildPlans.IosevkaTermCustom]
family = "Iosevka Term Custom"
exportGlyphNames = false
buildTextureFeature = true
spacing = "term"
[buildPlans.IosevkaTermCustom.ligations]
inherits = "dlig"
[buildPlans.IosevkaTermCustom.variants.design]
# ...
[buildPlans.IosevkaTermCustom.weights.regular]
shape = 600
menu = 400
css = 400
[buildPlans.IosevkaTermCustom.weights.bold]
shape = 800
menu = 700
css = 700
[buildPlans.IosevkaTermCustom.slopes.Upright]
angle = 0
shape = "upright"
menu  = "upright"
css   = "normal"
[buildPlans.IosevkaTermCustom.slopes.Italic]
angle = 9.4
shape = "italic"
menu  = "italic"
css   = "italic"


[buildPlans.IosevkaFcmCustom]
family = "Iosevka FCM Custom"
exportGlyphNames = false
buildTextureFeature = true
spacing = "fontconfig-mono"
[buildPlans.IosevkaFcmCustom.ligations]
inherits = "dlig"
[buildPlans.IosevkaFcmCustom.variants.design]
# ...
[buildPlans.IosevkaFcmCustom.weights.regular]
shape = 600
menu = 400
css = 400
[buildPlans.IosevkaFcmCustom.weights.bold]
shape = 800
menu = 700
css = 700
[buildPlans.IosevkaFcmCustom.slopes.Upright]
angle = 0
shape = "upright"
menu  = "upright"
css   = "normal"
[buildPlans.IosevkaFcmCustom.slopes.Italic]
angle = 9.4
shape = "italic"
menu  = "italic"
css   = "italic"


[buildPlans.IosevkaFixedCustom]
family = "Iosevka Fixed Custom"
exportGlyphNames = false
buildTextureFeature = true
spacing = "fixed"
[buildPlans.IosevkaFixedCustom.ligations]
inherits = "dlig"
[buildPlans.IosevkaFixedCustom.variants.design]
# ...
[buildPlans.IosevkaFixedCustom.weights.regular]
shape = 600
menu = 400
css = 400
[buildPlans.IosevkaFixedCustom.weights.bold]
shape = 800
menu = 700
css = 700
[buildPlans.IosevkaFixedCustom.slopes.Upright]
angle = 0
shape = "upright"
menu  = "upright"
css   = "normal"
[buildPlans.IosevkaFixedCustom.slopes.Italic]
angle = 9.4
shape = "italic"
menu  = "italic"
css   = "italic"


[buildPlans.IosevkaQpCustom]
family = "Iosevka QP Custom"
exportGlyphNames = false
buildTextureFeature = true
spacing = "quasi-proportional"
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpCustom.ligations]
inherits = "dlig"
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpCustom.variants.design]
# ...
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpCustom.weights.regular]
shape = 600
menu = 400
css = 400
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpCustom.weights.bold]
shape = 800
menu = 700
css = 700
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpCustom.slopes.Upright]
angle = 0
shape = "upright"
menu  = "upright"
css   = "normal"
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpCustom.slopes.Italic]
angle = 9.4
shape = "italic"
menu  = "italic"
css   = "italic"


[buildPlans.IosevkaQpeCustom]
family = "Iosevka QPE Custom"
exportGlyphNames = false
buildTextureFeature = true
spacing = "quasi-proportional-extension-only"
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpeCustom.ligations]
inherits = "dlig"
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpeCustom.variants.design]
# ...
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpeCustom.weights.regular]
shape = 600
menu = 400
css = 400
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpeCustom.weights.bold]
shape = 800
menu = 700
css = 700
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpeCustom.slopes.Upright]
angle = 0
shape = "upright"
menu  = "upright"
css   = "normal"
[buildPlans.IosevkaQpeCustom.slopes.Italic]
angle = 9.4
shape = "italic"
menu  = "italic"
css   = "italic"

[be5invis]

@AndydeCleyre Unable to repro. You WILL get the fonts in dist/IosevkaTermCustom, even if it builds dist/IosevkaCustom before it and run a special "spacing derivation" script.

If you did not get artifacts under dist/IosevkaTermCustom then maybe you can run npm run clean before building (which will invalidate all the caches and remove all existing build artifacts).

[AndydeCleyre]

Yes, I do get the IosevkaTermCustom fonts I'm after, I'm saying I unexpectedly get IosevkaCustom built, additionally.

So I think from your comment I'm getting that this is actually expected behavior in v28, and that I need to adjust my scripts to only collect the font artifacts I want, and avoid any other variants that might be built as part of the process.

[be5invis]

Version 28 stable is out.