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[PATCH] gnu: Add font-apl385 and font-apl333.

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To: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#77216: closed ([PATCH] gnu: Add font-apl385 and font-apl333.)
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:50:03 +0000

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From: Lee Thompson <lee.p.thomp <at> gmail.com>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Cc: Lee Thompson <lee.p.thomp <at> gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add font-apl385 and font-apl333.
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2025 18:42:58 +0000

* gnu/packages/fonts.scm (font-apl385, font-apl333): New variables.

Change-Id: I95366f8dccf37787db7abbf09191d9a29d6d7e33
---
 gnu/packages/fonts.scm | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
index 3048289ac0..6743d6d717 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/fonts.scm
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2025 Ashish SHUKLA <ashish.is <at> lostca.se>
 ;;; Copyright © 2024 Josep Bigorra <jjbigorra <at> gmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2023 Santiago Payà Miralta <santiagopim <at> gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2025 Lee Thompson <lee.p.thomp <at> gmail.com>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -4268,3 +4269,41 @@ (define-public font-cica
 In addition, Nerd Fonts, Noto Emoji, Icons for Devs, and some adjustment forked
 from the Ricty generator are converted and adjusted.")
     (license license:silofl1.1)))
+
+(define-public font-apl385
+  (package
+    (name "font-apl385")
+    ;; No version number or release, unzipping source and checking file times
+    ;; shows the font file was last modified on 2016-08-21.
+    (version "20160821")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "https://apl385.com/fonts/" "apl385.zip"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "132qfsnx0v6qf8x8iy3flivv449nz42nnpkwjysmz65w6wqxpk1g"))))
+    (build-system font-build-system)
+    (home-page "https://apl385.com/fonts/index.htm")
+    (synopsis "Monospaced APL font inspired by Comic Sans Serif")
+    (description
+     "Adrian Smith's monospaced APL font developed with APL software vendors
+in the late 1980s.")
+    (license license:public-domain)))
+
+(define-public font-apl333
+  (package
+    (inherit font-apl385)
+    (name "font-apl333")
+    ;; Version number as for apl-385, last modified 2013-04-20.
+    (version "20130420")
+    (source
+     (origin
+       (method url-fetch)
+       (uri (string-append "https://apl385.com/fonts/" "apl333.zip"))
+       (sha256
+        (base32 "0yn0ha7d14vp4ma3lxbc9kpyrn20m7brjisr6w55c9mi24w9v3a5"))))
+    (synopsis "Variable-width APL font inspired by Comic Sans Serif")
+    (description
+     "Variable-width version of Adrian Smith's APL385 font developed with APL
+software vendors in the late 1980s.")
+    (license license:public-domain)))
-- 
2.48.1

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From: Andreas Enge <andreas <at> enge.fr>
To: Lee Thompson <lee.p.thomp <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 43125-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, help-guix <at> gnu.org, 77216-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Advice Packaging APL Fonts
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2025 15:49:28 +0200

Hello,

Am Mon, Mar 24, 2025 at 07:32:53PM +0000 schrieb Lee Thompson:
> Indeed, in the end I decided to send both as separate fonts but in a
> single patch, one inheriting from the other owing to the shared source,
> homepage, licenses etc.

well, in the end I opted for not inheriting and putting the font into
the apl module, where the third one from this web page already exists.
It turns out there was a related bug report from years ago, which I am
closing at the same occasion.

Andreas

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