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+# fonts for constructed scripts
+
+i have created a lot of writing systems for different
+purposes. i thought it would be cool to use them
+on a computer. so this repo is for storing the sources
+of fonts for these scripts.
+
+note: my scripts are weird, fonts for them might be
+even more weird, use on your own risk.
+
+## building fonts
+
+i draw font's glyphs in inkscape, tweak glyph spacings
+in fontforge, then compile using fontmake.
+
+install fontmake in it's dedicated venv, along with
+required dependencies
+
+```
+$ python -m venv fontmake-venv
+$ . fontmake-venv/bin/activate
+$ pip install fontmake brotli
+```
+
+to build a font, navigate to its directory and run `make`.
+otf and woff2 files will be in output directory.
+
+## licence
+
+all fonts are licenced under the ofl licence.
+see file `LICENCE.OFL.txt` in the repo.
+
+all other assets, images, whatever are licenced under
+creative commons non-commercial licence.
+see file `LICENCE.CC-BY-NC.txt` in the repo.