[bug#51774] [PATCH] gnu: Add font-source-code-pro.

[phodina]

Hi Liliana,


> > https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro";)
> >
> > -                      (commit (string-append version "R-ro/1.058R-
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> >
> >
> > it/1.018R-VAR"))))
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> Am I allowed to ask WTF this versioning scheme is? Should we just pin
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> a hash instead?

Hilarious, right? I agree that a hash commit would be better suited here.

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> > -                (file-name (git-file-name name version))
> >
> >
> > -                (sha256
> >
> >
> > -                 (base32
> >
> >
> > -                  "00h4v3rmxyyaxni6nywacxvjnji2g2pi0b4js1yx0g67fvrv2ga
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> >
> >
> > g"))))
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> > -   (build-system font-build-system)
> > -   (synopsis "Font for coding environments")
> > -   (description "Font Source Code Pro is sedigned as a companion to
> >
> >     Source
> >
> >     +Sans.")
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> This scrediption is not very scrediptive ;) Jokes aside, I'd add "[It]
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> preserves the design features and vertical proportions of Source Sans,
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> but alters the glyph widths so that they are uniform across all glyphs
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> and weights." so that Adobe bois know what they're getting.
>

Thanks for the tip!

> > -   (home-page "https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Source+Code+Pro";)
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> I'm not sure whether linking to Google fonts of all places is good
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> praxis. Might want to link to Github instead. FWIW the repo
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> advertises this: https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/
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> Cheers

Sure, github might be more prefereble.

PS: Though at the end it comes to which is better: Google vs Microsoft ;-)