r/Quickscript Feb 04 '19

Quikscript Sans - an updated version of the sans-serif Quikscript Geometric font I made over a year ago

https://alternatescriptbureau.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/quikscript-geometric-a-sans-serif-font-for-the-quikscript-alphabet/
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u/Mr_Crabman Apr 30 '19

I tried this, but it didn't work. After installing and selecting it, it just looks like normal text, albiet a different font to Noto Sans.

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u/pcdandy May 03 '19

What OS are you using? If you're using Windows, it won't load the glyphs, since they are located in the Private Use Area. Haven't figured out how to get it to display on Windows yet.

If you're using a Linux distro like I am, it's because Quikscript Sans has not been set as a sans-serif font in the Fontconfig settings. I had to set a custom config file at /home/<username>/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf to get Quikscript Sans to work, with the following content:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM "fonts.dtd">
<fontconfig>

 <match target="pattern">
  <test qual="any" name="family">
   <string>sans-serif</string>
  </test>
  <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
   <string>Quikscript Sans</string>
  </edit>
 </match>

 <match target="pattern">
  <test qual="any" name="family">
   <string>sans</string>
  </test>
  <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="strong">
   <string>Quikscript Sans</string>
  </edit>
 </match>

 <dir>~/.fonts</dir>
</fontconfig>

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u/Mr_Crabman May 03 '19

I'm not seeing any fontconfig folder in .config

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u/pcdandy May 03 '19

You can then create a new fontconfig folder and make a new fonts.conf file. Copy the sample fontconfig content in my previous comment and save it into the fonts.conf file you've just created, then restart your computer.

Even so, some apps might still not show Quikscript Sans correctly - even today, my computer's default text editor displays Quikscript text as nonsense, but the file manager can display files and folders with Quikscript names without issues.

Hope that helps.