opentype feature Archives - Fabrizio Schiavi Design

PragmataPro 0.903 out now!

2025-10-23

A new PragmataPro and PragmataPro Variable update includes important fixes:

► OpenType feature ss15 Tags uses language keywords only; to apply Reversed background to text enclosed in [ ] use OT feature ss20

► Nerd fonts included are updated to version 3.0 and improved for Mono versions too.

► Numbers was added to ss08, ss09, ss10 and ss16 OT features.

► =>>> and <<<= ligatures for Verilog/SystemVerilog language added.

► ;; ;;; ;;;; and ;;;;; ligatures for Lisp added.

► =!= ligature added.

► === ligature becomes three lines, !== and =/= ligature becomes slashed thee lines enabling cv04 OT feature.

► <= ligatures becomes a equal with arrow shape pointing left enabling cv05 OT feature.

Feel free to contact me directly or notify an issue via Github to improve the PragmataPro project.
Thank you!

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Nure 1.5 out now!

2025-09-26

Looking back at the first release of Nure variable font after years, I immediately felt the need to revisit and refine it.

Its origins are strictly geometric, a choice that has defined its style since the beginning.

In this new version, I introduced changes to improve readability at small sizes, redesigning key letters and adding ligatures to make the text flow more smoothly.

JTI uses Seitu Variable Font

2025-05-27

JTI web site type set in Seitu variable font designed by Fabrizio Schiavi

A website doesn’t need to shout to be heard.
Sometimes, it just needs to speak clearly.

That’s the quiet strength behind JTI.com.
Set in Seitu Variable Font, the typography feels familiar, warm, and effortlessly readable. It brings flow to the paragraphs and a human touch to the message.

The result?
JTI.com no longer feels like a typical corporate site, it feels like a conversation.
Confident, approachable, and thoughtfully designed.

PragmataPro 0.9 released!

2025-03-20

— Variable!

This update has taken much longer than anticipated because I’ve been simultaneously working on something revolutionary: PragmataPro Variable!
From now on, thanks to the 8 variable fonts included in the pack, you’ll be able to customize your own PragmataPro.

— The Poetry of Comfort

From this version m M and w W are more expanded in width when meets some letters too extended by design like f i j l r t E F I L with the goal to improve clarity.

— Math is more light

Drawing inspiration from Donald Knuth’s magnificent work on LaTeX fonts, I’ve decided to reduce the weight of all mathematical symbols, creating a more distinct differentiation from the main glyphs.
This revision has also affected coding ligatures and some essential glyphs such as ( ) [ ] { } < > + * / \ % @ | " ' ~ ^ _

— Recognizable Nerd icons in Mono versions

For this version, over 7000 Nerd icons have been modified for the Mono versions to achieve better recognition at small sizes.

— Enhanced visibility for text in brackets

The ability to make text more prominent through the application of a black background with white text, previously available only for tags, has now been extended to any text containing A-Z, a-z and 0-9 characters enclosed in square brackets [ ].
This feature can be activated by enabling the OpenType feature ss15 Stylistic Set 15 Tags [BUG].

— The # TAG and // TAG return

The special design for optional tags proposed earlier is now available by enabling the OpenType feature ss18 Stylistic Set 18 Optional tags.

— PragmataPro Serif enabling

Serif version of A-Z and a-z in U+1D670 – U+1D6A3 sequence can replace Sans default letters enabling ss16 Stylistic Set 16 feature

— Hebrew alphabet redesigned

Since PragmataPro 0.9 the Hebrew glyphs are less decorative and has a more pragmatic-slyle.

— LCD numbers

The ss17 Stylistic Set 17 feature replaces numbers and colons : with LCD-style numerals and colons that maintain consistent weight with the essential glyphs.

— Wi-fi signal strength glyphs + NotaBene and ABAP \_ ligature

Thanks to the suggestions from several users from GitHub, I have added new glyphs that may be useful to many others.
I renew my invitation to contribute to this project’s GitHub repository so that we can create something unique together.

— Other changes:

— all weights: ligatures are disabled in Regex.

— all modularspaced weights: removed Bopomofo glyphs because too narrow, available in Mono weights only.

— all weights: added {| |} ligatures for OCaml at codepoint U+1002DB U+1002C0.

Feel free to contact me directly or notify an issue via Github to improve PragmataPro again and again.
Thank you!

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PragmataPro 0.827: a giant running like a cheetah!

2018-09-05

With the help of @kelas and other good friends of Pragmata Pro from the open source community, version 0.827 comes with a brand new ligature substitution engine which is 10-20x faster than before, depending on the input.

Now Pragmata Pro, with its 9437 glyphs, can be loaded in a few µs.
Practically a giant who run like a cheetah!

— Java and C/C++ reserved keywords are now kerned

Pragmata Pro™ is the first monospaced typeface to offer precise glyph positioning in common programming keywords, enabled by default in editors that support OpenType GPOS table.
The consistency and orthogonality of fixed pitch is now combined with the finesse of a proportional font.
The result is less tiring, aesthetically pleasing coding experience.
Your eye will know the difference before you do.

— Added Enclosed Alphanumerics set

In all the weights of all the versions.

— Enabled Hebrew Nikkud

At the moment only in Regular versions. In the next releases the same marking system will be added to all the weights and also in Arabic alphabet.

— Added Markdown checklist ligatures

Markdown checklist ligatures are available enabling OpenType Stylistic Set 12 in your editor and are based on these combinations:

- [ ]    - [-]    - [v]    - [x]

— Marks and accents are combinable with letters

Marks are often used in Phonetics texts and Mathematical formulas.
Since this version they are in their right place.

— Other improvements:

— all weights: problems with some terminal emulators have been resolved

— all weights: added these ligatures:
|- turnstile like
||- double turnstile like
_|_ bottom like
=~= <-< >-> <--> <== <<== ==>>

— all weights: vertical position of * (asterisk) are aligned to x-height

— Regular: improved TrueType hinting of → ← ↑ ↓ # { } / \

— Regular: improved the consistency between Mathematical Operators and Miscellaneous Technical set

— Bold, Italic and Bold Italic: added IPA characters and its extensions

— all weights: typing us after numbers and space will appears microsecond µs in serif variant