From ce3d1a2e77c359c3964dc8193cf8f418a9a523f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Verbruggen Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2026 01:27:21 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add README --- README.md | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..825a67d --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# Readerly + +When I was doing my usual font tweaking for my ebook-fonts repository, I stumbled upon variable fonts exporting. Doing this for Newsreader gave me some interesting results at small optical sizes: the font was now reminding me of Bookerly. + +I asked myself the question: how close can we get to the visual appearance of Bookerly while still retaining Newsreader and keeping the font licensed under the OFL? + +The goal is to get a metrically/visually similar font, without actually copying glyphs or anything that would infringe upon the rights of the original creators. + +To accomplish this, I wanted to start from the 9pt font, which I exported. Then, it was a matter of playing around with scripts and manual edits to see if I could get something that was optically close enough.