Jambo Mono Fonts

Iosevka-derived fonts intended to closely match the Ubuntu Mono fonts, including Nerd fonts patched variants.

Built with Iosevka 30.0.1 and Nerd Fonts 3.2.1.

NOTE: To minimize repository size, the compiled fonts are continually rebased to HEAD. This means that 1) the tree only contains build files for older variants instead of the actual font files, and 2) any updates to the repository will cause merge conflicts in already-cloned repositories.

For 1), use the provided to configuration files to compile previous variants, and for 2), simply force-pull/merge updates or re-clone the repository.

Alterations

1. $ - vertical line through the center.
2. ¢ - vertical line through the center.
3. 0 - diagonal line across the middle instead of a dot.
4. 9 and 6 - curl the bottom/top (helps with hinting at lower sizes).
5. { and } - make curlier.
6. 8 - make crossing point in middle narrower to better distinguish the glyph from 0.

See below for a comparison between Jambo ('turquoise') and the original Ubuntu ('coral'):

Installation

The install script will install the font in either ${HOME}/.local/share/fonts or /usr/local/share/fonts, depending on whether the user is root or not. Run:

./install

To install Nerd-patched and/or unhinted variants, use the -n and -u flags, respectively.

Usage

The fonts use the family name Jambo Mono, with each file corresponding to Regular, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic styles. Should these fonts be too thin, use Medium instead of regular and Heavy instead of Bold.

For the Nerd-patched fonts, the family name is instead JamboMono Nerd Font.

Building

Manual

To build the fonts, use or review the ./build script at the root of the repository. The script will warn about missing dependencies first.

Container

Avoid installing the dependencies by using the Containerfile to build a Debian-based image to run the build script instead.

podman build -t jambo-build .

When running the build image, create a directory and mount it as a volume:

podman run --rm --network host -v </abs/path/to/dest/>:/home/dest:Z localhost/jambo-build:latest

The </abs/path/to/dest/> is the absolute path to the destination directory for the compiled font tiles.