On Thu, 28 Aug, 2025, 10:15 am Benson Muite via fonts, <fonts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Some of the dependencies are problematic. The Python package skia-pathops
still needs to be made available in Fedora, this can be done but is quite a bit of
work. _javascript_ dependencies are more problematic to package. Maybe upstream
could consider separating out web components? The desktop application uses Qt,
and QtQuick would be much better than _javascript_, but the project vision seems to be
web first. Maybe someone else is willing to package it. If they are willing to drop
_javascript_, I would be happy to package and contribute to development.
One of the main impetus for Fontra development is collaborative type design through data saved in an NGINX server. That way _javascript_ frontend is essential for it . The app can be compiled from source in Fedora and even work without the pyinstaller packaging step. So we need to find out a mechanism to do so
Have you tried BirdFont:
https://github.com/johanmattssonm/birdfont
This is much easier to package and maintain. Can check if upstream would consider
adding variable font support. Happy to package this and contribute to development.
Inkscape also has some support for creating fonts. Happy to improve what is there,
and perhaps also improve FontForge integration.
I have created some videos on how to create color font with FontForge and Inkscape [1][2]
TruFont also could be packaged:
https://github.com/trufont/trufont
but would need updating to Qt6 and adding color font support. This would also be
something I would be willing to help with.
Bezy would also be easier to package:
https://github.com/eliheuer/bezy
However, you would probably need to ask Rust sig or someone interested in
packaging Rust to make this available.
None of the editors follows Fontra's variable First approach, which is very useful in creating variable Fonts
Anirban Mitra
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