change from Italic to Oblique to fix #26

- aligned extrema to baseline for 'm'
- removed overlap for few 0

OFL.txt

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README.md

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-![Myna](./images/hero.png)
-![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-1.0.0-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge)
+<picture>
+  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"  srcset="images/banner_dark.png">
+  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="images/banner_light.png">
+  <img alt="Myna" src="images/banner_light.png">
+</picture>
+
+![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-2.0.0b-blue.svg?style=for-the-badge)
 ![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-OFL-success.svg?style=for-the-badge)
 
+[Myna v2.0.0 Beta](https://github.com/sayyadirfanali/Myna/releases/tag/v2.0.0.0-beta) is released. It features more bold and (faux) italic variants and even supports APL characters. Please download it and report issues for v2.0.0 full release.
+
 Do you ever feel like your font treats symbols as second-class glyphs? Are you frustrated that `->` looks nothing like an arrow, and `$`, `@`, `%` seem ever mismatched?
 
-Want to experience the beauty of ligatures without losing the simplicity of ASCII?
+Want to experience the beauty of ligatures without losing the simplicity of ASCII and getting tangled in the web of ligature-compatible terminal emulators?
 
-**Myna** (*Gracula religiosa* 🐦‍⬛) is a monospace font which aims to bring harmony to your editor by treating symbols as first-class glyphs alongside alphanumeric characters.
+**Myna 🐦‍⬛** ([_Gracula religiosa_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common\_hill\_myna)) is a monospace font which aims to bring harmony to your editor by treating symbols as first-class glyphs alongside alphanumeric characters.
+
+NB: Please don't mind the colorscheme in the banner above. I just picked it because it highlighted the most colors in Ray.so. Since the banner contains multiple languages, no single colorscheme could properly highlight them in one image.
 
 ## Why Myna?
-Myna was borne out of a need to scratch a persistent typographical itch. While I've tried many otherwise well-crafted monospace fonts, I always found myself wanting to tweak a glyph here or adjust a shape there. After developing Myna and using it almost exclusively in my professional and personal work, I'm sharing it as a small contribution to the wonderful community of monospace typography enthusiasts.
+Myna was born of a need to scratch a persistent typographical itch. While I've tried many otherwise well-crafted monospace fonts, I always found myself wanting to tweak a glyph here or adjust a shape there. After developing Myna and using it almost exclusively in my professional and personal work, I'm sharing it as a small contribution to the wonderful community of monospace typography enthusiasts.
 
 Here are a few of its attractive features that might make it your next favourite monospace font:
 - **Symbol-First Design**: clear emphasis on ASCII symbols which are ubiquitous in programming languages
 - **Near-Perfect Alignment**: multi-character symbols like `->`, `>>=`, `=~`, `::` align seamlessly
 - **Balanced Weight**: symbols have just the right visual weight against your code
 - **Minimalist Forms**: geometric shapes for quotes and commas
+- **Language-Aware Design**: clean sigils for Perl + elegant operators for Haskell + clear symbols for Rust (and even APL)
 - **Clear Distinction**: no more confusing `1 l I |` or `0 O o`
-- **Language-Aware Design**: clean sigils for Perl + elegant operators for Haskell + clear symbols for C
 
-NB: Myna is designed to be a simple font. The current release is a single weight without ligatures, though future updates may expand its features if demand arises. It does work out nicely with synthesised bold generated by fontconfig and pango on Linux.
-
-## Showcase
-<picture>
-  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"  srcset="images/Perl_dark.png">
-  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="images/Perl_light.png">
-  <img alt="Perl" src="https://example.com/Perl_light.png">
-</picture>
+Below is a comparison of Myna (colored line at bottom) with other popular monospace fonts (the actual list can be found in the script `drawcomp`). It highlights Myna's philosophy of uniform and aligned glyph design so that symbols look natural and editing remains fun.
 
 <picture>
-  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"  srcset="images/Haskell_dark.png">
-  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="images/Haskell_light.png">
-  <img alt="Haskell" src="https://example.com/Haskell_light.png">
+  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"  srcset="images/comp_dark.png">
+  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="images/comp_light.png">
+  <img alt="Myna" src="images/comp_light.png">
 </picture>
 
-<picture>
-  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)"  srcset="images/C_dark.png">
-  <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="images/C_light.png">
-  <img alt="C" src="https://example.com/C_light.png">
-</picture>
-
-
-| Language | Light | Dark |
-|----------|-------|------|
-|  **Perl**     |  <img  src="images/Perl_light.png"     width="500">  |  <img  src="images/Perl_dark.png"     width="500">  |
-|  **Haskell**  |  <img  src="images/Haskell_light.png"  width="500">  |  <img  src="images/Haskell_dark.png"  width="500">  |
-|  **C**        |  <img  src="images/C_light.png"        width="500">  |  <img  src="images/C_dark.png"        width="500">  |
-|  **Bash**     |  <img  src="images/Bash_light.png"     width="500">  |  <img  src="images/Bash_dark.png"     width="500">  |
-|  **Clojure**  |  <img  src="images/Clojure_light.png"  width="500">  |  <img  src="images/Clojure_dark.png"  width="500">  |
-|  **Erlang**   |  <img  src="images/Erlang_light.png"   width="500">  |  <img  src="images/Erlang_dark.png"   width="500">  |
-|  **OCaml**    |  <img  src="images/OCaml_light.png"    width="500">  |  <img  src="images/OCaml_dark.png"    width="500">  |
-|  **Ruby**     |  <img  src="images/Ruby_light.png"     width="500">  |  <img  src="images/Ruby_dark.png"     width="500">  |
-|  **Rust**     |  <img  src="images/Rust_light.png"     width="500">  |  <img  src="images/Rust_dark.png"     width="500">  |
-|  **LaTeX**    |  <img  src="images/LaTeX_light.png"    width="500">  |  <img  src="images/LaTeX_dark.png"    width="500">  |
-|  **HTML**     |  <img  src="images/HTML_light.png"     width="500">  |  <img  src="images/HTML_dark.png"     width="500">  |
-|  **SQL**      |  <img  src="images/SQL_light.png"      width="500">  |  <img  src="images/SQL_dark.png"      width="500">  |
-
 ## Installation
+Myna features Regular, Medium, Bold weight with faux Italic variants for all of them. In order to download them, please download the released zip files or clone the repo and then copy the relevant fonts from the folder `fonts/` into the font directory in your OS.
+
 ### Linux
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/sayyadirfanali/Myna.git
-cd Myna
-cp Myna.otf ~/.local/share/fonts/
+cd ./Myna/fonts
+cp *.otf ~/.local/share/fonts/
 fc-cache -v
 ```
 
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 1. Download the release
 2. Right-click `Myna.otf` and select "Install for all users"
 
+NB: I've added a one-liner script `mknerdfont` to attach NerdFont glyphs into any variant. I've also released the Regular variant with NerdFont. You can use to script to run on any variant/weight to get a NerdFont-compatible version. You'd need [fontpatcher](https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts?tab=readme-ov-file#font-patcher) installed for `mknerdfont` to work.
+
+NB: I've also added a script `changeheight.py` to increase/decrease vertical spacing (in response to #9). You can use it if you want more vertical compactness in your terminal.
+
+NB: The latest release (v2.0.0) features contextual variants for a few glyph pairs (eg, `|>`, `:=`) in response to #1 and #6. You'd need a terminal which can work with font features to be able to display them.
+
 ## License
 SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
 
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 ## Future
 Myna is designed to be used universally in every kind of terminal and editor. I've tried to include a reasonable subset of non-ASCII glyphs (mostly geometrical and mathematical characters). However, I'm considering expanding it based on community interest and would welcome contributions in these areas:
 - Bug Reports: spacing and kerning issues, rendering problems, unavailable/incorrect glyphs
-- Feature Requests: Suggest new glyphs or features via GitHub Issues
+- Feature Requests: suggest new glyphs or features via GitHub Issues
 
 Please feel free to open issues and also contact me at irfan@irfanali.org.

README.txt

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+# Myna
+
+## Description
+This package contains the Myna font in several variants: Regular and Bold (and faux Italic for both of them)
+
+## Installation
+### Linux
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/sayyadirfanali/Myna.git
+cd ./Myna/fonts
+cp *.otf ~/.local/share/fonts/
+fc-cache -v
+```
+
+### macOS
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/sayyadirfanali/Myna.git
+cd Myna
+cp Myna.otf ~/Library/Fonts/
+```
+
+### Windows
+1. Download the release
+2. Right-click `Myna.otf` and select "Install for all users"
+
+Format notes: OTF for OpenType features, TTF for broader compatibility.

altl.py

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+import fontforge
+import math
+import psMat
+
+def mkFont(name, weight):
+    font = fontforge.open(name + ".sfd")
+
+    font.selection.select("alt_l")
+    font.copy()
+    font.selection.select("l")
+    font.paste()
+
+    font.generate(name + ".otf")
+
+    font.close()
+
+mkFont("Myna-Regular", "Regular")
+mkFont("Myna-Bold", "Bold")

build.py

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+import fontforge
+import math
+import psMat
+
+def mkFont(name, weight):
+    font = fontforge.open(name + ".sfd")
+    font.mergeFeature("features.fea")
+    font.generate("./fonts/" + name + ".otf")
+    font.generate("./fonts/" + name + ".ttf") 
+    
+    font.selection.all()
+    angle = 12
+    font.transform(psMat.skew(angle * math.pi / 180))
+
+    font.familyname = "Myna"
+    font.weight     = weight
+    font.italicangle = -angle
+    
+    if weight == "Bold":
+        subfamily = "Bold Italic"
+        # 0x01 (Italic) + 0x20 (Bold) = 0x21
+        font.os2_stylemap = 0x21 
+        full_name = "Myna Bold Oblique"
+    else:
+        subfamily = "Italic"
+        font.os2_stylemap = 0x01
+        full_name = "Myna Regular Oblique"
+
+    font.fullname = full_name
+    font.fontname = full_name.replace(" ", "")
+
+    # This is the critical part for app recognition:
+    font.appendSFNTName("English (US)", "SubFamily", subfamily)
+
+    # Preferred Style
+    # font.appendSFNTName("English (US)", "Preferred Style", weight + " Oblique")
+
+    # 7th is Letterform where 9 = Oblique and 2 = Italic
+    panoseL = list(font.os2_panose)
+    panoseL[7] = 9 
+    font.os2_panose = tuple(panoseL)
+
+    font.generate("./fonts/" + name + "Oblique.otf")
+    font.generate("./fonts/" + name + "Oblique.ttf") 
+    font.close()
+
+
+mkFont("Myna-Regular", "Regular")
+mkFont("Myna-Bold", "Bold")

changeheight.py

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+import fontforge
+
+font = fontforge.open("Myna-Regular.sfd")
+
+ascent  = font.ascent
+descent = font.descent
+
+RATIO = 0.9
+
+# general
+font.ascent  = int(font.ascent * RATIO)
+font.descent = int(font.descent * RATIO)
+
+# hhea
+font.hhea_ascent  = int(font.hhea_ascent * RATIO)
+font.hhea_descent = int(font.hhea_descent * RATIO)
+
+# OS/2 typo
+font.os2_typoascent  = font.hhea_ascent
+font.os2_typodescent = font.hhea_descent
+
+# OS/2 win
+font.os2_winascent = ascent # can increase or decrease this if clipped 
+font.os2_windescent = descent
+
+font.save("Myna-Regular.sfd")
+font.close()

drawcomp

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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+my $symbols = [
+  { "pos" => 200,   "sym" => "->" },
+  { "pos" => 400,   "sym" => "=>" },
+  { "pos" => 600,   "sym" => "~>" },
+  { "pos" => 800,   "sym" => "<>" },
+  { "pos" => 1000,  "sym" => "=~" },
+  { "pos" => 1200,  "sym" => "<\$>" },
+  { "pos" => 1400,  "sym" => "<*>" },
+  { "pos" => 1600,  "sym" => ">>=" },
+];
+
+my $fonts = [
+  { "pos" => 100, "name" => "Cascadia-Mono-Regular" },
+  { "pos" => 200, "name" => "Source-Code-Pro-Regular" },
+  { "pos" => 300, "name" => "Dejavu-Sans-Mono" },
+  { "pos" => 400, "name" => "JetBrains-Mono-Regular" },
+  { "pos" => 500, "name" => "Iosevka" },
+  { "pos" => 600, "name" => "Ubuntu-Mono" },
+  { "pos" => 700, "name" => "Fira-Mono-Regular" },
+  { "pos" => 800, "name" => "Liberation-Mono" },
+  { "pos" => 900, "name" => "Roboto-Mono-Regular" }
+];
+
+sub f {
+  my ($x, $s, $c, $a) = @_;
+  return join(" ",
+    "-pointsize 64",
+    "-fill " . $c . " ",
+    (map { "-font \"$_->{name}\" -annotate +$x+$_->{pos} \"$s\"" } $fonts->@*),
+    "-fill " . $a . " -font \"Myna-Regular\" -annotate +@{[$x + 10]}+1000 \"$s\"",
+  );
+}
+
+system (join(" ",
+    "magick",
+    "-size 2000x1200 xc:black",
+    "-gravity northwest",
+    join (' ', map { f($_->{pos}, $_->{sym}, "white", "cyan") } $symbols->@*),
+    quotemeta($ARGV[0])
+));
+
+system (join(" ",
+    "magick",
+    "-size 2000x1200 xc:white",
+    "-gravity northwest",
+    join (' ', map { f($_->{pos}, $_->{sym}, "black", "crimson") } $symbols->@*),
+    quotemeta($ARGV[1])
+));

features.fea

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+languagesystem DFLT dflt;
+languagesystem latn dflt;
+
+feature kern {
+    pos uni003A <0 100 0 0> uni002A;
+    pos uni003A <0 100 0 0> uni002D;
+    pos uni003A <0 100 0 0> uni003D;
+} kern;
+
+feature calt {
+    ignore sub uni003C uni007C' uni003E;
+
+    sub uni007C' uni003E by alt_bar;
+} calt;

mknerdfont

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+fontforge -script ~/bin/fontpatcher/font-patcher --complete $1 && mv *.otf ./fonts/.

sample.txt

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+Myna
+ABCDEFGHJIKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
+abcdefghjiklmnopqrstuvwxyz
+1234567890(){}[]/\<>,.;:`'
+
+# Perl
+$_="krjhruaesrltre c a cnP,ohet";$_.=$1,print$2while s/(..)(.)//;print"\n"
+
+-- Haskell
+mapM_ print . take 10 . iterate (\n -> if even n then n `div` 2 else 3*n + 1)
+
+# bash
+find . -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -exec gzip {} \; | tee audit.txt | wc -l
+
+// Rust
+(0..10).map(|x| x*x).filter(|&x| x%2==0).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+
+⍝ APL
+life ← { ⊃1 ⍵ ∨.∧ 3 4 = +/ +⌿ ¯1 0 1 ∘.⊖ ¯1 0 1 ⌽¨ ⊂⍵ }

scripts/mkhero

@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-offsets=(50)
-for ((i=1; i<=10; i++)); do
-  offsets+=($((offsets[i - 1] + 150)))
-done;
-
-magick \
-    -size 2000x1800 xc:"#0d0d0d" \
-    -font "Myna" \
-    -gravity north \
-    -fill  "pink"            -pointsize  128  -annotate  +0+${offsets[0]}   "MYNA"                          \
-    -fill  "yellow"          -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[1]}   "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"    \
-    -fill  "springgreen"     -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[2]}   "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"    \
-    -fill  "deepskyblue"     -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[3]}   "0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"           \
-    -fill  "hotpink"         -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[4]}   "[] {} () <> | \\\ ? ! #"       \
-    -fill  "cyan"            -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[5]}   "\` ' \" , . ; : ~ ^ _"         \
-    -fill  "springgreen"     -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[6]}   "+ - = ++ -- += -= == !="       \
-    -fill  "aqua"            -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[7]}   "\$s @a \%h &f *x =~"          \
-    -fill  "violet"          -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[8]}   ":: -> => <$> >>= ^. \%~"     \
-    -fill  "coral"           -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[9]}   "$ £ € ¥ ₹ ₽"                   \
-    -fill  "limegreen"       -pointsize  96   -annotate  +0+${offsets[10]}  "0 O o | 1 l I | \` ' \" | Z 2" \
-    $1