Firple

Programming Fonts Firple

This is a Japanese font for programming that combines Fira Code and IBM Plex Sans JP.

Features

• Rich glyphs

  You can use all of the glyphs that Fira Code has as is.
  Additionally, Japanese characters and some symbols are supplemented with IBM Plex Sans JP glyphs.

• Adjusted width to 1:2

  The width ratio of half-width and full-width characters is 1:2.

• Ligacha compatible

  You can use the programming ligacha that Fira Code has.

• Two kinds of weights

  It offers two weights: Regular and Bold.

• Unique italics

  Firple offers italics with its own unique shaped shape.

• Slim Subfamily

  We offer a Slim subfamily with reduced Fira Code figure width.

• Nerd Fonts compatible

  Contains a variety of glyphs from Nerd Fonts.

Font function

Supports character changes using OpenType features.
You can use the following functions by changing the settings in the corresponding editor:
(For information on how to enable it in various editors, see the FiraCode documentation.)

You can also enable these features as standard by specifying the --freeze-features option when generating fonts.

• Full-width space visualization ( cv33 )

  Visualizes full-width space to prevent unintended contamination.

• Emphasis on semi-dullis point ( ss11 )

  Emphasizing the semi-dulled point, making it easier to distinguish it from a mulled point.

Font Family

Firple

You can use the English characters in Fira Code as is. Japanese characters create room for space between characters.

Font name	explanation
Firple Regular	Fira Code Regular + IBM Plex Sans JP Text
Firple Italic	Italics of Firple Regular
Firple Bold	Fira Code Bold + IBM Plex Sans JP Bold
Firple Bold Italic	Italics of Firple Bold

Firple Slim

The width of the Fira Code has been reduced. Many characters can be displayed on a single line, and Japanese characters have a natural spacing.

Font name	explanation
Firple Slim Regular	Firple Regular character width reduced version
Firple Slim Italic	Firple Italic's character width reduced version
Firple Slim Bold	Firple Bold's character width reduced version
Firple Slim Bold Italic	Firple Bold Italic's reduced width version

sample

You can check the display of any text here.

download

You can download the font from the button below.

license

SIL Open Font License (OFL) Version 1.1

Build

• environment

  Check with Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS

• Required packages

  $ sudo apt install fontforge python3-fontforge fonttools ttfautohint

• Build commands

  $ make setup
  $ make all

  or

  $ ./downloader.py --all
  $ ./firple.py --all

  The command line options for the script can be viewed in --help .