Add Hasubi Mono (حاسوبي مونو)

[eliheuer]

https://github.com/eliheuer/hasubi-mono

Hasubi Mono (حاسوبي مونو) is a Perso-Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin condensed monospace typeface designed for use with text editors and terminals, my specific use case when designing this project was editing source code for Arabic and Persian language books in a text editor.

The Latin has the same stroke contrast orientation as the Arabic, and would be considered "reverse contrast" in isolation. The reverse contrast allows the Latin to be a bit more condensed than a standard Latin design, allowing for more characters in less screen space. For example, the lowercase "m", which is diffictult to draw in standard contrast Latin monospace fonts, has more room to compress due to the "reverse contrast" design.

I'm still finishing the full character set, just making this issue in case there are any objections to adding this font.

Note: the Arabic text here reads كـــن فيكون, a phrase usually translated as "Be, and it is".

• The entire font project is licensed under the OFL
• There is no "Reserved Font Name" mention in the OFL license
• Family name is unique according to namecheck.fontdata.com
• The font supports at least GF Latin Core glyphset
• The repository respect the upstream repo structure
• The source files are available in the repository
• I read, agree and comply with the full contributing requirements
• I am the author of the font or the author agreed to this submission
• I will maintain the repository

[eliheuer]

This would be the first monospace Arabic font in the Google Fonts collection, so it would be a good addition IMO. Even outside the world of OFL fonts, there are not a lot of options for monospace Arabic fonts.

[eliheuer]

A note about the gaps between the Arabic script glyphs. This style comes from Arabic script books that were typeset with metal type. See the example below from a book published by Cambridge University Press in 1918. In my opinion, the gaps both give the typeface an interesting and unique aesthetic quality and make reading easier for people used to reading Latin type.

[davelab6]

Thanks for submitting this @eliheuer :) I love it!

[RosaWagner]

@eliheuer What is the state of progress of the font?

[eliheuer]

@RosaWagner I'm trying to get this done by the end of May. I would like to try onboarding it myself if possible. Thanks!

[eliheuer]

Basic Latin is almost done.

[eliheuer]

I'm still working on this, finishing the first pass of the full Arabic/Persian/Hebrew drawings soon.

Also adding a custom axis called GAPS that opens and closes the gaps between the Arabic glyphs.

[RosaWagner]

If custom axis, please also open an issue there: https://github.com/googlefonts/axisregistry
Also check if a similar axis doesn't already exist. Maybe check this issue: googlefonts/axisregistry#77

This is the chapter explaining the axis registry: https://googlefonts.github.io/gf-guide/variable.html#axis-registry

I put into next quarter milestone then cause with a custom axis, it is quite sure it won't be onboarded before a moment even if the font is ready.