SHADOWFRAG FONT KIT
Version 1.200

A custom display typeface based on the SHADOWFRAG logo: heavy forward-leaning
blocks, angular cuts, bomb Q and shuriken X, plus optional bow and crossed-katana
letterforms.

WHAT'S NEW IN 1.200

Typing Q or q now gives a round bomb with a fuse at the lower right. Typing X or x
gives a four-point diagonal shuriken with an open center. Their color planes and
depth follow the bow and katana style. Enable stylistic set ss03, "Plain Q and X",
when you want the original conventional Q and X instead.

START HERE

Open Preview.html in a browser to try the fonts without installing them.
The initial sample, QUICK EXIT, shows both new default symbols.
It contains embedded font data, editable sample text, size and feature controls,
an alphabet specimen, and buttons for copying the signature glyphs. It works
offline. Its TTF download links also contain embedded font data, so those
downloads work even when the preview page is opened on its own.

FILES

  fonts/ShadowfragDisplay-Regular.ttf
    Installable monochrome font. Uses the text color chosen in your application.

  fonts/ShadowfragColor-Regular.ttf
    Installable color companion with ivory faces, coral branding accents and
    dark navy/slate depth. Contains COLR/CPAL color layers and outline fallbacks.

  fonts/ShadowfragDisplay-Regular.woff2
  fonts/ShadowfragColor-Regular.woff2
    Compressed font files for websites and other environments that use web fonts.

  Preview.html
    Self-contained interactive font specimen and tester.

  Specimen.png
    Static visual specimen.

  Weapon-Comparison.png
    Approved artwork beside the corrected glyphs rendered from the font.

  New-Glyphs.png
    Bomb Q and shuriken X rendered from the color font, with a typed sample
    and the complete signature set. Specimen.png includes monochrome samples.

  source/build_font.py
    Editable source for rebuilding the font files.

  source/bow_trace.json
  source/katana_trace.json
    Editable polygon traces of the approved weapon artwork, including the
    front faces, colored details and original depth planes.

  source/glyphs.svg
    Vector glyph reference.

  source/logo-wide.svg
  source/logo-stacked.svg
    Editable vector logos made from the same shapes used in the font.

  source/bomb-q.svg
  source/shuriken-x.svg
    Editable vector versions of the new default Q and X symbols.

  source/features.fea
    OpenType ligature, stylistic-set and kerning definitions.

  source/requirements.txt
    Python dependencies for rebuilding the fonts.

  source/font-info.json
    Font metadata, character coverage, palette and glyph inventory.

INSTALLATION

Windows
  Extract the kit. Open a .ttf file and choose Install, or right-click it and
  choose Install. Repeat for the color companion if you want both versions.
  Reopen your design application if the new font is not yet in its font menu.

macOS
  Extract the kit. Open a .ttf file in Font Book and choose Install Font.
  Repeat for the color companion if desired. Reopen your design application
  if the font menu has not refreshed.

The family names are "Shadowfrag Display" and "Shadowfrag Color".
Both use the Regular style name. The forward lean and heavy weight are part
of the drawing, so do not apply synthetic italic or bold styling.

If an older version is already installed, replace it with version 1.200 and reopen
your design application to clear its cached copy of the previous glyphs.

CHARACTER COVERAGE

  Uppercase A-Z
  Digits 0-9
  Common punctuation and symbols
  Latin-1 accented letters, including AE, ETH, O SLASH and THORN forms
  Six private-use signature glyphs listed below

Lowercase input uses uppercase glyph shapes. This is an all-caps display design,
not a separate lowercase alphabet. It is intended for titles, logos, game menus
and short labels, rather than small body text.

Q/q and X/x use the bomb and shuriken by default. This applies to both fonts.
The ordinary Q and X remain available through ss03, "Plain Q and X".

THE SHADOWFRAG WORDMARK

With standard ligatures enabled, typing SHADOWFRAG as a complete word selects
the special wide wordmark. Its first A is conventional, its D is an archery bow,
and its final A is formed from crossed katanas. The color font gives FRAG the
coral face color while SHADOW stays ivory.

If an application does not apply the wordmark automatically, enable standard
ligatures in its typography/OpenType controls, or use the direct wide-logo glyph.
Disable the logo ligature to keep the name as individually editable letters.

OPENTYPE FEATURES

  liga    Logo ligature for the complete word SHADOWFRAG.
  kern    Pair spacing adjustments for selected letter combinations.
  ss01    Bow D alternate. Replaces D in the selected text.
  ss02    Crossed-katana A alternate. Replaces A in the selected text.
  ss03    Plain Q and X. Restores conventional Q/X in the selected text.

The stylistic sets apply to every matching letter in the selected text.
For the branded wordmark with only its final A changed, use the logo ligature
or the wide/stacked logo glyph instead of switching ss02 on for the whole name.

DIRECT GLYPHS

  U+E000  Bow D
  U+E001  Crossed-katana A
  U+E002  Wide SHADOWFRAG wordmark
  U+E003  Stacked SHADOWFRAG wordmark
  U+E004  Bomb Q
  U+E005  Shuriken X

Copy these from Preview.html or select them in your application's glyph panel.
Keep a Shadowfrag font applied when pasting them. These are private-use character
codes; another font may show a missing-character box or an unrelated symbol.
Leave ss03, "Plain Q and X", disabled when using the bomb or shuriken. It also
changes their private-use copies because those select the same Q and X glyphs.

WEB USE

Keep the .woff2 files in your site's font folder and adjust these paths:

  @font-face {
    font-family: "Shadowfrag Display";
    src: url("fonts/ShadowfragDisplay-Regular.woff2") format("woff2");
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-display: swap;
  }

  @font-face {
    font-family: "Shadowfrag Color";
    src: url("fonts/ShadowfragColor-Regular.woff2") format("woff2");
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: 400;
    font-display: swap;
  }

  .game-title {
    font-family: "Shadowfrag Color", "Shadowfrag Display", sans-serif;
    font-synthesis: none;
    font-feature-settings: "liga" 1, "ss01" 0, "ss02" 0, "ss03" 0;
    line-height: 1.3;
  }

  .plain-title {
    font-family: "Shadowfrag Display", sans-serif;
    font-feature-settings: "liga" 0, "ss03" 1;
    color: #f5efda;
  }

COLOR AND APPLICATION SUPPORT

The Display font is the conventional single-color choice. Its fill comes from
your text color setting, so it works for arbitrary brand colors and outlines.

The Color font stores its palette and depth inside the font. Color support and
OpenType feature controls vary by application. If an app shows the Color font
as a single-color outline, use Display or the supplied specimen to compare the
intended appearance. Applications may also override font colors during export.

The color font's ordinary letters use ivory faces. The complete branded wordmark
and its direct logo glyphs contain the ivory/coral split. The katana alternate
also carries its blade and handle colors.

The Color font's bomb Q has a filled round body and a fuse at the lower right.
The Display font draws a ring and fuse using the same outer geometry, preserving
the open counter of a Q in a single text color. The shuriken X has an open center
in both versions. Use the Color font for the filled bomb and layered depth.

DESIGN NOTES

The alphabet extends the logo's heavy, angular style into usable type.
Version 1.100 replaces the initial weapon drawings with polygon traces taken
directly from the approved logo. The bow keeps its original narrow profile,
nearly vertical string, segmented grip and overhang above and below the letters.
The katana A keeps its broad blades, ivory cutting edges, flat guard plates,
long slate handles and ivory endcaps. The traces retain the original tilt and
relative height; the alphabet's forward shear is not applied a second time.

Version 1.200 adds the round bomb Q and diagonal four-point shuriken X in the same
palette and depth treatment. Their geometry is designed as scalable font paths.
The approved bow, katana and wordmark geometry remain available alongside them.

The Color font contains flat vector color planes. The source PNG's soft lighting
and subtle surface texture are not encoded as raster pixels. The Display font
uses monochrome outlines, so the ivory/red separation
requires the Color font. The Color font's fallback outlines include the full
outer silhouette and depth to prevent clipping in renderers that allocate
color glyphs from those bounds. Both versions remain scalable vector fonts.

Use the large specimen and live tester to judge spacing and the weapon details
at your intended display size. Keep the source files if you want to refine the
alphabet, spacing or logo variants later.