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maple-font ★ 29220 1198 APPLICATION

Maple Mono is an open-source monospace programming font with an extensive build system. The repository is primarily a font engineering toolchain: it takes Glyphs source files, generates variable and static TTF/OTF/WOFF2 fonts, auto-hints them, patches in Nerd Font icons, merges Chinese/Japanese base fonts, and produces dozens of variants (hinted/unhinted, ligature/no-ligature, narrow/slim, etc.). The build is orchestrated by Python scripts (`build.py`, `task.py`) and supports customization via CLI flags or a `config.json` file. A web playground service (`in_browser.py`) allows users to build custom fonts in-browser with selected OpenType features. The codebase is not a running service but a build toolchain with a strong focus on OpenType feature engineering—featuring a custom AST-based DSL for programmatically generating ligature, character variant, and stylistic set feature files. The repository is well-maintained with active GitHub Actions workflows, though the v7 branch is explicitly a frozen snapshot of the current stable release (development continues on the `variable` branch).

RATING: 8.4/10 MAINT: maintained DRIFT: low
obsidian-theme-maple ★ 0 0 UNKNOWN

RATING: N/A/10 MAINT: unknown DRIFT: unknown
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