commit af043eaf6ca068f0c4f0f011400d1c30d5f72e5a
parent 0c6a1c7823c6ff0b616142bc58719f19013e97b1
Author: elbachir-one <bachiralfa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:24:26 +0100
[st][patches][fontmetrics] Fixed index.md
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/st.suckless.org/patches/fontmetrics/index.md b/st.suckless.org/patches/fontmetrics/index.md
@@ -3,24 +3,25 @@ fontmetrics
Description
-----------
-This patch uses the font metrics provided in a TrueType font's `OS/2` table
-(see [Microsoft](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/os2)
-or [Apple](https://developer.apple.com/fonts/TrueType-Reference-Manual/RM06/Chap6OS2.html) documentation),
-if available, to determine the character cell height and underline/strike-through thickness and position.
-This may or may not make the font rendering, particularly block and box-drawing elements, better or worse.
+This patch uses the font metrics provided in a TrueType font’s `OS/2` table
+(see the [Microsoft documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/opentype/spec/os2)
+or the [Apple documentation](https://developer.apple.com/fonts/TrueType-Reference-Manual/RM06/Chap6OS2.html)),
+when available, to determine the character cell height as well as the thickness
+and position of underline and strikethrough elements.
-`st` normally uses the descent and ascent heights provided by FreeType,
-which seems to derive them from `hhea` table values.
+Depending on the font, this may improve or worsen font rendering, particularly
+for block and box-drawing characters.
-There is no standard for how monotype font files are supposed to communicate correct metrics to terminal emulators,
-and actual usage is inconsistent between fonts.
+By default, `st` uses the ascent and descent values provided by FreeType,
+which appear to be derived from the `hhea` table.
+
+There is no strict standard for how monospaced font files should communicate correct
+metrics to terminal emulators, and real-world usage is inconsistent across fonts.
Download
--------
+* [st-fontmetrics-0.9.3.diff](st-fontmetrics-0.9.3.diff)
-- [st-fontmetrics-0.9.3.diff](st-fontmetrics-0.9.3.diff) (0.9.3)
-
-Authors
--------
-
-- Paul Storkman - <storkman@storkman.nl>
+Author
+------
+* Paul Storkman - <storkman@storkman.nl>
