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CERT self-host fonts (printit.verae.ai)

standard-readme compliant

Drop-in woff2 directory for the CERT-01 web viewer (../certificate.html).

certificate.html probes this folder at load time. If any planned .woff2 validates (woff2 magic wOF2), it injects local @font-face and skips the Google Fonts CDN. If none are present, it loads CDN Fraunces + JetBrains Mono. Binaries are not committed — only .gitkeep keeps the path in git. Do not download or commit proprietary fonts. Operators place OFL Fraunces themselves — see LICENSE-FONTS.md.

Table of Contents

Install

Place OFL-licensed files next to this README (no proprietary fonts):

# From this directory (site/printit.verae.ai/fonts/)
cp /path/to/fraunces-opsz-wght-700.woff2 .
cp /path/to/fraunces-opsz-wght-600.woff2 .   # optional weight 600
cp /path/to/jetbrains-mono-500.woff2 .      # optional mono
cp /path/to/OFL.txt .                        # required beside binaries

./fetch-fonts.example.sh --check             # exit 0 when required set present

Deploy with the static site (rsync to /var/www/printit.verae.ai/ — see parent README.md). No HTML edit is required: the viewer auto-selects local vs CDN.

Usage

# No woff2 yet → certificate.html uses Google Fonts CDN Fraunces
open ../certificate.html

# After drop-in → local @font-face only (CDN not requested)
./fetch-fonts.example.sh --check && open ../certificate.html
# Smoke offline: block fonts.googleapis.com / fonts.gstatic.com;
# title must still render Fraunces from local woff2 (or Georgia if missing).

How drop-in works:

  1. Obtain OFL-licensed Fraunces (and optional JetBrains Mono) as woff2 from upstream or a subsetted build (title glyphs only is enough for CERT).
  2. Name files exactly as in Planned filenames.
  3. Commit OFL.txt / LICENSE next to the binaries (keep copyright notices).
  4. Open certificate.html — head script HEADs each candidate, checks woff2 magic (avoids Caddy try_files HTML false-positives), injects @font-face for hits, otherwise appends the CDN <link>.
  5. Keep the Georgia / Times New Roman / serif stack as final fallback in CSS.

Do not uncomment network fetches in fetch-fonts.example.sh until license review. This tree must not ship proprietary font files.

Background

Surface Fonts today Offline fallback
certificate.html title Local fonts/*.woff2 if present, else Fraunces CDN Georgia / Times New Roman / serif
Mono digests Local mono woff2 if present, else JetBrains Mono CDN ui-monospace / SF Mono / Menlo
UI kit (verae-ui-kit.css) Inter + Material Symbols Rounded CDN system stacks in brand/tokens.css
Issued PDF (internal/pdfcert) Core Times/Helvetica; EmbedBrandFonts default false (env VERAE_EMBED_BRAND_FONTS) N/A until opt-in + licensed face

Design source of truth: verae-2026-design/ui-designs/src/html/CERT-01.html (tokens --font-serif: 'Fraunces'; design-kit src/fonts/ ships Cantarell + Material Symbols TTF only — no Fraunces binary in-repo yet).

Not claimed: full CERT-01.html pixel match, PDF Fraunces embed, or production binaries in git.

Planned filenames

fonts/
  README.md                 (this file)
  .gitkeep
  fetch-fonts.example.sh    # curl placeholders; no download until uncommented
  fraunces-opsz-wght-600.woff2   # variable or static; opsz + weight 600
  fraunces-opsz-wght-700.woff2   # weight 700 (title)
  jetbrains-mono-500.woff2      # optional; digests already have mono stack
  OFL.txt / LICENSE             # required license text beside binaries

Exact names must stay stable once wired so deploys and the head probe match.

Fetch scaffold

fetch-fonts.example.sh — example only. Comment-only upstream URLs (google/fonts OFL trees). Does not curl until an operator uncomments a pinned-commit block after license review.

./fetch-fonts.example.sh          # prints instructions; no network
./fetch-fonts.example.sh --check  # exit 1 until woff2 + OFL.txt present

Out of scope

Item Owner / later
PDF CERT Fraunces embed EmbedBrandFonts default false (option + VERAE_EMBED_BRAND_FONTS); Times/Helvetica until enabled + licensed face
Inter / Material Symbols self-host for whole site optional; CERT title is OPEN-ISSUES #7 residual
Cantarell from design-kit TTFs GNOME mock only; not required for CERT-01 web title
Pixel-perfect CERT-01.html match Still later (OPEN-ISSUES Advanced)

Status

Step State
Placeholder dir + this plan Done (L7)
fetch-fonts.example.sh placeholders Done (TODO-7 A7) — no binaries fetched
Web cert spacing toward CERT-01 Closer — not full pixel
Local-first @font-face else CDN Done — certificate.html probes fonts/*.woff2
Drop-in docs (this README) Done
woff2 binaries + OFL in git Not started — operator drop-in only (LICENSE-FONTS.md)
EmbedBrandFonts default false Done — opt-in env/option; no embed path yet
Pixel match / PDF embed claim Not started — do not claim

Contributing

Questions: Verae eng / printit site owners. PRs that add OFL woff2 + OFL.txt with stable planned names are welcome. PRs that vendor proprietary fonts or strip copyright notices will be rejected. Do not enable the example fetch script in CI.

License

Documentation in this directory: UNLICENSED © Verae LLC.

Font binaries are not shipped. Operators place OFL Fraunces themselves — see LICENSE-FONTS.md. When added, binaries remain under upstream licenses (typically SIL OFL 1.1). Ship upstream OFL.txt beside any binary. This directory does not re-license font files.