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-# agave
-
-[about]: https://agaric.net/page/agave
-[arch]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=160106
-[license]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/license.txt
-
-### about
-
-**agave** is a fixed-width outline typeface, designed by **type agaric**, that is primarily aimed at freetype/X environments.
-
-Free to use, peruse, and diffuse. Everything (font files, glyph designs, glyph databases, and documentation) is released under the [MIT license][license].
-
-**more about:** [agaric.net/page/agave][about]
-
-### status (rev. 008)
-
-*Development of **agave** has halted, though small refinements and additions may occur in the future.*
-
-* regular:
-    * **done:** ascii; latin ext; greek; cyrillic; ipa; arrows; box; *some others*
-    * **todo:** more glyphs here and there
-
-* bold:
-*yet to be designed*
-
-* italic:
-*yet to be designed*
-
-### distribution
-
-`ttf` files are packaged in `dist/agave-<ver>.tar.gz`.
-
-Source templates, designs, and databases can be found in `src/`.
-
-**font files:**
-
-In each form of packaged distribution, the actual font files are named `agave-?.ttf`,  
-where `?` stands for `r`, `b`, `i`, or `z`, representing the *regular*, *bold*, *italic*, and *bold+italic* variants respectively.
-
-### preview
-
-**xterm**, sampling `uname` and `lua`:
-
-![xterm](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/sample/xterm.png)
-
-**glyph distinction**, in ASCII:
-
-![ascii](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/sample/ascii.png)
-
-**geometric rationale**, sampling the Latin letter "b":
-
-![metric](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/sample/metric.png)
-
-**literary text**, sampling ASCII, Greek, and Cyrillic:
-
-![text](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/sample/text.png)
-
-### discussion
-
-Feedback, questions, suggestions, etc. are welcome and encouraged.
-
-Please contact *type agaric* via email at `agaric@protonmail.com`.
-
-### thanks
-
-... foremost to the respective persons/teams behind FontForge and Inkscape, as I relied on the two programs to design, draw, and generate **agave**,
-
-to GitHub for hosting this repo, and to everyone who starred this project.
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+* agave
+
+*** about
+
+*agave* is a fixed-width outline typeface, designed by *type agaric*, that is primarily aimed at freetype/X environments.
+
+Free to use, peruse, and diffuse. Everything (font files, glyph designs, glyph databases, and documentation) is released under the [[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/license.txt][MIT license]].
+
+*more about:* [[https://agaric.net/page/agave]]
+
+*** status (rev. 008)
+
+/Development of agave has halted, though small refinements and additions may occur in the future./
+
+- regular:
+  - *done:* ascii; latin ext; greek; cyrillic; ipa; arrows; box; *some others*
+  - *todo:* more glyphs here and there
+
+- bold:
+  - /yet to be designed/
+
+- italic:
+  - /yet to be designed/
+
+*** distribution
+
+=ttf= files are packaged in =dist/agave-<ver>.tar.gz=.
+
+Source templates, designs, and databases can be found in =src/=.
+
+*font files:*
+
+In each form of packaged distribution, the actual font files are named =agave-?.ttf=,  
+where =?= stands for =r=, =b=, =i=, or =z=, representing the =regular=, =bold=, =italic=, and =bold+italic= variants respectively.
+
+*** preview
+
+*xterm*, sampling =uname= and =lua=:
+
+[[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/sample/xterm.png]]
+
+*glyph distinction*, in ASCII:
+
+[[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/sample/ascii.png]]
+
+*geometric rationale*, sampling the Latin letter "b":
+
+[[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/sample/metric.png]]
+
+*literary text*, sampling ASCII, Greek, and Cyrillic:
+
+[[https://raw.githubusercontent.com/agarick/agave/master/sample/text.png]]
+
+*** discussion
+
+Feedback, questions, suggestions, etc. are welcome and encouraged.
+
+Please contact *type agaric* via email at =agaric@protonmail.com=.
+
+*** thanks
+
+... foremost to the respective persons/teams behind FontForge and Inkscape, as I relied on the two programs to design, draw, and generate *agave*,
+
+to GitHub for hosting this repo, and to everyone who starred this project.