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- clarify packaged formats
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- update manual install instructions to include frozen fonts
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## Overview

Monaspace is available in three distinct variations. You can install them both side-by-side; their family names are distinct. For example:
Monaspace is five interchangable type families, each of which is packaged into three distinct formats. You can install all of them side-by-side; their family names are distinct by family and format. For example:

- `Monaspace _____`: the static family.
- `Monaspace _____ Var` or `VF`: the variable family
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* `ss07`: ligatures related to colons like `::` or `=:=`.
* `ss08`: ligatures related to combinations of periods with other glyphs like `..=` or `.-`.
* `ss09`: ligatures related to combinations of the greater/less than and equals signs, like `<=>`,`>>`, and `=<<`.
* `ss10`: other tags, like `#[` and `#(`

👉 You can see an interactive display of all the ligatures [on the Monaspace website](http://monaspace.githubnext.com/#code-ligatures)

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Restarting is usually the only way to be 100% sure that the underlying machinery in the operating system picks up the new fonts.

### MacOS
You can manually drag the fonts from the `fonts/otf` or `fonts/variable` directory into Font Book.
You can manually drag the fonts from the `fonts/otf`, `fonts/variable`, and `fonts/frozen` directories into Font Book.

There is also a script that automates the deletion of all Monaspace fonts from `~/Library/Fonts` and then copies over the latest versions. Invoke it from the root of the repo like:

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### Windows
You can manually drag the fonts from the `fonts/otf` or `fonts/variable` directory into `C:\Windows\Fonts`. Alternatively, right-click the fonts you want and click Install.
You can manually drag the fonts from the `fonts/otf`, `fonts/variable`, and `fonts/frozen` directories into `C:\Windows\Fonts`. Alternatively, right-click the fonts you want and click Install.

### Linux
You can manually drag the fonts from the `fonts/otf` and `fonts/variable` directory into `~/.local/share/fonts`.
You can manually drag the fonts from the `fonts/otf`, `fonts/variable`, and `fonts/frozen` directories into `~/.local/share/fonts`.

There is also a script which automates the deletion of all Monaspace fonts from `~/.local/share/fonts` and then copies over the latest versions. Invoke it from the root of the repo like:

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