diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildpkg.yml b/.github/workflows/buildpkg.yml
index b13e13e..02a0147 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildpkg.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildpkg.yml
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@ jobs:
           buildah config --workingdir /home/dev/ttfautohint ctnr
           buildah run ctnr makepkg --noconfirm -si
 
-      - name: install templating tools
-        run: |
-          python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
-          python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
-          printf '%s\n' "$HOME/.local/bin" >>$GITHUB_PATH
-
       - name: render PKGBUILDs
         run: ./mk/pkgbuilds.sh
 
@@ -61,9 +55,15 @@ jobs:
           printf '%s\n' "${RUNNER_TEMP}/dist/"
           ls -lh "${RUNNER_TEMP}/dist/"
 
+      - name: make release notes
+        run: |
+          printf '%s\n' '`vars.nt`:' '```yaml' >release.md
+          cat vars.nt >>release.md
+          printf '%s\n' '```' >>release.md
+
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
           files: ${{ runner.temp }}/dist/*
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-          body_path: private-build-plans.toml
+          body_path: release.md
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 64b55ca..68a49da 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
+This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
 
-             DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
-                     Version 2, December 2004
+Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or
+distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled
+binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any
+means.
 
- Copyright (C) 2022 Andy Kluger
+In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors
+of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the
+software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit
+of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and
+successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of
+relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this
+software under copyright law.
 
- Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
- copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
- as the name is changed.
-
-             DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
-     TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
-
- 0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
+OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
+ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
+For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1c4fd6b..630dc7a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ fork this repo on GitHub, then:
      $ git clone <your-github-fork>
      $ cd archbuilder_iosevka
 
-- configure your font (see the `character variants`_), either by editing ``vars.yml``:
+- configure your font (see the `character variants`_), either by editing ``vars.nt``:
 
   .. code:: console
 
-     $ $EDITOR vars.yml
+     $ $EDITOR vars.nt
 
   or by `Using the Customizer Site`_.
 
@@ -73,18 +73,20 @@ To use a configuration thus generated with this builder:
 
 - in the customizer, leave the default Family Name ("Iosevka Custom")
 - save the generated configuration as ``templates/private-build-plans.toml.wz``
-- in ``vars.yml``'s ``build`` list, ensure the only uncommented item is ``ttf-iosevka-custom-git``,
+- in ``vars.nt``'s ``build`` list, ensure the only uncommented item is ``ttf-iosevka-custom-git``,
   with either an editor:
 
   .. code:: console
 
-     $ $EDITOR vars.yml
+     $ $EDITOR vars.nt
 
-  or yamlpath's ``yaml-merge``:
+  or NestedTextTo and yamlpath's ``yaml-merge``:
 
   .. code:: console
 
+     $ nt2yaml vars.nt >vars.yml
      $ yaml-merge -A right -w vars.yml vars.yml <<<'{"build": ["ttf-iosevka-custom-git"]}'
+     $ yaml2nt vars.yml >vars.nt
 
 
 .. _Iosevka: https://github.com/be5invis/Iosevka/
diff --git a/mk/buildpkg.yml.sh b/mk/buildpkg.yml.sh
index 6f7b794..db3b4be 100755
--- a/mk/buildpkg.yml.sh
+++ b/mk/buildpkg.yml.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fi
 pip install -qr requirements.txt
 
 wheezy.template "${gitroot}"/templates/buildpkg.yml.wz \
-  "$(yaml-get -p . "${gitroot}"/vars.yml)" \
+  "$(nt2json -s "${gitroot}"/vars.types.nt "${gitroot}"/vars.nt)" \
 >"${gitroot}"/.github/workflows/buildpkg.yml
 
 printf '%s\n' "Wrote ${gitroot}/.github/workflows/buildpkg.yml"
diff --git a/mk/pkgbuilds.sh b/mk/pkgbuilds.sh
index 8a67e10..62f56b5 100755
--- a/mk/pkgbuilds.sh
+++ b/mk/pkgbuilds.sh
@@ -14,12 +14,19 @@ pip install -qr requirements.txt
 
 pbp_sha256="$(sha256sum "${gitroot}"/private-build-plans.toml | cut -d ' ' -f 1)"
 
-build_webfonts="$(yaml-get -p build_webfonts "${gitroot}"/vars.yml)"
-upstream_branch="$(yaml-get -p branch "${gitroot}"/vars.yml)"
+vars="$(mktemp)"
+nt2json -s "${gitroot}"/vars.types.nt "${gitroot}"/vars.nt >"$vars"
 
-yaml-get -p 'spacings.*' "${gitroot}"/vars.yml | while read -r spacing; do
+build_webfonts="$(yaml-get -p build_webfonts "$vars")"
+upstream_branch="$(yaml-get -p branch "$vars")"
 
-  folder="${gitroot}/pkgs/ttf-iosevka-${spacing}${spacing:+-}custom-git"
+yaml-get -p 'spacings.*' "$vars" | while read -r spacing; do
+
+  if [ "$spacing" = normal ]; then
+    folder="${gitroot}/pkgs/ttf-iosevka-custom-git"
+  else
+    folder="${gitroot}/pkgs/ttf-iosevka-${spacing}-custom-git"
+  fi
   mkdir -p "$folder"
 
   cp "${gitroot}"/private-build-plans.toml "${folder}"/private-build-plans.toml.example
diff --git a/mk/private-build-plans.toml.sh b/mk/private-build-plans.toml.sh
index 9c45bc3..a3f46c0 100755
--- a/mk/private-build-plans.toml.sh
+++ b/mk/private-build-plans.toml.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ fi
 pip install -qr requirements.txt
 
 wheezy.template "${gitroot}"/templates/private-build-plans.toml.wz \
-  "$(yaml-get -p . "${gitroot}"/vars.yml)" \
+  "$(nt2json -s "${gitroot}"/vars.types.nt "${gitroot}"/vars.nt)" \
 >"${gitroot}"/private-build-plans.toml
 
 printf '%s\n' "Wrote ${gitroot}/private-build-plans.toml"
diff --git a/pkgs/ttf-iosevka-git b/pkgs/ttf-iosevka-git
index 9dd3402..010c53f 160000
--- a/pkgs/ttf-iosevka-git
+++ b/pkgs/ttf-iosevka-git
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 9dd34021e6b6b9ac3c01ad784d20700b383db4f5
+Subproject commit 010c53fcc0a6feef2d28e2e2c7f479b90897a1d3
diff --git a/requirements.in b/requirements.in
index b1b915d..bf12989 100644
--- a/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements.in
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 yamlpath>=3.4.0
 wheezy.template
+nt2
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 31db93c..8bb2e5d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
-python-dateutil==2.8.2    # via yamlpath
-ruamel-yaml==0.17.21      # via yamlpath
+arrow==1.3.0              # via inform
+attrs==24.2.0             # via cattrs
+cattrs==24.1.0            # via nt2
+exceptiongroup==1.2.2     # via cattrs
+inform==1.31              # via nestedtext
+markdown-it-py==3.0.0     # via rich
+mdurl==0.1.2              # via markdown-it-py
+nestedtext==3.7           # via nt2
+nt2==0.2.6                # via -r requirements.in
+plumbum==1.8.3            # via nt2
+pygments==2.18.0          # via rich
+python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0  # via arrow, yamlpath
+rich==13.8.0              # via nt2
+ruamel-yaml==0.17.21      # via nt2, yamlpath
 ruamel-yaml-clib==0.2.8   # via ruamel-yaml
-six==1.16.0               # via python-dateutil
-wheezy-template==3.2.1    # via -r requirements.in
-yamlpath==3.8.1           # via -r requirements.in
+six==1.16.0               # via inform, python-dateutil
+types-python-dateutil==2.9.0.20240906  # via arrow
+typing-extensions==4.12.2  # via cattrs
+wheezy-template==3.2.2    # via -r requirements.in
+yamlpath==3.8.2           # via -r requirements.in, nt2
diff --git a/templates/PKGBUILD.wz b/templates/PKGBUILD.wz
index 61f39e2..c60c604 100644
--- a/templates/PKGBUILD.wz
+++ b/templates/PKGBUILD.wz
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 @require(spacing, pbp_sha256, build_webfonts, branch)
 @(
-    name = '-'.join(filter(None, ('ttf-iosevka', spacing, 'custom')))
-    if isinstance(build_webfonts, str):
-        build_webfonts = build_webfonts.lower() in ('yes', 'true')
+    name = f"ttf-iosevka-{spacing}-custom"
+    if spacing == 'normal':
+        plan = 'IosevkaCustom'
+        name = 'ttf-iosevka-custom'
+    elif spacing == 'quasi-proportional':
+        plan = 'IosevkaQpCustom'
+    elif spacing == 'quasi-proportional-extension-only':
+        plan = 'IosevkaQpeCustom'
+    elif spacing == 'fontconfig-mono':
+        plan = 'IosevkaFcmCustom'
+    else:
+        plan = f"Iosevka{spacing.title()}Custom"
 )\
 # Maintainer: Andy Kluger <https://t.me/andykluger>
 # Contributor: Markus Weimar <mail@@markusweimar.de>
@@ -46,17 +55,17 @@ build () {
   cd Iosevka
   npm install
   npm update
-  NO_COLOR=1 npm run build -- @{build_webfonts and 'contents' or 'ttf'}::${_pkgname#*-}
+  NO_COLOR=1 npm run build -- @{build_webfonts and 'contents' or 'ttf'}::@{plan}
 }
 
 package () {
   install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
-  install -m644 Iosevka/dist/*/ttf/*.ttf "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
+  install -m644 Iosevka/dist/@{plan}/TTF/*.ttf "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
 @if build_webfonts:
   install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fonts/WOFF2"
-  install -m644 Iosevka/dist/*/woff2/*.woff2 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fonts/WOFF2/"
+  install -m644 Iosevka/dist/@{plan}/WOFF2/*.woff2 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/fonts/WOFF2/"
   printf '%s\n' 'CSS BELOW:'
-  cat Iosevka/dist/*/*.css
+  cat Iosevka/dist/@{plan}/*.css
   printf '%s\n' 'CSS ABOVE'
 @end
   install -d "${pkgdir}/usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}"
diff --git a/templates/buildpkg.yml.wz b/templates/buildpkg.yml.wz
index 701b8b3..9415313 100644
--- a/templates/buildpkg.yml.wz
+++ b/templates/buildpkg.yml.wz
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ jobs:
           buildah config --workingdir /home/dev/ttfautohint ctnr
           buildah run ctnr makepkg --noconfirm -si
 
-      - name: install templating tools
-        run: |
-          python3 -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
-          python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
-          printf '%s\n' "$HOME/.local/bin" >>$GITHUB_PATH
-
       - name: render PKGBUILDs
         run: ./mk/pkgbuilds.sh
 
@@ -64,9 +58,15 @@ jobs:
           ls -lh "${RUNNER_TEMP}/dist/"
 
 @end
+      - name: make release notes
+        run: |
+          printf '%s\n' '`vars.nt`:' '```yaml' >release.md
+          cat vars.nt >>release.md
+          printf '%s\n' '```' >>release.md
+
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@@v1
         with:
           files: ${{ runner.temp }}/dist/*
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-          body_path: private-build-plans.toml
+          body_path: release.md
diff --git a/templates/private-build-plans.toml.wz b/templates/private-build-plans.toml.wz
index 86ab547..b423374 100644
--- a/templates/private-build-plans.toml.wz
+++ b/templates/private-build-plans.toml.wz
@@ -1,27 +1,83 @@
-@require(charvars, spacings, custom_weights, use_custom_weights)
-@#
+@require(charvars, italic_overrides, spacings, custom_weights, use_custom_weights, contextual_widths, extra_widths)
 @(
-    if isinstance(use_custom_weights, str):
-        use_custom_weights = use_custom_weights.lower() in ('yes', 'true')
+    contextual_widths = str(contextual_widths).lower()
 )\
 @for spacing in spacings:
 @(
-    plan = '-'.join(filter(None, ('iosevka', spacing, 'custom')))
-    family = plan.replace('-', ' ').title()
+    if spacing == 'normal':
+        plan = 'IosevkaCustom'
+        family = 'Iosevka Custom'
+    elif spacing == 'quasi-proportional':
+        plan = 'IosevkaQpCustom'
+        family = 'Iosevka QP Custom'
+    elif spacing == 'quasi-proportional-extension-only':
+        plan = 'IosevkaQpeCustom'
+        family = 'Iosevka QPE Custom'
+    elif spacing == 'fontconfig-mono':
+        plan = 'IosevkaFcmCustom'
+        family = 'Iosevka FCM Custom'
+    else:
+        plan = f"Iosevka{spacing.title()}Custom"
+        family = f"Iosevka {spacing.title()} Custom"
 )\
-@#
-[buildPlans.@plan]
+[buildPlans.@{plan}]
 family = "@family"
-export-glyph-names = false
-@if spacing:
+exportGlyphNames = false
+buildTextureFeature = @contextual_widths
 spacing = "@spacing"
-@end
 
 [buildPlans.@{plan}.ligations]
 inherits = "dlig"
 # disables = []
 # enables = []
 
+[buildPlans.@{plan}.widths.Normal]
+shape = 500
+menu = 5
+css = "normal"
+
+@if 'condensed' in extra_widths:
+[buildPlans.@{plan}.widths.Condensed]
+shape = 416
+menu = 3
+css = "condensed"
+
+@end
+@if 'semi-condensed' in extra_widths:
+[buildPlans.@{plan}.widths.SemiCondensed]
+shape = 456
+menu = 4
+css = "semi-condensed"
+
+@end
+@if 'semi-extended' in extra_widths:
+[buildPlans.@{plan}.widths.SemiExtended]
+shape = 548
+menu = 6
+css = "semi-expanded"
+
+@end
+@if 'extended' in extra_widths:
+[buildPlans.@{plan}.widths.Extended]
+shape = 600
+menu = 7
+css = "expanded"
+
+@end
+@if 'extra-extended' in extra_widths:
+[buildPlans.@{plan}.widths.ExtraExtended]
+shape = 658
+menu = 8
+css = "extra-expanded"
+
+@end
+@if 'ultra-extended' in extra_widths:
+[buildPlans.@{plan}.widths.UltraExtended]
+shape = 720
+menu = 9
+css = "ultra-expanded"
+
+@end
 # [buildPlans.@{plan}.variants]
 # inherits = "ss16"
 
@@ -32,8 +88,10 @@ inherits = "dlig"
 
 # Override above variants for each slope:
 # [buildPlans.@{plan}.variants.upright]
-# [buildPlans.@{plan}.variants.italic]
-# [buildPlans.@{plan}.variants.oblique]
+[buildPlans.@{plan}.variants.italic]
+@for char, style in italic_overrides.items():
+@char = "@style"
+@end
 
 @if use_custom_weights:
 @for name, weight in custom_weights.items():
@@ -44,4 +102,22 @@ css = @weight['default']
 
 @end
 @end
+[buildPlans.@{plan}.slopes.Upright]
+angle = 0
+shape = "upright"
+menu  = "upright"
+css   = "normal"
+
+# [buildPlans.@{plan}.slopes.Oblique]
+# angle = 9.4
+# shape = "oblique"
+# menu  = "oblique"
+# css   = "oblique"
+
+[buildPlans.@{plan}.slopes.Italic]
+angle = 9.4
+shape = "italic"
+menu  = "italic"
+css   = "italic"
+
 @end
diff --git a/vars.yml b/vars.nt
similarity index 70%
rename from vars.yml
rename to vars.nt
index dfba5eb..2c61381 100644
--- a/vars.yml
+++ b/vars.nt
@@ -1,28 +1,51 @@
-build:  # Uncomment the ones you wish to build
-  # - ttf-iosevka-git
+build:
+  # Uncomment the ones you wish to build:
   # - ttf-iosevka-custom-git
   - ttf-iosevka-term-custom-git
-  # - ttf-iosevka-fontconfig-mono-custom-git
-  # - ttf-iosevka-fixed-custom-git
   # - ttf-iosevka-quasi-proportional-custom-git
+  # - ttf-iosevka-git
+  # - ttf-iosevka-fixed-custom-git
+  # - ttf-iosevka-fontconfig-mono-custom-git
   # - ttf-iosevka-quasi-proportional-extension-only-custom-git
-spacings:  # No need to change this list
-  - ''               # some wide glyphs
-  - term             # fewer wide glyphs
-  - fontconfig-mono  # no wide glyphs
-  - fixed            # neither wide glyphs nor ligatures
-  - quasi-proportional                 # "normal" non-mono
-  - quasi-proportional-extension-only  # "normal" non-mono without making anything narrower (e.g. "i")
+extra_widths:
+  # Uncomment the ones you wish to build:
+  # - condensed
+  # - semi-condensed
+  # - semi-extended
+  # - extended
+  # - extra-extended
+  # - ultra-extended
+  # or none:
+  []
+spacings:
+  # No need to change this list
+  - normal
+  # ^ some wide glyphs
+  - term
+  # ^ fewer wide glyphs
+  - fontconfig-mono
+  # ^ no wide glyphs
+  - fixed
+  # ^ neither wide glyphs nor ligatures
+  - quasi-proportional
+  # ^ non-mono
+  - quasi-proportional-extension-only
+  # ^ non-mono without making anything narrower (e.g. "i" is still wide)
 build_webfonts: no
-branch: main
 use_custom_weights: yes
+contextual_widths: yes
+branch: main
 custom_weights:
-  regular:
-    default: "400"
-    override: "600"
-  bold:
-    default: "700"
-    override: "800"
+  Regular:
+    default: 400
+    override: 600
+  Bold:
+    default: 700
+    override: 800
+italic_overrides:
+  # seven: curly-serifless-crossbar
+  # or none:
+  {}
 charvars:
   digit-form: old-style
   apl-form: enable
@@ -76,22 +99,32 @@ charvars:
   x: curly-serifless
   y: curly-serifless
   z: straight-serifless-with-crossbar
+  capital-eszet: flat-top-serifed
   long-s: flat-hook-tailed
   eszet: longs-s-lig-tailed-serifless
   lower-eth: straight-bar
-  lower-thorn: serifed
+  capital-thorn: serifed
+  lower-thorn: serifless
   lower-alpha: crossing
+  lower-beta: standard
   capital-gamma: bottom-serifed
+  lower-gamma: casual
   capital-delta: curly
   lower-delta: rounded
   lower-iota: tailed-serifed
   capital-lambda: curly-top-serifed
   lower-lambda: tailed-turn
   lower-mu: tailed-serifless
+  lower-nu: casual
   lower-xi: flat-top
   lower-pi: tailed
   lower-tau: flat-tailed
-  lower-chi: semi-chancery-straight
+  lower-upsilon: casual-serifless
+  lower-phi: cursive
+  lower-chi: semi-chancery-straight-serifless
+  lower-psi: serifless
+  cyrl-a: single-storey-earless-corner-tailed
+  cyrl-ve: cursive
   cyrl-capital-zhe: curly
   cyrl-zhe: curly
   cyrl-capital-ze: unilateral-serifed
@@ -100,7 +133,9 @@ charvars:
   cyrl-ka: curly-serifless
   cyrl-el: straight
   cyrl-em: slanted-sides-hanging-serifed
+  cyrl-capital-en: top-left-bottom-right-serifed
   cyrl-en: tailed-top-left-serifed
+  cyrl-capital-er: open-serifless
   cyrl-er: earless-rounded-serifless
   cyrl-capital-u: cursive-flat-hook-serifless
   cyrl-u: cursive-flat-hook-serifless
@@ -108,37 +143,41 @@ charvars:
   cyrl-che: tailed
   cyrl-yeri: round
   cyrl-yery: round
+  cyrl-capital-e: serifless
+  cyrl-e: serifless
   cyrl-capital-ya: straight-motion-serifed
   cyrl-ya: straight-tailed-motion-serifed
   zero: diamond-unslashed
   one: no-base
-  two: curly-neck
-  three: flat-top
-  four: semi-open
-  five: oblique-arched
+  two: curly-neck-serifless
+  three: flat-top-serifless
+  four: semi-open-serifless
+  five: oblique-arched-serifless
   six: open-contour
   seven: curly-serifless
   eight: crossing-asymmetric
   nine: straight-bar
+  tittle: round
   diacritic-dot: round
   punctuation-dot: round
+  braille-dot: round
   tilde: low
   asterisk: turn-hex-high
   underscore: high
   caret: high
   paren: normal
   brace: curly
-  number-sign: upright-tall
+  number-sign: slanted
   ampersand: flat-top
   at: fourfold-solid-inner-tall
-  dollar: open-cap
+  dollar: slanted-interrupted-cap
   percent: rings-segmented-slash
   bar: natural-slope
   ascii-single-quote: straight
   ascii-grave: straight
   question: smooth
   pilcrow: low
-  cent: open-cap
+  cent: slanted-bar-interrupted-cap
   partial-derivative: curly-bar
   micro-sign: toothed-serifless
   guillemet: curly
diff --git a/vars.types.nt b/vars.types.nt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f607451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars.types.nt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+boolean:
+  - build_webfonts
+  - use_custom_weights
+  - contextual_widths