vga256, (edited ) oh hell yes. i think i just found the original typeface used: it was LTC Spire by the Lanston Type Company
edit: it led to a fascinating web preservation backstory about the origins of the font itself:
https://dialup.cafe/@vga256/112460660100094359
somepx, a Special Offer is now live! Upgrade/subscribe to the SPARKS~✨ tier to get NINE premium pixel fonts!
More info here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-fonts-be-you-104347684
somepx, If you follow me there's a good chance you're using/will use some of my pixel fonts: in that case, can I ask you a favor?
Can you please go and rate them on Itch? Thanks!
RonsCompVids, "...with liberty and Comic Sans for all." #fonts
mmu_man, @RonsCompVids "I, Joseph Biden, do solemnly swear never to laugh in front of the national flag."
aarbrk, Spanish For A Project™, I need to learn about the historical origins of #bitmap #fonts. Highly doubt these were first created on computers; where in the world have rectangular #tiles or #bricks carried a textual message? (The tiled signs in the #NYC subway are #mosaics, not based on a grid.) Where did bitmap fonts really start?
#typography #font #letters #lettering #history #histodons
Image credit: https://myfontlib.com/font/gorgeous-pixel-font
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pwaring, Getting Greek characters to display properly in a PDF generated from Markdown with Pandoc has caused some frustration today - here's what eventually worked for me:
- Use xelatex instead of pdflatex:
pandoc --pdf-engine=xelatex
- Use Linux Liberatine O as the font in your Markdown metadata:
mainfont: "Linux Libertine O"
I'm a bit sad that I can't use Palatino, which I think is a nicer font, but Linux Libertine 'just worked' and is free (as in beer and speech).
pwaring, @penguin42 I don't think so - the problem isn't that the characters don't look right, but that xelatex (and pdflatex) won't even compile because they don't recognise Περικλῆς.
pwaring, @drj Thanks. I think I might need to do some work to get it looking right in LaTeX (some words are really off, like 'introduction') but the Greek rendering is nicer than Linux Libertine.
somepx, I just released SAGA, a legendary fantasy font!~✨
Patreon*:
https://www.patreon.com/somepx/shop/pixel-font-saga-203753?source=storefrontItch:
https://somepx.itch.io/pixel-font-saga*my patrons can download this at no extra cost!
easytarget, Working on a #micropython project that uses a small display?
Disappointed by a lack of #fonts for them?
Presenting:
https://github.com/easytarget/microPyEZfontsA hundred fonts in various flavors and sizes, plus a small and simple to use font writer to go with them.
mcdanlj, @trevorflowers any possible use in your miniatures?
andypiper, @easytarget ooooh this could be v useful, thank you.
somepx, May the fonts be with you!~⭐
URBAN and QUIT are now available on Itch at a special price.
https://itch.io/s/122946/may-the-fonts-be-with-you
Pixel Font - URBAN (sample)
Pixel Font - QUIT (cover)
Pixel Font - QUIT (sample)
barefootliam,
damieng, New font, who dis?
dmian, @damieng So square! Looks nice for a monospaced.
damieng, So this is the Berkeley Mono font from https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono/ (Yeah I paid for a copy) but I tweaked three glyphs (l, i & r) for my editor. Wonder if they'd be open to alternates...
Enjoying it so far will see how it stacks compared to JetBrains Mono and Input Mono which I go back and forth between in Rider.
Envy Code R is still, of course, my terminal font.
AnthonyBaker, A comic book font with a custom emphasis axis to make it easy to embiggen text? And $24? Yes please take my money now!
cc @Luke
Luke, @AnthonyBaker it’s very nice. Love the discussing about typesetting vs lettering and variable type. Very interesting.
brunus, French Je vais te dire... je bosse pour de l'édition papier et numérique.
Je suis toujours étonné, alors que je suis 70% graphiste et 30% dev, d'avoir une tétrachiée de fonts installées sur mon système... de recevoir des projets pour lesquels je dois demander "J'ai pas la font machin... elle n'est pas libre... tu peux me la filer steup ?"Y'a pas assez de fonts libres ?
Les maquettistes ne savent pas que ça existe le fonts libres ?
matthieu, French @brunus je vois. Et les fontes que tu dois quémander en permanence, elles sont utilisées surtout pour autre chose que du texte, alors ?
brunus, French @matthieu Oui, en général ce sont des fonts pour des titres ou des stickers commerciaux, des disclaimers etc...
Je ne touche que très rarement aux textes, je suis plus coté graphisme, donc packaging, que typographie... alors que je suis un maniaque de la typo et une brelle en orthpgraphe/grammaire ;D
royal, I have tried so many #monospaced #fonts, but I keep coming back to #Inconsolata as pleasant and readable. Latest I tried was the #Monaspace family, but the block "@" sign did them in for me. (Really interesting otherwise though!)
drahardja,
drahardja, I absolutely despise that letter N.
barefootliam,
Moosader, I made a font. 😎
I named it "Inexperienced" because it's my first font and I just made it really quickly.Any fonts I make are public domain.
Moosader, More fonts I made yesterday with Glyphr Studio.
The Moose Trombone font, another swiggly font.
Spooky Serifs font, another messy font but with serifs
The Moose Alien font, an alien set of characters.
iamdtms, @Moosader I like Spooky.ttf much!
wigbert, this is hilarious ... 👇🏼 ... when #fonts meet ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2cZBIAr24m/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
ljegou, I like the official french gov. #fonts , from the design system :
https://www.systeme-de-design.gouv.fr/elements-d-interface/fondamentaux-de-l-identite-de-l-etat/typographieSpectral is under the SIL open font license.
typographica, Speaking of Google Fonts, though: while we’re still in the midst of the weird-and-wonderful wonky soft serif phase, I am shocked we don’t see more Fraunces. It’s better than most of the others in the genre and deserves far more attention: https://fraunces.undercase.xyz/
luis_in_brief, @typographica ooh, that's delightfully weird.
the_guruji, @typographica i saw Fraunces (or i think it was Fraunces; i am bad at fontid 🥹) on a book cover when my cousin and I went to buy some books for her. bought the entire series.
FontsInUse, In memoriam Betty Davis, who died two years ago in February 2022. Here’s the cover of her 1974 album, “They Say I’m Different”:
https://fontsinuse.com/uses/34086/betty-davis-they-say-im-different-album-art-jIt features what so far is our only documented use of Sini Aztec. Designed by Ron Levine, with art direction by Bill Levy and photography by Mel Dixon. Kaisik Wong designed the costume.
Anthony Sini’s typeface was digitized by Jess Collins as Plinc Aztek.
AmeliaBackup, @puniko btw with themes u can set an instance font
https://docs.joinsharkey.org/docs/customisation/themes/#fonts
puniko, @AmeliaBackup :3 am pretty happy with the default font tbh
richardlea, 'You were made for newspapers, darling…'
Catching up with ellecordova.com – thanks @elaterite
Here she is with some fonts hanging out:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/j7SByXWWVzU
RHW, @richardlea @elaterite @bookstodon
This lady is brilliant.
CTD, If fonts were food, which one(s) would you eat?