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Re: Show HN: Berkeley Mono Typeface

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Post by vondur »

Finnucane wrote: post #32
humanistbot wrote: post #27

> Berkeley Mono wears a UNIX T-shirt and aspires to be etched on control panels in black synthetic lacquer. It is Adrian Frutiger visits Bell Labs. It is Gene Kranz's command. It operates with calibrated precision and has a datasheet. It costs $75 for an individual license, not really in the spirit of UNIX

Really? In Ye Olde Dayes, there was some pretty pricey Unix software.

Heck, I remember OpenStep costing around $700 back in the 90’s.

Re: Show HN: Berkeley Mono Typeface

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Post by neilpanchal »

ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #83

Very derivative of OCR B by Frutiger. A shame it doesn't come out and say that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCR-B Looks great, otherwise!

The comparison with OCR-B is on the website, here is a detailed view: https://berkeleygraphics.com/static/images/marketing/unique-...

Re: Show HN: Berkeley Mono Typeface

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Post by zellyn »

alangibson wrote: post #6

I rarely get excited by fonts, but I'm loving this one. I only recently realized how long machine readable fonts have been around while working on a reproduction of the Apollo 11 flight plan. I love how this one has some of their flavor while still being easy on the eyes.

I feel the same. Very nice font!

Re: Show HN: Berkeley Mono Typeface

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Post by bborud »

I like the font. I'd pay $75 for a license if it works for editing code.

The problem is that it typically takes a week or so of use to determine if it would work for me. I'm not going to pay $75 for something that I won't know if I have any use for.

Re: Show HN: Berkeley Mono Typeface

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Post by qbasic_forever »

Aloha wrote: post #76
qbasic_forever wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

UNIX was an internal and then commercial product of ATT bell labs (and later Novell). You're misconstruing it with the FOSS movement. UNIX was created for ATT to sell more telephone service, and then later sold and licensed to other companies to likewise improve their internal computer usage. UNIX was not created to be zero cost. Apparently a commercial license for UNIX cost $20k at the time (or $150 for universities…

It was certainly not created to sell more telephone service. It was a research project that found applications to run on it, most of which had little if anything to do with telephone service at first. Much later UNIX was adapted to run telephone network equipment.

Bell labs was doing research for AT&T, a telephone service company.

Re: Show HN: Berkeley Mono Typeface

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Post by qbasic_forever »

gjvc wrote: post #89
qbasic_forever wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

UNIX was an internal and then commercial product of ATT bell labs (and later Novell). You're misconstruing it with the FOSS movement. UNIX was created for ATT to sell more telephone service, and then later sold and licensed to other companies to likewise improve their internal computer usage. UNIX was not created to be zero cost. Apparently a commercial license for UNIX cost $20k at the time (or $150 for universities…

UNIX was created for ATT to sell more telephone service From where did you get this idea? Citation needed.

AT&T was in the business of selling telephone service. Bell labs (AT&T owned) was where UNIX was created. Why else would AT&T be researching computer systems if not to broaden and improve their marketshare in telecommunications?
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