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Re: Show HN: Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming

#11
> Glean is released under version 3 of the GNU GPL, or any later version.

While I love the GPL (and commend you for using it on a non-software work) I would recommend that you add the font exception to the licence (allowing embedding of the font in documents without licencing the document under GPL).

Re: Show HN: Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming

#13

> This monitor has a lot of pixels by decade-ago standards, but its pixel density leaves much to be desired by today standards. I have accidentally become accustomed to crisp, small fonts by a couple of years of using an old Retina Macbook. Bitmap fonts are better at this than scalable fonts, especially on screens with low pixel density. IMO these are all the right reasons. I also suffer from a bad purchase: 27" Full…

Primarily just that it's too tall - 13 vs 10 pixels means the difference between 100 lines and 130. And yep! It's really hard to get an even look at a size this small.

Re: Show HN: Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming

#14

> This monitor has a lot of pixels by decade-ago standards, but its pixel density leaves much to be desired by today standards. I have accidentally become accustomed to crisp, small fonts by a couple of years of using an old Retina Macbook. Bitmap fonts are better at this than scalable fonts, especially on screens with low pixel density. IMO these are all the right reasons. I also suffer from a bad purchase: 27" Full…

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Re: Show HN: Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming

#15
post #12

I find this font pretty hard to read, judging by the screenshots. If you want bitmap fonts, I'd recommend taking a look at the Proggy set of fonts at http://upperbounds.net/index.php?menu=download

Yeah! I was actually using progsole before making this - I'm primarily interested in squeezing legible characters into pixels, and progsole is sliiiightly wider. Even the difference between 5 and 6 pixels can be substantial if you're trying to keep 6 files in your head at once.

Re: Show HN: Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming

#18
post #4

Now we just need an IDE that runs in mode 0x13 320x200 VGA.

I liked this style of font when I had an 800x600 laptop or even 1280x800 but with today's screens it's just to small. Making it large enough to look visible works better with a vector font.

Re: Show HN: Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming

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post #11

> Glean is released under version 3 of the GNU GPL, or any later version. While I love the GPL (and commend you for using it on a non-software work) I would recommend that you add the font exception to the licence (allowing embedding of the font in documents without licencing the document under GPL).

I'm not sure I can - Neep was released under the GPLv2 or later. IANAL though...
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