Font Book says the dfont file fails "System Validation", whatever that means, and warns they might cause system disruption. Anyone know what this means? Ignorable?
I ignored it and it works fine. It's even powerline patched!
Thanks.
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Re: Show HN: Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming
#22What kind of format is BDF? It seems that it isn't readable by any of the font tools on my computer.
try the .dfont file
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#23Font Book says the dfont file fails "System Validation", whatever that means, and warns they might cause system disruption. Anyone know what this means? Ignorable?
Oh no! I just exported it using FontForge's default setting - if anyone has more experience with fonts on OS X, I'll gladly accept PRs or suggestions!
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#24too hard to read... i am old... :(
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#255x10 without subpixel support is super limiting, and the result reflects that. I assume you'd get used to it, but I really have to work hard to read this font.
I agree that 5x10 is small and hard to read, but what use would a bitmapped font have for subpixel rendering?
Subpixel rendering would give the font 3x the horizontal resolution. Its just as useful for bitmap fonts as it is for vector fonts. Especially at that resolution, anything that makes the font more legible would be a boon.
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#26> 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…
What's not to like about the default font that comes with xterm (6x13 size)?
That's one of my favourites too --- the only "what's not to like" about it is the nonslashed zero, but that's easily fixed with a suitable font or even hex editor.
There is a 5x7 in the same family, but I find it too small for regular use; on the other hand, it looks much like the standard font on embedded systems' character LCDs, which are much lower DPI.
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#285x10 without subpixel support is super limiting, and the result reflects that. I assume you'd get used to it, but I really have to work hard to read this font.
Yeah, that's save up for eyeglasses or your next prescription territory. I'll cheerfully continue to use 16pt Inconsolata.
Why would exercising your eyes make them need glasses?
Re: Show HN: Glean, a tiny bitmap font for programming
#29Hmm, does anyone know how I can import this font on Ubuntu? Nothing recognizes it.
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#30Hmm, does anyone know how I can import this font on Ubuntu? Nothing recognizes it.
Oh, Ubuntu has weird rules that prevent you from using bitmapped fonts. There's some configuration file in /etc/fontsomethingorother that you need to delete. I forget the specifics. After that you should be able to drop the bdf files into ~/.local/share/fonts (preferred) or ~/.fonts, run fc-cache, and see it show up in applications.