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Creep – a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font

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Re: Creep – a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font

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Post by fouc »

jolmg wrote: post #9

Wow. I've been using 5px wide Fixed[1] for years because I'd never seen another font that is as readable that small, but this seems pretty nice. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_(typeface)

Do you use 5px as your primary terminal/editor font size? What sort of screen/resolution do you use?

Re: Creep – a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font

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Post by chmod775 »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #30
chmod775 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's just not mathematically possible to draw a proper "$" 4 pixels wide, since you need at least 2 pixels one each side of the vertical line to draw the enclosed areas.

Given the M and W I don't think "mathematically possible" is the criteria here.

Here's some options that fit in 4 pixels: https://i.imgur.com/LtQ6eb7.png

Some of these can look like $ if they're really tiny, but generally you'll need a while to figure out what's they're supposed to mean if you don't know what you're looking for.

Re: Creep – a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font

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Post by xingyzt »

Dylan16807 wrote: post #30
chmod775 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's just not mathematically possible to draw a proper "$" 4 pixels wide, since you need at least 2 pixels one each side of the vertical line to draw the enclosed areas.

Given the M and W I don't think "mathematically possible" is the criteria here.

Can be pulled off with enough context https://i.imgur.com/pXA69Xw.png

Re: Creep – a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font

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Post by LeoPanthera »

beiller wrote: post #25

Question is the hash symbol (#) 4 pixels wide possible? I saw it there but it seems to me it requires at least 5 pixels.

Many characters "require" at least 5 pixels in both axes unless you take some creative liberties: W and E are the obvious ones.

Re: Creep – a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font

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Post by crispyalmond »

saladuh wrote: post #20

If anyone's looking for a bitmap/pixel font that covers many symbols, including all necessary powerline symbols and a large portion of the various nerd font symbols, I can't recommend Cozette[0] enough. Recently the author has began updating and releasing new versions after a hiatus. Also, if you use the otf version of the font instead of the bitmap/otb version you can still get it to look like a pixel perfect bitmap…

So glad to see this receiving updates again. Love this font.

Re: Creep – a pretty sweet 4px wide pixel font

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Post by airstrike »

chmod775 wrote: post #34
Dylan16807 wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given the M and W I don't think "mathematically possible" is the criteria here.

Here's some options that fit in 4 pixels: https://i.imgur.com/LtQ6eb7.png Some of these can look like $ if they're really tiny, but generally you'll need a while to figure out what's they're supposed to mean if you don't know what you're looking for.

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