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Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

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Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

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Post by boredpudding »

itronitron wrote: post #56
IdreesInc wrote: post #23

Creator here, thanks for all the support for this objectively terrible programming font! Still working on some issues with windows not playing nicely with bold weights so be sure to watch the repository ( https://github.com/IdreesInc/Monocraft ) or follow me on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/IdreesInc ) for updates.

I have always thought that the font used in Minecraft is just a standard available font, like System or Dialog. Is that incorrect?

It's a specific font to Minecraft. It's not an existing font. It appeared before Minecraft in 'Legend of Chambered', which was a simple game created by Notch, who later created Minecraft.

Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

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Post by bcraven »

echelon wrote: post #58
huydotnet wrote: post #17

I'm currently playing Nethack with this font [1], OMG it's just so cool, it makes the game looks good even without using curses mode. [1]: https://i.imgur.com/wsWnMq0.png

Wow, Imgur has fallen far. The image is so compressed and full of artifacts that I can't read any of it.

Right-click > Open image in new tab

https://i.imgur.com/wsWnMq0.png

Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

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Post by imaginary_unit »

iamevn wrote: post #19
zenlot wrote: post #4

Not related to this awesome font, but is it just me who doesn't like fonts ligatures? I'd much rather see !=, than crossed =.

I tend to dislike these sorts of ligatures because they obscure the underlying text that was typed. I would much prefer programming languages supported characters like "≠" or "≡" as aliases for operators.

Julia does that. https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/mathematical-operati...

Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

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Post by foglorn »

IdreesInc wrote: post #23

Creator here, thanks for all the support for this objectively terrible programming font! Still working on some issues with windows not playing nicely with bold weights so be sure to watch the repository ( https://github.com/IdreesInc/Monocraft ) or follow me on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/IdreesInc ) for updates.

It's an absolutely hideous font for looking at code, but I appreciate the effort you put in to make it. Nice work!

Have you considered writing a blog post about the process you used to make it, anything that set you back while working on it, and advice for others who may wish to generate their own fonts?

Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

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Post by echelon »

bcraven wrote: post #62
echelon wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, Imgur has fallen far. The image is so compressed and full of artifacts that I can't read any of it.

Right-click > Open image in new tab https://i.imgur.com/wsWnMq0.png

I can't even see the the image you linked. Imgur redirects to the webpage.

When I right click that image to open in a new tab, I get the grainy and indecipherable webp.

Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

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Post by shp0ngle »

zenlot wrote: post #4

Not related to this awesome font, but is it just me who doesn't like fonts ligatures? I'd much rather see !=, than crossed =.

I used to like them, but one time I wasted 15 minutes on trying to split → into - and > before I realised I have them on, so I hate them now too.

Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

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Post by vanderZwan »

huydotnet wrote: post #17

I'm currently playing Nethack with this font [1], OMG it's just so cool, it makes the game looks good even without using curses mode. [1]: https://i.imgur.com/wsWnMq0.png

Huh, it's almost like you're backporting pixel graphics to ASCII graphics :)

Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

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Post by yreg »

kleiba wrote: post #57
IdreesInc wrote: post #23

Creator here, thanks for all the support for this objectively terrible programming font! Still working on some issues with windows not playing nicely with bold weights so be sure to watch the repository ( https://github.com/IdreesInc/Monocraft ) or follow me on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/IdreesInc ) for updates.

Nice idea, but how do you get around the potential copyright infringement?

They pixel-perfectly copied and recreated it in BitFontMaker2[0] (source[1]).

Not a nice thing to do to a type designer or a foundry, but a gaming studio/Notch(?) won't probably care.

[0] - https://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/bitfontmaker2/

[1] - https://github.com/IdreesInc/Minecraft-Font

Re: Monocraft: A programming font based on the typeface used in Minecraft

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Post by wasmitnetzen »

kleiba wrote: post #57
IdreesInc wrote: post #23

Creator here, thanks for all the support for this objectively terrible programming font! Still working on some issues with windows not playing nicely with bold weights so be sure to watch the repository ( https://github.com/IdreesInc/Monocraft ) or follow me on Twitter ( https://twitter.com/IdreesInc ) for updates.

Nice idea, but how do you get around the potential copyright infringement?

There's not copyright in the US on a typeface (the look), you can only have copyrights on the individual implementation (the font)[1].

[1]: https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/font-law-licensing/

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