Unscii: Bitmapped Unicode Fonts for Character Cell Art and Terminal Use
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Summary
Unscii is a set of bitmapped Unicode fonts designed for character cell art, terminal use, and programming. It includes two main variants (unscii-8 with 8×8 pixels per glyph and unscii-16 with 8×16), plus alternative styles and an 8x16 'full' variant that incorporates glyphs from Fixedsys Excelsior and GNU Unifont. The fonts are based on classic system fonts, with most variants in the Public Domain except unscii-16-full which falls under GPL due to Unifont licensing. The project was created by Viznut.
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· 5 pulledUnscii is a set of bitmapped Unicode fonts based on classic system fonts.
Unscii attempts to support character cell art well while also being suitable for terminal and programming use.
The two main variants are unscii-8 (8×8 pixels per glyph) and unscii-16 (8×16).
'unscii-16-full' falls under GPL because of how Unifont is licensed; the other variants are in the Public Domain.
Unscii was created by Viznut.
Article URL: http://viznut.fi/unscii/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46270282
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