The first version was made in less than 20 mins!
Currently has 16176 glyphs and counting!
Latest Update: Edited φ and ⱷ to match with the canIPA extensions and edited з and ԑ to match with Cyrillic and -Supplement.
Pro tip for Myanmar: Use ေ and ႄ before a consonant to get the optimal vowel placement.
Pro tip for Devanagari: Use ि and ॎ before a consonant to get the optimal vowel placement.
WIP!!
another quest to make something readable at small sizes
update 0.2: patched brick replacement thing & added alternates
update 0.3: so i decided to follow in Sychoff's footsteps and made some fixes to some glyphs. also added more alternates and punctuation
update 0.4: added arrows
update 0.5: changed spacing
update 1.0: did kerning. i am too lazy to do any more
This adaptation of Trade Gothic was created for small applications on screen. Since the good people at FontStruct have introduced letter spacing am looking to build the full family... Enjoy!
If you do decide to download Font Pixel, we'd be chuffed if you emailed us images of it in use, thanks.
Clone of Font Pixel – a pixel variant of Trade Gothic.
This is the Bold version of Font Pixel, with a full family in the pipeline (how long is a piece of pipe)... Enjoy.
If you do decide to use Font Pixel BD, we'd be chuffed if you emailed us images of your work, thanks.
This is a clone of Font PixelClone of Font Pixel – a pixel variant of Trade Gothic.
This is the Oblique version of Font Pixel, as Trade Gothic lacks a true italic. The illusion of creating incline out of vertically stacked pixels was mastered by Underware for their typeface Unibody Italic and this heavily influenced Font Pixel OB... Enjoy!
If you do decide to download Font Pixel OB, we'd be chuffed if you emailed us images of it in use, thanks.
This is a clone of Font PixelClone of Font Pixel – a pixel variant of Trade Gothic.
This is the Old Style (or non-lining) numeral version of Font Pixel. Enjoy
If you do decide to use Font Pixel OS, we'd be chuffed if you emailed us images of your work, thanks.
This is a clone of Font PixelClone of Font Pixel – a pixel variant of Trade Gothic.
This is the Small Caps version of Font Pixel, along with some symbol variations to the main typeface. Enjoy
If you do decide to download Font Pixel SC, we'd be chuffed if you emailed us images of it in use, thanks.
This is a clone of Font PixelFriendly Geek is the regular version of Friendly Geek Light. Its widths are all 6/6 block rather than 4/6 block. The outlines of the glyphs have generally been left the same, with the insides being filled with 2/6 extra width.
This is a clone of Friendly Geek LightThe 8/6 block thick version
This is a clone of Friendly Geek SemiboldHere is my fourth attempt to make a narrow font that accentuates diagonals. It seems to be a good programming font at size 10. It makes it surprisingly easy to read upper case consonant names.
Design is as follows:
Monospaced of course, because code pretty much requires this. Code fonts are built for both reading and editing, and when some letters are very narrow like the i and l in most fonts, that makes them very hard to select with a mouse and therefore very hard to edit and makes these fonts very hard to use for programming. In addition block cut and paste is important for programming and monospaced is required to do this easily.
Small sizes need to be easily readable. Sometimes you need to be able to see a lot of code on one screen.
Two Dimensional - designed for two dimensional grid-like work such as spread sheets and programming. Lines to draw reader's attention vertically are preferred over lines to draw reader's attention horizontally (as in most fonts). That makes this font more difficult for reading text and less difficult for reading code.
Glyphs are wide in the center of each letter so that diagonals and crossbars are easy to see, and narrow toward the top and bottom so that the characters pull away from each other and are easy to tell apart.
Bodies of the lower case letters are made relatively tall so they are easy to read in code, yet maintaining a clear difference between the height of the lower case and upper case characters - very important.
From top to bottom: 2 blocks upper diacritics, 1/6 block space, 2 blocks stems and upper case, 5.5 blocks lower case body, 1/3 block space, 2 blocks lower diacritics.
Clear distinctions exist among the members of each of the following groups of glyphs: ({[ ])} Il1 aes Ss56$ Zz217? `' ., uUvV coCO0D pP ;: ~- to help tell exacty what each glyph is. This is critical in programming.
Numbers are really large. It doesn't hurt at all for numbers to stand out in programming. This is ok because numbers never have diacritics. The 7 has a bit of a scoop so it does not look like a 2 when underlined.
Vertical alignment - The pairs {} () and [] line up precisely vertically.
The dots are large and distinct so they show up easily in code.
Large numeric 'operators' +-/\%^~=* are easy to read in code.
At least one block touches the right edge in each glyph so that Visual Studio can figure out what's going on. This also means that many glyphs do not touch the left edge and some narrow puctuation glyphs have a tiny extra block off on the right edge.
Floating a little bit above the zero line helps in dealing with underlines.
Avoids horizontal strokes to reduce problems with pixelation at various sizes in various programming tools.
Sans Serif (mostly) so that you can cram glyphs together more tightly.
Also:
Diacritics have lots of space since the area above and below the capitals is more than 2 blocks, so they can be added later on.
Looks scripty - There is a bit of a scripty thing going on because of the wide bases for the lower case i and l, so this is enhanced a bit in the I, J, S, U, Z, f, t, u, z and s.
Narrow enough to be mistaken for an informal text font although since it is designed for two dimensional work, simple lines of text are not that easy to read.
A little too thin - A little bit too thin to be easy to read on a pixelated screen below size 10, although it does print very nicely, so I am labeling this Friendly Geek Light, and I am building a Regular and a Bold font also.
Recent Changes:
Made the 'h' lean to the right to distinguish from the 'b'. Straightened out the '+'. Made the 'F' drop below the rest of the upper case to make it look less like an 'f'. Heightened the 'v' to make it smoother.
This is the 7/6 block version. I've been liking this weight for programming at size 8.
Friendly Geek:
Good for...
- Labels
- Upper case
- Code
- Table cells
- Outlines
- Display
- Printing
- Informality
Not Good for...
- Normal Text
- Sentences
- Formality
Sometimes Good, Sometimes not...
- For each display screen size, one or two weights work well
I have changed the 'h' and the '+' to work better for programming. Changed the 'F' to make it more clearly different from the 'f'. Before it was looking a little bit like lower case somehow.
This is a clone of Friendly Geek