Re: [gentoo-user] Bespoke terminal font
On Thursday, 8 June 2023 15:22:40 BST Walter Dnes wrote: > Set... > > consolefont="solar24x32" > > ...in /etc/conf.d/consolefont > > It is Y-U-U-U-G-E, coming in at 80 columns by 33 rows on my 1920x1080 > text console. And no dot in the centre. But you may have problems > distinguishing zero from O and o. :) That's a bit too big even for me! That pointed me to media-fonts/solarize-0_pre20140818. See that date! I thought I'd give it a go though. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Bespoke terminal font
On Mon, Jun 05, 2023 at 04:35:41PM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote > Hello list, > > I'm still trying to find a terminal font (not an X font) to suit my > deteriorating sight. Every terminal font I've found includes either > a dot in the centre of the /zero/ character or a diagonal bar across > it. Either of these makes a zero resemble an eight: 0, 8. I often > need a magnifying glass to see which it is. I suppose it's meant to > distinguish a zero from a capital o: 0, O, but this can be handled > better in moderate to large font sizes such as I use, by sloping the > shoulders of the zero to resemble those used in the publishing trade. Set... consolefont="solar24x32" ...in /etc/conf.d/consolefont It is Y-U-U-U-G-E, coming in at 80 columns by 33 rows on my 1920x1080 text console. And no dot in the centre. But you may have problems distinguishing zero from O and o. -- I've seen things, you people wouldn't believe; Gopher, Netscape with frames, the first Browser Wars. Searching for pages with AltaVista, pop-up windows self-replicating, trying to uninstall RealPlayer. All those moments, will be lost in time like tears in rain... time to die.
Re: [gentoo-user] Bespoke terminal font
On Monday, 5 June 2023 18:53:22 BST Mitch D. wrote: > > As for other fonts to explore AI suggests: > > > > Droid Sans Mono > > Inconsolata > > Liberation Mono Those first two have the problem I find troublesome. See my other post for the third. Thanks anyway. -- Regards, Peter.
Re: [gentoo-user] Bespoke terminal font
Thank u Dave On Mon, Jun 5, 2023, 11:36 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > Hello list, > > I'm still trying to find a terminal font (not an X font) to suit my > deteriorating sight. Every terminal font I've found includes either a dot > in > the centre of the /zero/ character or a diagonal bar across it. Either of > these makes a zero resemble an eight: 0, 8. I often need a magnifying > glass to > see which it is. I suppose it's meant to distinguish a zero from a capital > o: > 0, O, but this can be handled better in moderate to large font sizes such > as I > use, by sloping the shoulders of the zero to resemble those used in the > publishing trade. > > I use DejaVu mono in KDE Plasma, which does not do this and is much easier > to > Read with the plain 0. I'd like to find a terminal font like it. Or is > there a > tool I can use to adjust the Terminus Font I use in my VTs? All the font > editors I've seen are for GUI use. > > There was a half-suitable utility years ago, whose name I've forgotten, > which > might well be suitable if it could handle two-byte characters. > > Is there either a console font like what I've described, or a font editor > that > would allow me to make my own? > > -- > Regards, > Peter. > > > > >
Re: [gentoo-user] Bespoke terminal font
On Mon, 2023-06-05 at 10:31 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Bummer. Looks like he might have changed it. Unfortunately I'm no further help in that case. Visually I live and die by the slashed zero, using Terminus, which itself is a replacement for the very old-fashioned ProFont.
Re: [gentoo-user] Bespoke terminal font
I use either Droid Sans Mono or Inconsolata (one is a fallback for unsupported glyphs in the other, but I forget which one's which), and I have nothing inside my zeros. Zero is distinguished by having flattened / vertical sides, while the capital letter 'O' is rounded. On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 1:37 PM Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 10:31 AM Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 9:43 AM Matt Connell wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 2023-06-05 at 08:54 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > There's a terminal font called 'hack' that doesn't have anything > > > > inside the zero. > > > > > > Is this the right one? > > > > > > https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack > > > > Bummer. Looks like he might have changed it. > > > > I'm starting to have old-person type eye problems and > > found this article: > > > > https://itsfoss.com/fonts-linux-terminal/ > > > > which from the example has nothing inside the zero, > > but the picture on the github page looks like it does. > > > > Mark > > > As for other fonts to explore AI suggests: > > Droid Sans Mono > Inconsolata > Liberation Mono > > I see some example pages that look ok but > I don't have time to explore and test. > > HTH, > Mark > Source Code Pro >
Re: [gentoo-user] Bespoke terminal font
On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 10:31 AM Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 9:43 AM Matt Connell wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2023-06-05 at 08:54 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > There's a terminal font called 'hack' that doesn't have anything > > > inside the zero. > > > > Is this the right one? > > > > https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack > > Bummer. Looks like he might have changed it. > > I'm starting to have old-person type eye problems and > found this article: > > https://itsfoss.com/fonts-linux-terminal/ > > which from the example has nothing inside the zero, > but the picture on the github page looks like it does. > > Mark As for other fonts to explore AI suggests: Droid Sans Mono Inconsolata Liberation Mono I see some example pages that look ok but I don't have time to explore and test. HTH, Mark Source Code Pro
Re: [gentoo-user] Bespoke terminal font
On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 9:43 AM Matt Connell wrote: > > On Mon, 2023-06-05 at 08:54 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > > There's a terminal font called 'hack' that doesn't have anything > > inside the zero. > > Is this the right one? > > https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack Bummer. Looks like he might have changed it. I'm starting to have old-person type eye problems and found this article: https://itsfoss.com/fonts-linux-terminal/ which from the example has nothing inside the zero, but the picture on the github page looks like it does. Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] Bespoke terminal font
On Mon, 2023-06-05 at 08:54 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > There's a terminal font called 'hack' that doesn't have anything > inside the zero. Is this the right one? https://github.com/source-foundry/Hack
Re: [gentoo-user] Bespoke terminal font
On Mon, Jun 5, 2023 at 8:36 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Hello list, > > I'm still trying to find a terminal font (not an X font) to suit my > deteriorating sight. Every terminal font I've found includes either a dot in > the centre of the /zero/ character or a diagonal bar across it. Either of > these makes a zero resemble an eight: 0, 8. I often need a magnifying glass to > see which it is. I suppose it's meant to distinguish a zero from a capital o: > 0, O, but this can be handled better in moderate to large font sizes such as I > use, by sloping the shoulders of the zero to resemble those used in the > publishing trade. > > I use DejaVu mono in KDE Plasma, which does not do this and is much easier to > Read with the plain 0. I'd like to find a terminal font like it. Or is there a > tool I can use to adjust the Terminus Font I use in my VTs? All the font > editors I've seen are for GUI use. > > There was a half-suitable utility years ago, whose name I've forgotten, which > might well be suitable if it could handle two-byte characters. > > Is there either a console font like what I've described, or a font editor that > would allow me to make my own? > > -- > Regards, > Peter. > There's a terminal font called 'hack' that doesn't have anything inside the zero. No idea whether it addresses any other issues. Sorry about the eyesight issues. I'm starting to deal with a bit of that myself. Good luck, Mark
