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well it certainly looks better than the old one https://i.imgur.com/VqBzIWn.png https://i.imgur.com/VqBzIWn.png It is the old Sun console font taken originall

by throwaway2048 8y ago

well it certainly looks better than the old one https://i.imgur.com/VqBzIWn.png https://i.imgur.com/VqBzIWn.png It is the old Sun console font taken originally from OpenFirmware.

akie 8y ago
They went from a terrible font to a bad font. There are so many nice ones [e.g. have a look at https://wesbos.com/programming-fonts/ https://wesbos.com/programming-fonts/], why not pick one of these? Inconsolata or Menlo would be a big improvement over what they chose now. Missed opportunity, IMHO.
- jachee 8y ago
  The console font is required to be a bitmapped font.
  - mark-r 8y ago
    No reason you couldn't render a scalable font at a particular size to make a bitmapped version.
- jolux 8y ago
  Several of those have proprietary licenses. Menlo is a (afaik proprietary) Apple product derived from Bitstream’s Vera Sans Mono and included with all Macs, Consolas was done by Luc de Groot for Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007, etc.
  - akie 8y ago
    True, that's why I mentioned Inconsolata, which is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, which "is considered free by the Free Software Foundation" and the Debian Project. Not sure what OpenBSD's position on that license is though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_Open_Font_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_Open_Font_License
    - throwaway2048 8y ago
      Its a copyleft license, so unlikely for OpenBSD to be a fan of it. OpenBSD prefers things that are ISC/2 Clause BSD/equivalent license.
      - mark-r 8y ago
        Is there a common font license that would conform?
    - moftz 8y ago
      Source Code Pro, my favorite, is also under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
    - toyg 8y ago
      OpenBSD people are most certainly not FSF or Debian fans...
aasasd 8y ago
Is that... a serif font? How in the heck? Why? Though I gotta say, the variable stroke width might be less monotone and taxing on the eyes.
- moftz 8y ago
  The Sun font was monospaced but just had serifs. Overall pretty terrible to stare at and very 90s.
- pdw 8y ago
  The Go Mono font is a modern iteration of that concept. I love it. https://blog.golang.org/go-fonts https://blog.golang.org/go-fonts
  - aasasd 8y ago
    Those are vector fonts. We're discussing bitmap fonts instead. Nothing surprising about vector serif monospace fonts, since Courier and variations―which likely constitute way over 50% of all use of monospaced fonts―are slab-serif fonts.
  - ComputerGuru 8y ago
    > The font family, called Go (naturally) Meaning another search nightmare and all discussions about this font will need to be tagged "gofont" or similar. Oh well. The gofont used for the body of that article is very reminiscent of Candara (or is it Nyala?). The monospaced font is surprisingly nice, though!
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openloop 8y ago
Agree. Real artists ship.
asveikau 8y ago
You say that, but to me that image evokes more than a decade of seeing machines boot up. Warm feelings.

well it certainly looks better than the old one https://i.imgur.com/VqBzIWn.png https://i.imgur.com/VqBzIWn.png It is the old Sun console font taken originally from OpenFirmware.

akie 8y ago

They went from a terrible font to a bad font. There are so many nice ones [e.g. have a look at https://wesbos.com/programming-fonts/ https://wesbos.com/programming-fonts/], why not pick one of these? Inconsolata or Menlo would be a big improvement over what they chose now. Missed opportunity, IMHO.

jachee 8y ago
The console font is required to be a bitmapped font.
- mark-r 8y ago
  No reason you couldn't render a scalable font at a particular size to make a bitmapped version.
jolux 8y ago
Several of those have proprietary licenses. Menlo is a (afaik proprietary) Apple product derived from Bitstream’s Vera Sans Mono and included with all Macs, Consolas was done by Luc de Groot for Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007, etc.
- akie 8y ago
  True, that's why I mentioned Inconsolata, which is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, which "is considered free by the Free Software Foundation" and the Debian Project. Not sure what OpenBSD's position on that license is though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_Open_Font_License https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIL_Open_Font_License
  - throwaway2048 8y ago
    Its a copyleft license, so unlikely for OpenBSD to be a fan of it. OpenBSD prefers things that are ISC/2 Clause BSD/equivalent license.
    - mark-r 8y ago
      Is there a common font license that would conform?
  - moftz 8y ago
    Source Code Pro, my favorite, is also under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.
  - toyg 8y ago
    OpenBSD people are most certainly not FSF or Debian fans...

aasasd 8y ago

Is that... a serif font? How in the heck? Why? Though I gotta say, the variable stroke width might be less monotone and taxing on the eyes.

moftz 8y ago
The Sun font was monospaced but just had serifs. Overall pretty terrible to stare at and very 90s.
pdw 8y ago
The Go Mono font is a modern iteration of that concept. I love it. https://blog.golang.org/go-fonts https://blog.golang.org/go-fonts
- aasasd 8y ago
  Those are vector fonts. We're discussing bitmap fonts instead. Nothing surprising about vector serif monospace fonts, since Courier and variations―which likely constitute way over 50% of all use of monospaced fonts―are slab-serif fonts.
- ComputerGuru 8y ago
  > The font family, called Go (naturally) Meaning another search nightmare and all discussions about this font will need to be tagged "gofont" or similar. Oh well. The gofont used for the body of that article is very reminiscent of Candara (or is it Nyala?). The monospaced font is surprisingly nice, though!
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openloop 8y ago

Agree. Real artists ship.

asveikau 8y ago

You say that, but to me that image evokes more than a decade of seeing machines boot up. Warm feelings.