tall, condensed bitmap font for geeks
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1# Scientifica
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5Tall and condensed bitmap font for geeks.
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7Scientifica is largely based on [creep](https://github.com/romeovs/creep), with a number
8of minor tweaks to improve readablity (*a matter of taste of course*).
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10Most characters are just 4px wide, which is brilliant for low dpi(90-120) displays.
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13## What's different?
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16Scientifica has a **bold** and an **italic** variant.
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18Here are a few characters that recieved a revamp:
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20`V, *, f, W, M, ~, & , i, t, a, (), [], {}`
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22I have also added characters to the following unicode blocks:
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24 - Geometric Shapes
25 - Arrows
26 - Miscellaneous Technical
27 - Miscellaneous Symbols
28 - Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-A
29 - Private Use Area
30 - Mathematical Operators
31 - Box Drawings
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33I will be constantly adding glyphs to this font. **Keep a lookout.**
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37## Screenshots
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39### Dark background
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41Scientifica in the wild:
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46Scientifica now has most box drawing glyphs as well!
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51Latin, Polish, Solvakian, French, German accents included!
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56Powerline glyphs
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61Unicode Python:
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66Unicode C++ (Ligatures included)
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71*Please read [this](./ligature_plugins/README.md) for instructions on ligatures.*
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73### Light background
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76You're kidding me right?
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79## Installation
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82### Linux
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85 1. Enable bitmap fonts
86 ```shell
87 cd /etc/fonts/conf.d/
88 sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/10* && sudo rm -rf 70-no-bitmaps.conf && sudo ln -s ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf
89 sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig
90 ```
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92 2. Get Scientifica
93 ```shell
94 cd ~
95 git clone https://github.com/nerdypepper/scientifica --depth 1
96 ```
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98 3. Symlink it to the right folder
99 ```shell
100ln -fs ~/scientifica/regular/scientifica-11.bdf ~/.local/share/fonts/scientifica-11.bdf
101ln -fs ~/scientifica/bold/scientificaBold-11.bdf ~/.local/share/fonts/scientificaBold-11.bdf
102 ```
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104 4. Use it. `rxvt` for example:
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106 ``` ini
107URxvt.font:xft:scientifica:size=11
108URxvt.font:xft:scientifica:size=22 !for the doubled variant
109 ```
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112### MacOS
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115 1. Get Scientifica
116 ```shell
117 cd ~
118 git clone https://github.com/nerdypepper/scientifica --depth 1
119 ```
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121 2. Open the `.dfont` in the Font Book.app
122(This may not always be up to date. Try downloading the `.bdf` and exporting it to `.dfont` through fontforge)
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124 3. You are done, I guess ... dont have a Mac to test it out.
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126 4. Submit an issue in case you face any problems, or a pull request if you would like to correct me.
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130## TODO
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132Following agenda *may* be followed:
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134 - Add Control Pictures
135 - ~~Add all mathematical operators~~ (Almost) Done!
136 - ~~Get scientifica to work on windows~~ Done!
137 - ~~Work on a bold version (Probably never)~~ Done!
138 - Add variants for `a, i, l, 1` etc.
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142## Credits
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144Most Basic Latin characters are from [creep](https://github.com/romeovs/creep) by [romeovs](https://github.com/romeovs/).
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146Creep has been optimized for linux terminals by [raymond-w-ko](https://github.com/raymond-w-ko/). Check out his version [here](https://github.com/raymond-w-ko/creep2).
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148Some characters are based on [Lemon](http://artwizaleczapka.sourceforge.net/).
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150Thanks to the creators of [Font Forge](https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/) for, well, creating fontforge.