# Font Collection (2023-12-24) **URL:** \ **Category:** breadcrumbs\ **Tags:** font\ **Created:** [December 24, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/font-collection-2023-12-24/36 "2023-12-24T05:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![delyan](https://pluralist.net/user_avatar/pluralist.net/delyan/32/245_2.png) [@delyan](https://pluralist.net/u/delyan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://pluralist.net/t/font-collection-2023-12-24/36/1 "2023-12-24T05:00:00Z")
Over the years we have experimented with many fonts for writing and coding. Our current favorite font is [Berkeley Mono](https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono/). We generally approve of and love the design philosophy of the team behind this typeface – focused on reading and writing reminiscent of the golden era of computing, the early days of UNIX. * * * Other fonts we like and use: - [Consolas (from Microsoft)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/consolas?ref=delyan-org.ghost.io) – the default monospaced font in Windows. - [Menlo (Apple)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_(typeface)?ref=delyan-org.ghost.io) – From Wikipedia: Menlo is a monospaced sans-serif _typeface_ designed by Jim Lyles and Charles Bigelow in 1997. The _typeface_ was first shipped with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. - [Monaco (Apple)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco_(typeface)?ref=delyan-org.ghost.io) – the default monospace font currently shipping with macOS - [Inconsolata](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inconsolata?ref=delyan-org.ghost.io) – designed by Raph Levien in 2006. - [GlassTTY](https://github.com/svofski/glasstty?ref=delyan-org.ghost.io) – a TrueType VT220 font reminiscent of a CRT terminal. - [JetBrains mono](https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/?ref=delyan-org.ghost.io) is great - [SourceCode Pro](https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro) - [Liberation Mono](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts) (Monospaced on my favorite distro) - and last but not least - Lucide Grande (used by Rob Pike and [Russ Cox](https://twitter.com/_rsc/status/1486353935334060034?ref=delyan-org.ghost.io) in [the ACME editor](https://twitter.com/_rsc/status/1261035636791934976?ref=delyan-org.ghost.io)) - (ok how about [Code Page 437 / CP37?](https://stackoverflow.com/a/33787932) See [More Perfect DOS VGA](http://laemeur.sdf.org/fonts/)) * * * [Russ Cox](https://swtch.com/~rsc/) and [Rob Pike](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Pike) have inspired us to try [ACME](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23780273) - launch `acme` with options: `-f /mnt/font/LucidaGrande/13a/font -F /mnt/font/SourceCodePro-Regular/13a/font` - [here is Russ Cox using it](https://twitter.com/_rsc/status/1261041918995238913/photo/1) ![image](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/e6e8beb85a3c6f5a11645cf926596b0d8e0613bf.jpeg) ![image](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/11d41dcb2f1e25016b4f5664e5a2e02ae534aafa.png) * * * # Even More Fonts We Love - [Palatino](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatino) - [FixederSys 2x](http://tom7.org/fixedersys/) by [tom7](http://tom7.org/) - [American Typewriter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Typewriter) (`-light-normal-condensed-*-18-*-*-*-p-0-iso10646-1`) – # Programming Typefaces These are fonts we have at some point used in [Emacs](https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/): - [Adobe Courier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier_(typeface)) - [American Typewriter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Typewriter) - [Berkeley Mono](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Mono) - [Bitstream Vera Sans Mono](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitstream_Vera) - [Cousine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousine_(typeface)) - [FixedSys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixedsys) - [FixederSys 2x](http://tom7.org/fixedersys/) - [Menlo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_(typeface)) - [X11 core fonts - Misc Fixed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_core_fonts#Fixed) - [Monaco](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco_(typeface)) - [monoOne](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monospace_font) - [ProFontX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProFont) - [Source Code Pro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Pro) - Nouveau\_IBM (a TTF used in DosBox-X) - SarasaGothicFixed (a TTF used in DosBox-X) * * * # Even More Fonts - Futura + Century Schoolbook — [U.S. Graphics Company on X: "This $25 copy of Dune cannot be peaked. No modern fancy editions stand a chance. Futura + Century Schoolbook. Century Schoolbook is probably the most beautiful typeface ever created and the monotype sorts used by Chilton press was unique, no equivalent digital type exists. https://t.co/3sQBtWpVQs" / X](https://x.com/usgraphics/status/1956421960340328917) * * * # Interesting Web Fonts - From [Pobox is now part of Fastmail | Fastmail](http://www.fastmail.com/pobox/) ![image](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/93d93d8e359d7952669e4b9b8c8f98dfa7a5f0af.png) ```css font-family: "roca","Georgia Roca Fallback","Iowan Old Style","Palatino Linotype","URW Palladio L",P052,serif; ``` - “roca” - “Georgia Roca Fallback” - “Iowan Old Style” - “Palatino Linotype” - “URW Palladio L” - P052 - serif * * * Found more cool fonts (from Alexey Guzey’s site) ![image](https://pluralist.net/uploads/default/original/1X/b2ea682a271e6936de3e27d09f6b4e99ce77b54e.png) - Special Elite is a good looking typewriter font - Encode Sans is a new favorite * * * # History - **Adobe Courier** – _Mid-1950s (circa 1955–56)_, Designed by **Howard “Bud” Kettler** – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier_(typeface)) - **American Typewriter** – **1974** , Designed by **Joel Kaden** & **Tony Stan** – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Typewriter) - **Berkeley Mono** – _2022_, Designed by **Neil Pachal** – [Official site](https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono/) - **Bitstream Vera Sans Mono** – **2003** , Designed by **Jim Lyles** – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitstream_Vera) - **Century Schoolbook** – _(Creation year not yet retrieved)_, Designed by **Morris Fuller Benton (early 20th century)** – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Schoolbook) - **Code Page 437 / CP437** – _(Not a designer-created font; a DOS-era character encoding set with matching glyphs)_ – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437) - **Consolas** – _(Creation year ~2005–2006)_, Designed by **Lucas de Groot** – [Microsoft Docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/consolas) | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolas) - **Courier** _(same as Adobe Courier above)_ – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courier_(typeface)) - **Cousine** – _(Details to be looked up; a modern open-design font inspired by Courier)_ – [Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cousine) - **Futura** – **1927** , Designed by **Paul Renner** – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futura_(typeface)) - **FixederSys 2x** – _(Created by tom7; year not readily found—further lookup needed)_ – _link TBD_ - **FixedSys** – _(Bitmapped font from early Microsoft/Windows origins; designer not well documented)_ – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixedsys) - **GlassTTY** – **2009** , Designed by **Viacheslav Slavinsky** – _link TBD_ - **Inconsolata** – **2006** , Designed by **Raph Levien** – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inconsolata) - **JetBrains Mono** – **2020** , Designed by **Typetogether for JetBrains** – [Official site](https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/) | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JetBrains_Mono) - **Lucida Grande** – _circa 1985_, Designed by **Charles Bigelow** & **Kris Holmes** – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucida_Grande) - **Menlo** – **2009** , Designed by **Jim Lyles** _(inspired by Bitstream Vera / DejaVu)_ – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menlo_(typeface)) - **Monaco** – _1983–84_, Designed by **Susan Kare** , **Kris Holmes** , and **Charles Bigelow** – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco_(typeface)) - **monoOne** – _(An embedded monospace font; details scarce—needs lookup)_ – _link TBD_ - **Nouveau\_IBM** – _(Used in DosBox-X; likely a modern recreation; details to lookup)_ – _link TBD_ - **Palatino** – **1949** , Designed by **Hermann Zapf** – [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatino) - **ProFontX** – _(A bitmap/monospaced font; details scarce—needs lookup)_ – _link TBD_ - **SarasaGothicFixed** – _(A TrueType fixed-width variant of Sarasa Gothic; details to lookup)_ – [GitHub](https://github.com/be5invis/Sarasa-Gothic) - **Source Code Pro** – **2012** , Designed by **Paul D. Hunt for Adobe** – [Official site](https://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-code-pro/) | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code_Pro) - **X11 core fonts – Misc Fixed** – _(A catch-all for X11 “Misc Fixed” category; not a specific designer font)_ – [X.Org: Core Fonts](https://www.x.org/wiki/CoreFonts/)