Gallant: 12x22 raster font with Unicode glyphs
14 days ago
- #typography
- #font
- #unicode
- Gallant font is a raster font with a 22x12 pixel character cell, originally used by Sun Microsystems SPARCstation console.
- The project extends the original Gallant font from 502 to over 4600 glyphs, covering Greek, Cyrillic, IPA extensions, mathematical symbols, and more.
- Font supports various Unicode blocks with status marked as Complete, Partial, or TODO.
- Instructions provided for installing and using the font in different environments including X11, FreeBSD vt(4) driver, and Linux console.
- Includes details on building the font from source, adding glyphs, and converting between formats using utilities like hextosrc and srctohex.
- Historical context provided about the font's origins, linking it to Stanford professor Vaughan Pratt.
- Special characters mapping for VT100 line-drawing character set included.
- Future plans include contributing to FreeBSD and enhancing font compatibility with Windows.