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bynfont

A modern bitmap font for Linux terminal that combines the best features of other very good bitmap fonts.

About

bynfont is a well-balanced mix of modern-looking glyphs, differentiable characters (0/O, l/1), rudimentary Powerline support, and a sleek style more similar to modern programming fonts.

The font uses Tamzen For Powerline 8x16 as a base and overhauls it, taking the box-drawing characters from Terminus.

Some symbols have been swapped around and replaced for use in emoticons; others have more sensible and commonly-used characters in place of them.

Installation

This font was edited using psftools, but does not require it for installation.

Try It Out!

You can download bynfont.psfu.gz directly from Releases. Then, in the Linux console/TTY (Ctrl + Alt + F3..F6), navigate to the directory and use setfont [-d] bynfont.psfu.gz (-d will have is display at double size). This will apply the font to this console until next reboot.

Install It!

Arch Linux, EndeavourOS, Manjaro, etc.

The font is available in the AUR: yay -S bynfont

Manually

Locate the consolefonts directory for your Linux distribution (e.g. /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts on Arch-based distros). Place bynfont.psfu.gz directly in this directory, then set it with setfont bynfont.

To make this change persistent, edit /etc/vconsole.conf:

KEYMAP=us
FONT=bynfont

Then regenerate your initramfs with dracut/mkinitcpio.

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A modern bitmap font for Linux terminal that combines the best features of other very good bitmap fonts.

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