``` :::::::::::::::::::: ::: ::: _____ _______ __. ________ ________ ________. ::: _) _//__ __/ __ / |.\ __ /.\ __ /.\ _. | ::: .\____ /.\ )/ / || )/ | )/ | \| | ::: | )/ | __/| \ _____| _____| | |_ ::: |____ |_____| |_____/____\\ |____\\ | |____/ ::: - -- -- \_____| -H7--------------------------- `----' ----- ::: - - ::: ::: :::::::::::::::::::: ``` # Spleen Spleen is a monospaced bitmap font available in 6 sizes: - 5x8 - 6x12 - 8x16 - 12x24 - 16x32 - 32x64 Each size is provided in the Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF), and release tarballs contain the fonts in the following formats: `PCF`, `PSF` (for the Linux console), `OTB`, `OTF`, `.dfont` for macOS users, and `FON` for Windows users. All font sizes contain all ISO/IEC 8859-1 characters (Basic Latin and Latin-1 Supplement Unicode block), Latin Extended-A characters, as well as Box Drawing, Block Elements, and Braille Patterns Unicode blocks, except for the 5x8 and the 6x12 versions. Due to character size constraints, the 5x8 version only contains printable ASCII characters, the Braille Patterns Unicode block, and light Box Drawing characters. Please also note that there is no OpenType version for this size. As of Spleen 1.8.0, there is now a 6x12 version containing the same Unicode blocks as the 5x8 version and the Latin-1 Supplement Unicode block. Spleen also has support for Powerline symbols out of the box. The font name is a reference to Baudelaire. ## Screenshots The following screenshots show Spleen 16x32 displaying code and prose. ![Spleen - Hello][1] ![Spleen - L'etranger][2] ASCII characters for all sizes: Spleen 5x8: ![Spleen - ASCII characters - 5x8][3] Spleen 6x12: ![Spleen - ASCII characters - 6x12][4] Spleen 8x16: ![Spleen - ASCII characters - 8x16][5] Spleen 12x24: ![Spleen - ASCII characters - 12x24][6] Spleen 16x32: ![Spleen - ASCII characters - 16x32][7] Spleen 32x64: ![Spleen - ASCII characters - 32x64][8] ## XLFD font names ``` -misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--8-80-72-72-c-50-iso10646-1 -misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso10646-1 -misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1 -misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--24-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1 -misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--32-320-72-72-c-160-iso10646-1 -misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--64-640-72-72-c-320-iso10646-1 ``` ## Packages Spleen packages are available for: - [OpenBSD][9] - [NetBSD][10] - [FreeBSD][11] - [Arch Linux][12] - [Void Linux][13] - [Nix][14] - [Debian][15] - [Ubuntu][16] - [MacPorts][17] ## Manual installation ### *BSD and Linux Clone the repository, convert the files to the Portable Compiled Format (PCF) using **bdftopcf** and run **mkfontdir** in the directory. Alternatively, release tarballs provide PCF files for each size. ### macOS macOS users should use the `.dfont` files provided in the release tarballs. ### Windows Windows users should use the `.fon` or `.otf` files provided in the release tarballs. ## Usage ### *BSD and Linux Update the font path to include **Spleen**: xset +fp /usr/local/share/fonts/spleen/ Update **.Xdefaults** and add one of the following directives: xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=8:antialias=false xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=12:antialias=false xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=16:antialias=false xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=24:antialias=false xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=32:antialias=false xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=64:antialias=false Launch **xterm**. Ubuntu has bitmap fonts support disabled by default, instructions to enable it are available [here][18]. ### Linux console Release tarballs provide PSF files for each size, `setfont` can be used to load and set the desired font. ### NetBSD console NetBSD has .fnt files for each size which can be loaded using wsfontload(8). For example, to load Spleen 16x32: wsfontload -N spleen-16x32 -w 16 -h 32 /usr/share/wscons/fonts/spleen-16x32.fnt wsconsctl -dw font=spleen-16x32 ### FreeBSD console The FreeBSD package contains .fnt files which can be loaded using vidcontrol(1). For example, to load Spleen 16x32: vidcontrol -f /usr/local/share/fonts/spleen/spleen-16x32.fnt ### OpenType versions Spleen release tarballs now contains OTF versions generated automatically from the BDF files, using [bdf2sfd][19]. Each font has a different name, allowing them to be installed alongside. They should be used in the exact size specified below, with anti-aliasing disabled. - Spleen 6x12: 9 Pt (12 pixels) - Spleen 8x16: 12 Pt (16 pixels) - Spleen 12x24: 18 Pt (24 pixels) - Spleen 16x32: 24 Pt (32 pixels) - Spleen 32x64: 48 Pt (64 pixels) ## License Spleen is released under the BSD 2-Clause license. See `LICENSE` file for details. ## Author Spleen is developed by Frederic Cambus. - Site: https://www.cambus.net ## Resources - [Spleen - Monospaced bitmap fonts][20] (2018) - [New console font Spleen made default][21] (2019) - [NetBSD, CTWM, and Spleen][22] (2021) GitHub: https://github.com/fcambus/spleen ## Trivia - Spleen is the default font for OpenBSD consoles since January 2019 - Spleen was imported in the NetBSD src tree in March 2019 - Spleen 12x24 was used in the Haiku [kernel debugger][23] (on high resolution displays) from May 2021 to June 2022 - [msTERM][24], a Terminal program for MailStation devices uses Spleen 5x8 - [FBInk][25], a library to print text & images to an eInk Linux framebuffer embeds Spleen 16x32 [1]: https://www.cambus.net/content/2018/09/spleen-hello.png [2]: https://www.cambus.net/content/2018/09/spleen-etranger.png [3]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-5x8.png [4]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-6x12.png [5]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-8x16.png [6]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-12x24.png [7]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-16x32.png [8]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-32x64.png [9]: https://openports.pl/path/fonts/spleen [10]: https://pkgsrc.se/fonts/spleen [11]: https://www.freshports.org/x11-fonts/spleen/ [12]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spleen-font/ [13]: https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/font-spleen [14]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/pkgs/data/fonts/spleen [15]: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=spleen [16]: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=spleen [17]: https://ports.macports.org/port/font-spleen/ [18]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts#Enabling_Bitmapped_Fonts [19]: https://github.com/fcambus/bdf2sfd [20]: https://www.cambus.net/spleen-monospaced-bitmap-fonts/ [21]: https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20190110064857 [22]: https://www.cambus.net/netbsd-ctwm-and-spleen/ [23]: https://git.haiku-os.org/haiku/commit/?id=29a109bd6c01ce71bb61177ee9ff0417e74c1e18 [24]: https://github.com/jcs/msTERM [25]: https://github.com/NiLuJe/FBInk