I designed this font last year after looking for a good pixel font for programming and not being satisfied with what was out there. I've been using it ever since for my mono-spaced font in my browser, e-mail, and notepad.
Speaking as a professional software developer and a type enthusiast: I like it.
Unfortunately, there just isn't much demand for hand-crafted pixel fonts anymore these days. Furthermore, given the wide range of physical DPI resolution of the displays in use, it's likely that any given pixel font would be either too large or too small for any given user. (In my case, your pixel font is significantly too small to be practical for workhorse use.)
> Speaking as a professional software developer and a type enthusiast: I like it.
Same here, but
(a) it looks very much like an existing terminal font that comes with some Linux distros (I used it for several years, but never learned its name, sorry)
(b) I personally don't like f and r are serif'ed
(c) it doesn't beat Dina, because nothing does :)
(b) I took out the serifs on those fonts to see the difference, and I don't think I like the change. Maybe I'm just used to the serifs being there by now, and you're used to them being absent (in Dina, for example). To me, it feels like if the i, j, l, and (almost) t have serifs, then the f should have one too. Here's a picture for comparison.
(c) It was in fact after being frustrated with Dina that I decided to make this font. It's been so long since I designed the font (I just realized it's been about three years since I made it, not one as I stated above) that I can't remember exactly what the issues were. I have a feeling, though, that Dina felt too wide (it's 7 pixels wide whereas this is 6): my lines were disappearing off the screen and I saw there was wasted space between the letters.
Now, suppose I want to publish this online as a free font. Where's the best place to do that?
(Of course you could just put it up on your own website if you have one, but the places I mentioned are more likely to generate some interest for your font.)
1.Dec.2009 1.04am
Speaking as a professional software developer and a type enthusiast: I like it.
Unfortunately, there just isn't much demand for hand-crafted pixel fonts anymore these days. Furthermore, given the wide range of physical DPI resolution of the displays in use, it's likely that any given pixel font would be either too large or too small for any given user. (In my case, your pixel font is significantly too small to be practical for workhorse use.)
Nice job, though.
1.Dec.2009 2.51am
> Speaking as a professional software developer and a type enthusiast: I like it.
Same here, but
(a) it looks very much like an existing terminal font that comes with some Linux distros (I used it for several years, but never learned its name, sorry)
(b) I personally don't like f and r are serif'ed
(c) it doesn't beat Dina, because nothing does :)
8.Dec.2009 9.06pm
Thank you both for your opinions!
Apankrat, to address your comments,
(a) I suppose that means it's a decent design. :)
(b) I took out the serifs on those fonts to see the difference, and I don't think I like the change. Maybe I'm just used to the serifs being there by now, and you're used to them being absent (in Dina, for example). To me, it feels like if the i, j, l, and (almost) t have serifs, then the f should have one too. Here's a picture for comparison.
(c) It was in fact after being frustrated with Dina that I decided to make this font. It's been so long since I designed the font (I just realized it's been about three years since I made it, not one as I stated above) that I can't remember exactly what the issues were. I have a feeling, though, that Dina felt too wide (it's 7 pixels wide whereas this is 6): my lines were disappearing off the screen and I saw there was wasted space between the letters.
Now, suppose I want to publish this online as a free font. Where's the best place to do that?
9.Dec.2009 8.45am
Now, suppose I want to publish this online as a free font. Where’s the best place to do that?
What format is the font in now?
If you want to make a TTF of it, you could rebuild it with Fontstruct and share it there.
The League Of Movable Type is another option.
(Of course you could just put it up on your own website if you have one, but the places I mentioned are more likely to generate some interest for your font.)
9.Dec.2009 9.22am
There are always the likes of FontSquirrel and DaFont.