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The xkcd font

8 mentions on Hacker News by 8 people: 3 stories, 5 comments · first 2015-04-01 · latest 2026-09-13

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  1. …that cutesy "hand drawn" text would be a pain in the arse if you didn't just have the font.[1] [1] https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font
    comment by inanutshellus · 2026-03-03 · in The Xkcd thing, now interactive
  2. …this one: xkcd-font Fonts derived from the handwriting of Randall Munroe, the xkcd webcomic author. https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font
    comment by QuantumNomad_ · 2025-11-22 · in You can make PS2 games in JavaScript
  3. …licensing.[1] CC-SA-NC -licensed thing could not be merged into MIT -licensed thing. [0] https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font/blob/master/xkcd-script... [1] https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font/blob/master/LICENSE
  4. …[1]. For bonus points: xkcd-font from the Jupyter team [2] [1] https://www.getpapercss.com/ [2] https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font
    comment by nohuck13 · 2019-03-03 · in Xkcd-Style Plots in Matplotlib (2012)
  5. …downloads: http://www.xkcd.com/fonts/xkcd-Regular.otf License = apparently Creative Commons https://github.com/ipython/xkcd-font
    comment by lxfontes · 2015-04-01 · in Xkcd font (direct download link to OTF)