rbanffy/3270font
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A 3270 font in a modern format
55 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 5 stories, 50 comments · first 2012-10-07 · latest 2026-10-20
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IBM 3278 terminal font. Found no scalable version, so I had to make my own: https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
comment by rbanffy · 2013-07-04 · in Poll: What is your favorite programming font? -
I still prefer the 3278 feel of https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font (which is why I did it). Love the retro touch it gives my terminal. Now, if only Gnome Terminal supported phosphor persistence...
comment by rbanffy · 2013-04-29 · in Collection of the best fonts for programming -
…a grid of magnetic cores)? I did something with the 3270 family [1], but I'd like to do more. 1- https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
comment by rbanffy · 2013-03-26 · in Lisp 1.6 from the IBM 1130 -
…I also built a console font so my terminals and text editors would mitigate my 3278 nostalgia ( https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font ). A theme is just a theme. We don't have to fight much over it. API breakage, OTOH, is a problem. Anyone…
comment by rbanffy · 2012-11-08 · in GNOME (et al): Rotting In Threes -
…All Time is the IBM 3278, I cannot possibly resist mentioning the font I built upon x3270's bitmap: https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font Yesterday, I moved all my terminals to the narrow version.
comment by rbanffy · 2012-10-07 · in Adobe's Source Code Pro Font