https://github.com/alhadis/menloco

Replaces the Monaco typeface's box-drawing characters with those from Menlo.
https://github.com/alhadis/menloco

box-drawing font menlo monaco terminal

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Replaces the Monaco typeface's box-drawing characters with those from Menlo.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/alhadis/menloco
• Owner: Alhadis
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-11-02T15:47:41.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-08-12T10:27:59.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-05T07:11:04.397Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: box-drawing, font, menlo, monaco, terminal
• Language: Python
• Size: 2.06 MB
• Stars: 25
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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Menloco

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Adds seamless box-drawing characters to the Monaco typeface:



Instructions

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Clone this repo, `cd` into it, and run `make`:

    git clone [email protected]:Alhadis/Menloco.git

    cd Menloco

    make

You'll find a copy of the patched typeface sitting in the `fonts` subdirectory,

named `Menloco.ttf`. Install this at your leisure; running these scripts won't

modify any existing typefaces on your system, for self-explanatory reasons.

Requirements

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These scripts rely on [FontForge](https://fontforge.github.io/) to do the heavy

lifting, so you'll need to make sure that's installed first. You can install it

using [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/):

    brew install fontforge

Other systems

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This project was written with Mac OS in mind (I'm running Mavericks). If you're

interested in running it on another operating system, you'll need the following

in addition to FontForge:

1. Perl v5.10+

2. Python v3.6+

3. [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html)

For Windows/Cygwin, I have no idea. Have a crack at it and report any troubles.

Why?

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I love the clean elegance of Monaco, but wanted nicer-looking graphs and tables

when perusing terminal output. Programs like `npm` and `tree`, for example, use

box-drawing symbols to annotate the relationships between their contents; these

look weird when they're punctuated with gaps.

Wanting the best of both worlds, I penned these scripts to bring them together.

Obviously I could simply upload the modified typeface, but that'd be infringing

copyright. Since both fonts are already installed on Mac OS by default, it's an

easy matter of running the bundled scripts with `make`.