https://github.com/molarmanful/anakron

A thicc retrofuturistic bitmap font made for the modern screen.
https://github.com/molarmanful/anakron

bitmap bitmap-font design font open-source pixel-font programming-font retro typography

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A thicc retrofuturistic bitmap font made for the modern screen.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/molarmanful/anakron
• Owner: molarmanful
• License: ofl-1.1
• Created: 2025-01-18T20:09:10.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-01T14:50:45.000Z (11 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-01T16:27:59.461Z (11 months ago)
• Topics: bitmap, bitmap-font, design, font, open-source, pixel-font, programming-font, retro, typography
• Language: Nix
• Homepage:
• Size: 3.54 MB
• Stars: 46
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Authors: AUTHORS

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README

          


![anakron](img/header.png)



## Table of Contents

- [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)

- [Overview](#overview)

- [Gallery](#gallery)

- [Installation](#installation)

  - [Nix Flakes](#nix-flakes)

- [Contributing](#contributing)

- [Licensing](#licensing)

## Overview

**ANAKRON** is an 8x12 bold monospace bitmap font suitable for programming.

Blending the thick strokes of the (C/E/V)GA era fonts with the thin strokes of

more modern pixel fonts, ANAKRON is designed to feel compact like an old-school

8x8 without compromising on Unicode support or usability.

## Gallery

Glyphs



![ANAKRON glyphs](./img/chars.png)



Glyphs Map



![ANAKRON glyphs map](./img/map.png)



Samples



![ANAKRON samples](./img/sample.png)



## Installation

Download from [Releases](https://github.com/molarmanful/ANAKRON/releases).

Included are bitmap formats - BDF, OTB, PCF, PSF (for Linux consoles), DFONT

(for Mac users) - as well as TTF and WOFF2. 2x/3x versions are available for

HiDPI screens. Note that PCF doesn't contain glyphs past U+FFFF.

For the crispiest viewing experience, try to use the bitmap formats when

possible. If bitmap fonts are not supported on your platform (e.g. Windows,

VSCode), then use the TTF at font sizes that are multiples of 12px.

> **Quick Tip**: If you need font size in pt, use the following conversion:

>

> `pt = px * 72 / dpi`

>

> e.g. 12px on a 96dpi screen is `12px * 72 / 96dpi = 9pt`.

### Nixpkgs

Thanks to [@ejiektpobehuk](https://github.com/ejiektpobehuk), ANAKRON is

available on Nixpkgs as `anakron`.

### Nix Flakes

ANAKRON releases are also pushed to

[FlakeHub](https://flakehub.com/flake/molarmanful/ANAKRON). `ANAKRON` (aliased

to `default`) is the base package, while `ANAKRON-nerd` includes Nerd Fonts

patches.

## Contributing

Issues, feature/glyph requests, and pull requests are all welcome!

## Licensing

Made with ♥ by [the ANAKRON Project Authors](AUTHORS). Released under the

OFL-1.1 License.