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teh

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From: Tijuana, Mexico

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Looking for a font like...

I've recently discovered this font and I really like it:

It's drift (from Artwiz).

But I need to use accents and other characters (like ¿) and drift doesn't support those (actually I think none of the Artwiz fonts are capable to do that that). Well, the thing is that I'm looking for a similar font with those characters included.

Hope you can help me.

(Waiting for Daisuke_Aramaki answer )

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arst

Daisuke_Aramaki

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Re: Looking for a font like...

Take a look at screen from the sgi font package. Not sure about the accents, but since it's been around for ages it could render those. Lucida Typewriter is another one i can think of.

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Square

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Re: Looking for a font like...

Google for the term 'pixel fonts'. Some specific fonts that come to mind are gohufont (search these here forums), progsole, and pragmata.
Hope you find something suitable

EDIT: Doing some research for you:
http://proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download
http://www.fsd.it/fonts/pragma.htm
http://dsg4.com/04/extra/bitmap/
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33806
http://kottke.org/plus/type/silkscreen/
http://minifonts.com/mini7.html

Last edited by Square (2010-06-25 06:19:59)

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Daisuke_Aramaki

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Re: Looking for a font like...

Screen apparently can do what you want. Of course the characters are not exactly closer to drift, but you can give it a shot. If that doesn't work, try iris, which is also part of the sgi font package. 'a' is almost similar, 0 is not hashed, but slanted, so no confusing between o and 0.

Last edited by Daisuke_Aramaki (2010-06-25 06:28:39)

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teh

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From: Tijuana, Mexico

Registered: 2009-07-07

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Re: Looking for a font like...

Take a look at screen from the sgi font package. Not sure about the accents, but since it's been around for ages it could render those. Lucida Typewriter is another one i can think of.

Thanks a lot! I never heard about sgi-fonts before, screen works perfect and looks "cleaner" than drift, which is satisfactory for my eyes.
I'm ashamed of myself.

Google for the term 'pixel fonts'. Some specific fonts that come to mind are gohufont (search these here forums), progsole, and pragmata.
Hope you find something suitable

EDIT: Doing some research for you:
http://proggyfonts.com/index.php?menu=download
http://www.fsd.it/fonts/pragma.htm
http://dsg4.com/04/extra/bitmap/
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=33806
http://kottke.org/plus/type/silkscreen/
http://minifonts.com/mini7.html

Thank you, but actually i know and used before all those fonts except silkscreen and Pragmata.

EDIT:

Only one annoying thing so far:

Matter of time...

Last edited by teh (2010-06-25 07:33:03)

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Daisuke_Aramaki

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Re: Looking for a font like...

Only one annoying thing so far:

http://omploader.org/vNHF1bQ/damni.png

Matter of time...

Would this do?

Expect an email!

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"You know what I found? Right in the kernel, in the heart of the operating system, I found a developer's comment that said, `Does this belong here?`" -- Simon Lok about Linux kernel in 2005
Reflections on the Strange and the not so Strange
http://skinwalker.wordpress.com