1``` 2 3 :::::::::::::::::::: 4 ::: ::: 5 _____ _______ __. ________ ________ ________. ::: 6 _) _//__ __/ __ / |.\ __ /.\ __ /.\ _. | ::: 7 .\____ /.\ )/ / || )/ | )/ | \| | ::: 8 | )/ | __/| \ _____| _____| | |_ ::: 9 |____ |_____| |_____/____\\ |____\\ | |____/ ::: 10 - -- -- \_____| -H7--------------------------- `----' ----- ::: - - 11 ::: ::: 12 :::::::::::::::::::: 13 14``` 15 16# Spleen 17 18Spleen is a monospaced bitmap font available in 6 sizes: 19 20- 5x8 21- 6x12 22- 8x16 23- 12x24 24- 16x32 25- 32x64 26 27Each size is provided in the Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF), and 28release tarballs contain the fonts in the following formats: `PCF`, `PSF` 29(for the Linux console), `OTB`, `OTF`, `.dfont` for macOS users, and `FON` 30for Windows users. 31 32All font sizes contain all ISO/IEC 8859-1 characters (Basic Latin and Latin-1 33Supplement Unicode block), Latin Extended-A characters, as well as Box Drawing, 34Block Elements, and Braille Patterns Unicode blocks, except for the 5x8 and the 356x12 versions. 36 37Due to character size constraints, the 5x8 version only contains printable 38ASCII characters, the Braille Patterns Unicode block, and light Box Drawing 39characters. Please also note that there is no OpenType version for this size. 40 41As of Spleen 1.8.0, there is now a 6x12 version containing the same Unicode 42blocks as the 5x8 version and the Latin-1 Supplement Unicode block. 43 44As of Spleen 2.0.0, the 8x16, 16x32 and 32x64 versions have full support for 45Code page 437 (IBM PC). 46 47Spleen also has support for Powerline symbols out of the box. 48 49The font name is a reference to Baudelaire. 50 51## Screenshots 52 53The following screenshots show Spleen 16x32 displaying code and prose. 54 55![Spleen - Hello][1] 56 57![Spleen - L'etranger][2] 58 59ASCII characters for all sizes: 60 61Spleen 5x8: 62 63![Spleen - ASCII characters - 5x8][3] 64 65Spleen 6x12: 66 67![Spleen - ASCII characters - 6x12][4] 68 69Spleen 8x16: 70 71![Spleen - ASCII characters - 8x16][5] 72 73Spleen 12x24: 74 75![Spleen - ASCII characters - 12x24][6] 76 77Spleen 16x32: 78![Spleen - ASCII characters - 16x32][7] 79 80Spleen 32x64: 81![Spleen - ASCII characters - 32x64][8] 82 83## XLFD font names 84 85``` 86-misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--8-80-72-72-c-50-iso10646-1 87-misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--12-120-72-72-c-60-iso10646-1 88-misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--16-160-72-72-c-80-iso10646-1 89-misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--24-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1 90-misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--32-320-72-72-c-160-iso10646-1 91-misc-spleen-medium-r-normal--64-640-72-72-c-320-iso10646-1 92``` 93 94## Packages 95 96Spleen packages are available for: 97 98- [OpenBSD][9] 99- [NetBSD][10] 100- [FreeBSD][11] 101- [Arch Linux][12] 102- [Void Linux][13] 103- [Nix][14] 104- [Debian][15] 105- [Ubuntu][16] 106- [MacPorts][17] 107- [Guix][18] 108- [Gentoo][19] 109- [Alpine Linux][20] 110 111## Manual installation 112 113### *BSD and Linux 114 115Clone the repository, convert the files to the Portable Compiled Format 116(PCF) using **bdftopcf** and run **mkfontdir** in the directory. 117 118Alternatively, release tarballs provide PCF files for each size. 119 120OTB versions are also available. 121 122### macOS 123 124macOS users should use the `.dfont` files provided in the release tarballs. 125 126### DOS 127 128DOS users should run the **SPLEEN.COM** executable provided in the release 129tarballs to enable the font. 130 131This has been tested in DOSBox and FreeDOS on real hardware. 132 133### Windows 134 135Windows users should use the `.fon` or `.otf` files provided in the release 136tarballs. 137 138## Usage 139 140### *BSD and Linux 141 142Update the font path to include **Spleen**: 143 144 xset +fp /usr/local/share/fonts/spleen/ 145 146Update **.Xdefaults** and add one of the following directives: 147 148 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=8:antialias=false 149 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=12:antialias=false 150 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=16:antialias=false 151 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=24:antialias=false 152 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=32:antialias=false 153 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=64:antialias=false 154 155Launch **xterm**. 156 157Ubuntu has bitmap fonts support disabled by default, instructions to enable 158it are available [here][21]. 159 160### Linux console 161 162Release tarballs provide PSF files for each size, `setfont` can be used 163to load and set the desired font. 164 165### NetBSD console 166 167NetBSD has .fnt files for each size which can be loaded using wsfontload(8). 168 169For example, to load Spleen 16x32: 170 171 wsfontload -N spleen-16x32 -w 16 -h 32 /usr/share/wscons/fonts/spleen-16x32.fnt 172 wsconsctl -dw font=spleen-16x32 173 174### FreeBSD console 175 176The FreeBSD package contains .fnt files which can be loaded using 177vidcontrol(1). 178 179For example, to load Spleen 16x32: 180 181 vidcontrol -f /usr/local/share/fonts/spleen/spleen-16x32.fnt 182 183### OpenType versions 184 185Spleen release tarballs now contains OTF versions generated automatically 186from the BDF files, using [bdf2sfd][22]. Each font has a different name, 187allowing them to be installed alongside. 188 189Please note that OTF versions should be used as last resort, always prefer 190bitmap versions if they are supported on your platform. 191 192They should be used in the exact size specified below, with anti-aliasing 193disabled. 194 195- Spleen 6x12: 9 Pt (12 pixels) 196- Spleen 8x16: 12 Pt (16 pixels) 197- Spleen 12x24: 18 Pt (24 pixels) 198- Spleen 16x32: 24 Pt (32 pixels) 199- Spleen 32x64: 48 Pt (64 pixels) 200 201## License 202 203Spleen is released under the BSD 2-Clause license. See `LICENSE` file for 204details. 205 206## Author 207 208Spleen is developed by Frederic Cambus. 209 210- Site: https://www.cambus.net 211 212## Resources 213 214- [Spleen - Monospaced bitmap fonts][23] (2018) 215- [New console font Spleen made default][24] (2019) 216- [NetBSD, CTWM, and Spleen][25] (2021) 217- [Spleen 2.0.0 released with full CP437 support][26] (2023) 218 219GitHub: https://github.com/fcambus/spleen 220 221## Trivia 222 223- Spleen was imported in the OpenBSD src tree in [September 2018][27] 224- Spleen is the default font for OpenBSD consoles since [January 2019][28] 225- Spleen was imported in the NetBSD src tree in [March 2019][29] 226- Spleen 12x24 was used in the Haiku [kernel debugger][30] (on high resolution 227 displays) from May 2021 to June 2022 228- Spleen was imported in the FreeBSD base system in [May 2023][31] 229- [msTERM][32], a Terminal program for MailStation devices uses Spleen 5x8 230- [FBInk][33], a library to print text & images to an eInk Linux framebuffer 231 embeds Spleen 16x32 232- [U8g2][34], a monochrome graphics library for embedded devices includes 233 all Spleen sizes 234- [Ansilove][35], an ANSI and ASCII art to PNG converter includes Spleen 235 236[1]: https://www.cambus.net/content/2018/09/spleen-hello.png 237[2]: https://www.cambus.net/content/2018/09/spleen-etranger.png 238[3]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-5x8.png 239[4]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-6x12.png 240[5]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-8x16.png 241[6]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-12x24.png 242[7]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-16x32.png 243[8]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-32x64.png 244[9]: https://openports.pl/path/fonts/spleen 245[10]: https://pkgsrc.se/fonts/spleen 246[11]: https://www.freshports.org/x11-fonts/spleen/ 247[12]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spleen-font/ 248[13]: https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/font-spleen 249[14]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/pkgs/data/fonts/spleen 250[15]: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=spleen 251[16]: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=spleen 252[17]: https://ports.macports.org/port/font-spleen/ 253[18]: https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/font-spleen/ 254[19]: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/media-fonts/spleen 255[20]: https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=font-spleen 256[21]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts#Enabling_Bitmapped_Fonts 257[22]: https://github.com/fcambus/bdf2sfd 258[23]: https://www.cambus.net/spleen-monospaced-bitmap-fonts/ 259[24]: https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20190110064857 260[25]: https://www.cambus.net/netbsd-ctwm-and-spleen/ 261[26]: https://www.cambus.net/spleen-2.0.0-released-with-full-cp437-support/ 262[27]: https://freshbsd.org/openbsd/src/commit/5raMrDMpYlPYW01H 263[28]: https://freshbsd.org/openbsd/src/commit/MoBCxKiAlFajRvSm 264[29]: https://freshbsd.org/netbsd/src/commit/TAJuMl9caBpVjGfB 265[30]: https://git.haiku-os.org/haiku/commit/?id=29a109bd6c01ce71bb61177ee9ff0417e74c1e18 266[31]: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=0d66206fff44 267[32]: https://github.com/jcs/msTERM 268[33]: https://github.com/NiLuJe/FBInk 269[34]: https://github.com/olikraus/u8g2/wiki/fntgrpspleen 270[35]: https://www.ansilove.org 271
