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] 107 108## Manual installation 109 110### *BSD and Linux 111 112Clone the repository, convert the files to the Portable Compiled Format 113(PCF) using **bdftopcf** and run **mkfontdir** in the directory. 114 115Alternatively, release tarballs provide PCF files for each size. 116 117### macOS 118 119macOS users should use the `.dfont` files provided in the release tarballs. 120 121### DOS 122 123DOS users should run the **SPLEEN.COM** executable provided in the release 124tarballs to enable the font. 125 126This has been tested in DOSBox and FreeDOS on real hardware. 127 128### Windows 129 130Windows users should use the `.fon` or `.otf` files provided in the release 131tarballs. 132 133## Usage 134 135### *BSD and Linux 136 137Update the font path to include **Spleen**: 138 139 xset +fp /usr/local/share/fonts/spleen/ 140 141Update **.Xdefaults** and add one of the following directives: 142 143 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=8:antialias=false 144 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=12:antialias=false 145 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=16:antialias=false 146 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=24:antialias=false 147 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=32:antialias=false 148 xterm*faceName: spleen:pixelsize=64:antialias=false 149 150Launch **xterm**. 151 152Ubuntu has bitmap fonts support disabled by default, instructions to enable 153it are available [here][18]. 154 155### Linux console 156 157Release tarballs provide PSF files for each size, `setfont` can be used 158to load and set the desired font. 159 160### NetBSD console 161 162NetBSD has .fnt files for each size which can be loaded using wsfontload(8). 163 164For example, to load Spleen 16x32: 165 166 wsfontload -N spleen-16x32 -w 16 -h 32 /usr/share/wscons/fonts/spleen-16x32.fnt 167 wsconsctl -dw font=spleen-16x32 168 169### FreeBSD console 170 171The FreeBSD package contains .fnt files which can be loaded using 172vidcontrol(1). 173 174For example, to load Spleen 16x32: 175 176 vidcontrol -f /usr/local/share/fonts/spleen/spleen-16x32.fnt 177 178### OpenType versions 179 180Spleen release tarballs now contains OTF versions generated automatically 181from the BDF files, using [bdf2sfd][19]. Each font has a different name, 182allowing them to be installed alongside. 183 184They should be used in the exact size specified below, with anti-aliasing 185disabled. 186 187- Spleen 6x12: 9 Pt (12 pixels) 188- Spleen 8x16: 12 Pt (16 pixels) 189- Spleen 12x24: 18 Pt (24 pixels) 190- Spleen 16x32: 24 Pt (32 pixels) 191- Spleen 32x64: 48 Pt (64 pixels) 192 193## License 194 195Spleen is released under the BSD 2-Clause license. See `LICENSE` file for 196details. 197 198## Author 199 200Spleen is developed by Frederic Cambus. 201 202- Site: https://www.cambus.net 203 204## Resources 205 206- [Spleen - Monospaced bitmap fonts][20] (2018) 207- [New console font Spleen made default][21] (2019) 208- [NetBSD, CTWM, and Spleen][22] (2021) 209 210GitHub: https://github.com/fcambus/spleen 211 212## Trivia 213 214- Spleen was imported in the OpenBSD src tree in [September 2018][23] 215- Spleen is the default font for OpenBSD consoles since [January 2019][24] 216- Spleen was imported in the NetBSD src tree in [March 2019][25] 217- Spleen 12x24 was used in the Haiku [kernel debugger][26] (on high resolution 218 displays) from May 2021 to June 2022 219- Spleen was imported in the FreeBSD base system in [May 2023][27] 220- [msTERM][28], a Terminal program for MailStation devices uses Spleen 5x8 221- [FBInk][29], a library to print text & images to an eInk Linux framebuffer 222 embeds Spleen 16x32 223- [U8g2][30], a monochrome graphics library for embedded devices includes 224 all Spleen sizes 225- [Ansilove][31], an ANSI and ASCII art to PNG converter includes Spleen 226 227[1]: https://www.cambus.net/content/2018/09/spleen-hello.png 228[2]: https://www.cambus.net/content/2018/09/spleen-etranger.png 229[3]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-5x8.png 230[4]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-6x12.png 231[5]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-8x16.png 232[6]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-12x24.png 233[7]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-16x32.png 234[8]: https://www.cambus.net/files/spleen/spleen-32x64.png 235[9]: https://openports.pl/path/fonts/spleen 236[10]: https://pkgsrc.se/fonts/spleen 237[11]: https://www.freshports.org/x11-fonts/spleen/ 238[12]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spleen-font/ 239[13]: https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/tree/master/srcpkgs/font-spleen 240[14]: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/pkgs/data/fonts/spleen 241[15]: https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=spleen 242[16]: https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=spleen 243[17]: https://ports.macports.org/port/font-spleen/ 244[18]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Fonts#Enabling_Bitmapped_Fonts 245[19]: https://github.com/fcambus/bdf2sfd 246[20]: https://www.cambus.net/spleen-monospaced-bitmap-fonts/ 247[21]: https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20190110064857 248[22]: https://www.cambus.net/netbsd-ctwm-and-spleen/ 249[23]: https://freshbsd.org/openbsd/src/commit/5raMrDMpYlPYW01H 250[24]: https://freshbsd.org/openbsd/src/commit/MoBCxKiAlFajRvSm 251[25]: https://freshbsd.org/netbsd/src/commit/TAJuMl9caBpVjGfB 252[26]: https://git.haiku-os.org/haiku/commit/?id=29a109bd6c01ce71bb61177ee9ff0417e74c1e18 253[27]: https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=0d66206fff44 254[28]: https://github.com/jcs/msTERM 255[29]: https://github.com/NiLuJe/FBInk 256[30]: https://github.com/olikraus/u8g2/wiki/fntgrpspleen 257[31]: https://www.ansilove.org 258
