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Digit's Big Tiny Font Collection Checklist

checking the state of each font.

  • is it scalable or pixel.
  • does it at least have £ or more incomplete
  • is it pragmatic or whimsy

is it scalable or pixel.

scalable

bf.ttf
bggf.ttf
clso.ttf
djfl.ttf
djth-8.ttf
jffh.ttf
jffhle.ttf
jffhlo.ttf
jffhlor.ttf
jffhlu.ttf
kob.ttf
mer.ttf
merg.ttf
mergag.ttf
mergy.ttf
mnky.ttf
nzt.ttf
nzt_originalbrkn_backup.ttf
nzt_originalfixed_backup.ttf
nztr.ttf
nzts.ttf
nztt.ttf
rmnd.ttf
tidyr.ttf
tidyra.ttf
wastage.ttf
wastest.ttf
yz.ttf
zia.ttf

pixel

brf.otb
carpy.otb
feral.otb
lem.otb
mo.otb
pe.otb
pen.otb
procrastination.otb
qnr.otb
referal.otb
tiptoe.otb
tydls.otb
zfr.otb

does it at least have £ or more incomplete

please note, these are all minimal character set. none are "complete". just enough to get by, for most uses. the more exotic characters are not in any of them. so sorry if you wanted umlats, chinese characters and so on

quids in

bf `¬~£
brf `¬~£
carpy `~£
feral & referal `~£
jffhle `~£
jffhlor `~£
jffhlu `~£
jffhlor (broken spaces) `~£
lem `~£
mo `¬~£
nzt nztr nzts (broken spaces) `~£
nztt `~£
pe pen `~£
rmnd `~£
tiptoe `~£

incomplete

a
ablnn
ablns
ac
aci
bggf
clso
djfl
djsl
jffh
jffhlo
kob
mer merg mergog mergy
mnky
procrastination
qnr
tidyr tidyrbdfri (broken)
tydls
was wash wastage wastest
yz
zfr

pragmatic or whimsy

many of these are both. hard to gauge which camp to put many of them in. some are clearly more whimsy than pragmatic. some, it's a matter of opinion and resolution. in my opinion, the tiny and rly tiny fonts are pragmatic, but i've separated them out here for convenience.

pragmatic

bggf
carpy (can help with dyslexia, weighted)
clso
djsl
jffhlu & jffhle (and incomplete versions)
mergy (and precursor versions)
mnky
mo (if you dont mind the morse above)
nztt (and prior broken versions)
procrastination
qnr
was wash wastage wastest (square)
yz

whimsy

a, ac & aci (just a bit too cartoon wiggly)
djfl (that e... knocks it out of pragmatic)
kob (like klingon or something)
lem (stylish)
mo (morse does above... is that pragmatic?)

rly tiny

bf (the tiniest! b****** f***!)
brf
qnub (uhh... where's qnub gone?)
zfr

tiny

feral & referal
nztt (scalable)
pe & pen
rmnd
tydls
tiptoe
yz (scalable)

full list of exported, regardless if really incomplete and broken, fixed pixel and scalable

bf.ttf bggf.ttf brf.otb carpy.otb clso.ttf djfl.ttf djth-8.ttf feral.otb jffh.ttf jffhle.ttf jffhlo.ttf jffhlor.ttf jffhlu.ttf kob.ttf lem.otb mer.ttf merg.ttf mergag.ttf mergy.ttf mnky.ttf mo.otb nzt.ttf nzt_originalbrkn_backup.ttf nzt_originalfixed_backup.ttf nztr.ttf nzts.ttf nztt.ttf pe.otb pen.otb procrastination.otb qnr.otb referal.otb rmnd.ttf tidyr.ttf tidyra.ttf tiptoe.otb tydls.otb wastage.ttf wastest.ttf yz.ttf zfr.otb zia.ttf

full list, including un-exported and really incomplete and broken

a ablnn ablns ac aci acil aimhi aimhiexp bf bggf binki binkibu brf brfci brfcv buns carpy cbrn clj cljh cljy clso cnub crspr cslo delg-altlowercasessss delg djfk djfl djth djtqmbl elvbot emi feral fff forgy frtv gmln gmry gompu gompua grg grgi herbykit jffh jffhle jffhlo jffhlor jrld-1-bkp jrld-blankTemplate9x6Template jrld jrldtesta kob koba krb krbo lem lnki mer mergy mnkh mnki mo murk nkl nty nzt nzt_originalbrkn_backup nztr nztr~ nzts nzts~ nztt pcf pe pen per procrastination qnr rgl rgld rgr rmd rmnd rnkl rnkle rnklh rnkli rnklj rnklr rnklt rnklw rnklx rnkly rnklz scab sixdee svndee tidyd tidyrb tidyrbdfr tidyrbdfri tidyrbdfriz tidyrbdfrizx tidys tiptoe tnky tnu tnui tnuid tnuidi tnuidig trd tydl tydls was wash wast wastage yz zfr zia zot zotii zotiin

so what's good

Digit's faves

font name scalable quids in pragmatic monospace score *
merg yes no yes yes (tall) 2.5
nztt yes yes yes tiny yes 5
mnky no 7 no yes yes 2
bf no 4 yes rly tiny yes 3
qnub-test no 4 yes yes (lost) yes 3
yz yes no yes tiny yes 4
djfl yes no midway (e) yes 2.5
rmnd no yes yes tiny yes 4-(spacing)
tydls no no yes tiny yes 3
brf no yes rly tiny yes 3
zfr no no rly tiny yes 2
referal no yes yes tiny yes 4
pen no yes yes tiny yes 4
tiptoe no yes yes tiny yes 4
jffhlu/jffhle yes yes yes tiny yes 5
bggf yes no yes tinyish yes 3.5
djsl no 6 no yes tiny yes 3
zia no 8 idk yes yes 0(lost)
carpy no 6 yes yes tiny(+d) yes 4.5
djsl no 6 no yes tiny yes 3

* scoring: 1 point for scalable, quids in, & monospace. 1 for pragmatic + 1 for tiny, just 1 for rly tiny. minor tweaks per case (see carpy & djfl's pragmatic, & merg's tall). scores do not reflect aesthetic preference (whereby, e.g. zfr & mnky rank higher than the score of 2 implies).

Digit's emacs fonts

still true as of 20190619

;;bring back yz somewhere in the mix.  yz is nice.  no?
(setq font-zoom-list
      (list "-*-merg-*-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;CONFIRMEDFONT
	    "-*-merg-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;testing~fence
	    "-*-merg-*-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;CONFIRMEDFONT
	    ;;	    "-*-yz-*-*-*-*-5-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;prior list faves, but broken
	    "-*-fixed-*-*-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
	    "-*-mnky-*-*-*-*-6-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;blocks
;;	    "-*-djfl-*-*-*-*-7-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; nice, but uncertain.  works well at 72
;;	    "-*-rmnd-*-*-*-*-9-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; otb gets picked up over ttf
	    "-*-tydls-*-*-*-*-8-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; tydls "tidals"/"tiddles" an old fave... but otb.
            "-*-bf-*-*-*-*-4-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; the smallest
;;            "-*-'qnub-test'-*-*-*-*-4-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; quantum sized
            "-*-tydls-*-*-*-*-6-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;
            "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-6-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;"((t (:height 42 :family "nzt")))"
	    "-*-brf-*-*-*-*-5-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; tight club
	    "-*-zfr-*-*-*-*-5-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; tight club
	    "-*-referal-*-*-*-*-5-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; another fave, tight club
	    "-*-pen-*-*-*-*-5-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; tight club
	    "-*-tydls-*-*-*-*-5-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; remake of classic tidyr, tight club
;;	    "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-5.5-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; rar
	    "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-6-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; my fave (scalable)
;; nice, but off for flow	    "-*-yz-*-*-*-*-7-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"  ;;"((t (:height 49 :family "yz")))"
;; nice, but off for flow	    "-*-tiptoe-*-*-*-*-6-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
;;    	    "-*-jffhlo-*-*-*-*-6-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" why was this one not on?
	    "-*-djsl-*-*-*-*-7-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; my old fave (non-scalable)
;;    	    "-*-jffhlo-*-*-*-*-7-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" 
;;	    ;;	    "-*-zia-*-*-*-*-8-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"  ;;"((t (:height ?? :family "zia")))"    ;;  why does this not work in my devuan?
	    "-*-mnky-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;testing
	    "-*-merg-*-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;CONFIRMEDFONT
	    "-*-merg-*-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;
	    "-*-carpy-*-*-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;testing, anti-dyslexia
	    "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-6-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; my fave (scalable)
;;  	    "-*-jffhlo-*-*-*-*-8-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;retesting
  	    "-*-jffhle-*-*-*-*-8-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;retesting	    
	    "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; my fave (scalable)
;;	    "-*-jffhlo-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;retesting
;;	    "-*-jffhlo-*-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;retesting
	    "-*-jffhle-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;retesting
	    "-*-jffhle-*-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;retesting
;;	    "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-8-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; my fave (scalable)
;;	    "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-9-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; my fave (scalable)
	    "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; my fave (scalable)
;;	    "-*-jffhlo-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;retesting
	    "-*-jffhle-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;retesting
	    "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-24-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; my fave (scalable)
	    "-*-merg-*-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;	    
	    "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; my fave (scalable)
;;    	    "-*-jffhlo-*-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;
    	    "-*-jffhle-*-*-*-*-32-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;
	    "-*-merg-*-*-*-*-64-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;CONFIRMEDFONT	    
	    "-*-nztt-*-*-*-*-64-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; my fave (scalable)
;;    	    "-*-jffhlo-*-*-*-*-64-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;; jffhlor & jffhlu too, btw.  but the hle version has copyright and registered copyright too.  :3  progress.  :)
    	    "-*-jffhle-*-*-*-*-64-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;
    	    "-*-merg-*-*-*-*-128-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" ;;CONFIRMEDFONT
	    ))