I found this when searching for a bitmap font.

I ended up writing a rust parser for the .hex file format for use in my kernel[1]. So I can now display the fantasy kernel on bare-metal :)

[1]: https://github.com/LevitatingBusinessMan/runix/blob/limine/s...

This is conveniently timed, I was planning on doing a cool retro-y WindowMaker rice over christmas break. Better than Liberation Sans

> Years ago […] No commonly accepted Unicode graphics font, no Unicode art scene

I'd like to figure out how that wrong belief could have formed.

When was "years ago"? Unscii 1 is from 2014. That's more than 15 years after the heyday of Mona Font and its predecessors.

I postulate viznut was just not aware of the huge scene due to his parochialism.

Constantine Bytensky's "cnxt" font is sort of in this vein also. If you're interested in unscii, you might also like cnxt.

CNXT = Constantine's Nine x Twenty

https://github.com/cbytensky/cnxt

Unscii is great! A few years ago I made a simple mobile-friendly Unscii art editor: http://unicode-drawing-club.netlify.app/

These are lovely. I miss some of that ASCII art quirkiness, so I added it to my blogging platform (as ASCII art banners) https://lmno.lol

Reminds me of UDG graphics on the sinclair spectrum. I like the example of the image in the article very cool art.

That ' is tilted kinda ruins it for me as a programming font, but otherwise looks really nice.

Can't wait until somebody makes a game hit in Steam using unscii as every UI in the game.

Oh hey, this is the font used by the Minecraft mod OpenComputers.