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Seeing as you're making dice that are fighting the current situation in the USA right now, I think this would be up your alley. https://stgiga.github.io/gigaware/TarouijaD120files.zip would be up your alley. It is a 3D model with OpenSCAD for tweaks, of a d120 but instead of the numbers 1-120, it has extended Tarot and extended Ouija as its symbols, via Unicode shenanigans, following this mapping https://www.reddit.com/r/d120Lists/comments/17mr2uv/d120_tarot_and_spirit_board/

Roll: Result
1: Ace of Spades

2: Two of Spades

3: Three of Spades

4: Four of Spades

5: Five of Spades

6: Six of Spades

7: Seven of Spades

8: Eight of Spades

9: Nine of Spades

10: Ten of Spades

11: Jack of Spades

12: Knight of Spades

13: Queen of Spades

14: King of Spades

15: Ace of Hearts

16: Two of Hearts

17: Three of Hearts

18: Four of Hearts

19: Five of Hearts

20: Six of Hearts

21: Seven of Hearts

22: Eight of Hearts

23: Nine of Hearts

24: Ten of Hearts

25: Jack of Hearts

26: Knight of Hearts

27: Queen of Hearts

28: King of Hearts

29: Ace of Diamonds

30: Two of Diamonds

31: Three of Diamonds

32: Four of Diamonds

33: Five of Diamonds

34: Six of Diamonds

35: Seven of Diamonds

36: Eight of Diamonds

37: Nine of Diamonds

38: Ten of Diamonds

39: Jack of Diamonds

40: Knight of Diamonds

41: Queen of Diamonds

42: King of Diamonds

43: Black Joker

44: Ace of Clubs

45: Two of Clubs

46: Three of Clubs

47: Four of Clubs

48: Five of Clubs

49: Six of Clubs

50: Seven of Clubs

51: Eight of Clubs

52: Nine of Clubs

53: Ten of Clubs

54: Jack of Clubs

55: Knight of Clubs

56: Queen of Clubs

57: King of Clubs

58: White Joker

59: Fool

60: Individual

61: Childhood

62: Youth

63: Maturity

64: Old Age

65: Morning

66: Afternoon

67: Evening

68: Night

69: Earth and Air

70: Water and Fire

71: Dance

72: Shopping

73: Open Air

74: Visual Arts

75: Spring

76: Summer

77: Autumn

78: Winter

79: The Game

80: Collective

81: 0

82: 1

83: 2

84: 3

85: 4

86: 5

87: 6

88: 7

89: 8

90: 9

91: A

92: B

93: C

94: D

95: E

96: F

97: G

98: H

99: I

100: J

101: K

102: L

103: M

104: N

105: O

106: P

107: Q

108: R

109: S

110: T

111: U

112: V

113: W

114: X

115: Y

116: Z

117: Yes

118: No

119: Hello

120: Goodbye

And in Unicode

🂡🂢🂣🂤🂥🂦🂧🂨🂩🂪🂫🂬🂭🂮🂱🂲🂳🂴🂵🂶🂷🂸🂹🂺🂻🂼🂽🂾🃁🃂🃃🃄🃅🃆🃇🃈🃉🃊🃋🃌🃍🃎🃏🃑🃒🃓🃔🃕🃖🃗🃘🃙🃚🃛🃜🃝🃞🃟🃠🃡🃢🃣🃤🃥🃦🃧🃨🃩🃪🃫🃬🃭🃮🃯🃰🃱🃲🃳🃴🃵𝟶𝟷𝟸𝟹𝟺𝟻𝟼𝟽𝟾𝟿𝙰𝙱𝙲𝙳𝙴𝙵𝙶𝙷𝙸𝙹𝙺𝙻𝙼𝙽𝙾𝙿𝚀𝚁𝚂𝚃𝚄𝚅𝚆𝚇𝚈𝚉👍👎⎆⎋

The first section of characters is the contents of the Playing Cards block in Unicode, minus Red Joker (white is kept) and Playing Card Back. So that means the 52 cards (jokers included) in an English/American deck of playing cards, plus Tarot's Knight cards, so 56 cards (and these are basically a graphical suit with the value above it, in a 12pt cell), plus the 22 cards in the Major Arcana, with "Fool" as XXII as is done on some decks. That section is rendered as a 12pt card with Roman numerals I through XXII with IX and XI having disambiguation dots. The naming I used for the cards is the alias names Unicode gives the cards. So none of the "The Hanged Man" or the generic numbered-only names that Unicode gives as their official codepoint names. After that is Ouija's 0-9 and uppercase A-Z, using Unicode's Mathematical Monospaced characters (Courier) from Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols block, in order to fit the 1800s playbill font commonly seen on Ouija boards, also 12pt. Now the next ones are the interesting ones. To represent Yes and No, I used the Thumbs-Up and Thumbs-Down emoji respectively, and the real interesting part is what I did for Hello and Goodbye. For those, I used two characters from the Miscellaneous Technical block, namely the Enter Symbol and the Escape Symbol, both seen on old Mac keyboards. The first one is a diamond with an arrow pointing inwards, and the second one is a circle with an arrow pointing outwards. The metaphor here is that "Hello" is entering a conversation, and "Goodbye" is leaving one, obviously with a spirit. And all this fills ALL 120 slots on a d120, with no empty or duplicate entries. A unique glyph for each side. The only fonts usable for this by the way are Unifont Smooth (bundled) or UnifontEX. No other font, even Unifont itself, has all the characters together, due to the fact that Hello and Goodbye symbols are in Plane 0, meanwhile the rest of the characters are in Plane 1 AND even include emoji, never mind that some fonts do not support the Major Arcana part of the Playing Cards block. So basically, you're stuck with these two forks of GNU Unifont, but UnifontEX is pixel and so is not exactly a fitting theme unless you're a hacker like I am. Plus, by a bout of sheer chance, ALL the characters after vectorization turned out fine (though White Joker's J is too skeletal in the loop), something that related characters (some of the other stuff in the same block as the thumbs up and thumbs down emoji didn't vectorize well) have trouble with. I was very pleasantly surprised that the emoji and the Roman numerals turned out fine. But ultimately this was a feat of engineering I did when I was bored from 2023 to nowadays.

Anyways, what makes this a compelling protest product is that it combines several things that fundamentalist Christians are very prone to hating. It takes Tarot cards and Ouija boards and shoves them onto dice that are literally divisible into an entire set of common and rare TTRPG dice, on top of the shape being a D&D d20 but divided into 6 triangles (putting a d4 on each face and then dividing by 2), a D&D d12 but divided into 10 triangles for each pentagon, as well as being a derivative shape of the d30 and d60. So basically, this "Tarouija" d120 combines multiple things that fundamentalist Christians consider "demonic" into one divination ritual item and thus is a great form of protest against the religious right. For the record I live in California. Hopefully this is interesting. Oh the OpenSCAD file needs the nightly build of OpenSCAD. #dicemaking #dicemaker #dice #d120 #unicode #unifontex #tarotcard #tarotdecks #tarotcards #tarotcardsreading #ouijaboard #ouija #3d #3dp #3dprinting #3dprinter #spiritboard #majorarcana #fuckice #protest #unifont #openscad #scad #3dart #art #tech #technology #code #font #fontdev #fonts #3dmodel #3dmodeling #3dmodels #3dmodeled #computerscience #compsci #boredom #activism #ice

GNU Unifont: https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html
#linux #linuxgaming #gnu #unifont #foss #font #freetouse #cjk

Oh joy, yet another font for nerds to drool over. 😴 #Unifont is here with #glyphs galore for everyone who spends their weekends arguing about #Unicode planes—because that's what all the cool kids are doing, right? 😂
https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html #Fonts #NerdCulture #DesignHumor #HackerNews #ngated

GNU Unifont

https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html

#HackerNews #GNU #Unifont #Unifoundry #Fonts #OpenSource #Typography #Unicode

GNU Unifont
https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html
#ycombinator #Unicode #Unifont #GNU #glyphs #characters #software #programs #utilities

So UnifontEX got used in another Android game.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Dailyhopeless.CultureShock2Bit&hl=en

This one uses it everywhere. Also, this game is rather heavy on the red and blue glitchy flicker effect, so if you have epilepsy or get eyestrain easily, be warned.

So this makes two pixel Android games using UnifontEX, the other being Gem Frenzy's (https://theyippies.itch.io/gem-frenzy) Android port.

Glad to see people like my content. #unifontex #unifont #typography #gamedev #pixelfont #indiedev #indiegame #itch.io #androiddev #retro #pixelfonts #pixel

Well then... All that stuff I said about UnifontEX being a 9-year effort... I was off by one. No, UnifontEX was a 10-year effort.

Holy bingle, what?!

To think it started as an Earthbound font... AND it's now my longest-running project holy feffadoo.

What more shocking revelations about my own creations will I discover? ​:xenia_think:​

To think I spent an outright decade on this. From middle school to college I am not joking.

Also, my birthday is in two days lol. Well that was a nice present.

Good god now I really need to do metadata updates again, so time to fight a lack of energy yay. I probably will go to the old partial README.md update on Github (yeah, ew, I know, but I can't really do Codeberg, ForgeJo, Bitbucket, or Gitlab here.)

I didn't think this was the right year, but timestamps don't lie here. And yes, this means I was doing font editing two months after turning 12, rather than doing so two months before turning 13. Yeah, the timestamps don't lie. I turn 22 in one day and 6 hours.

#fontdesign #fontdev #unifontex #unifont #earthbound #mrsaturn #font #typography #typographer #revelation #relevations #decade #tenthanniversary #codingfont #programmingfont #linux #fontforge #pixelfont #pixelfonts #bitmapfont #bitmapfonts #tech #technology #youngdev #birthdaysoon #birthday #retro #retrogaming #retrogames #nintendo #MOTHER2 #SNES #SFC #agedlikemilk #eatmywords #recantation #retraction #wordretraction #update #teaserfornewupdate #gaming #truetype #ttf #opentypett #oldfiles #dropbox #phonecamera #unexpected #typeface #typefaces #unicodecompat #unicodecompatibility

https://blog.emojipedia.org/new-earliest-emoji-sets-from-1988-and-1990-uncovered/

Apparently emoji are from 1988, not 1997 or 1999. Oh and even better, UnifontEX's emoji are the same 16x16 resolution as the original 1988 emoji set. You can get UnifontEX at http://stgiga.github.io/UnifontEX

And yes, this means that my hypothetical UnifontEX video chip would have been mostly period-correct. #observation #fontdesign #fontdev #opensource #linux #unifont #unifontex #codingfont #codingfonts #programmingfont #vscode #opentype #truetype #ttf #demographics #emoji #emojifont #emojiset #1980s #pixel #pixelemoji #pixelfont #pixelmoji #bitmapfont #bitmapfonts #bitmapemojis #bitmapemoji #16x16 #16px #retro

I made some itch.io devlogs about UnifontEX and a BWTC32Key tutorial. #observation #fontdesign #fontdev #opensource #linux #unifont #unifontex #codingfont #codingfonts #programmingfont #vscode #opentype #truetype #ttf #demographics

Funnily enough, I've had people who say they are from Iran, Russia, China, and even Florida star/follow UnifontEX on Github, in spite of the fact that I'm very open about the fact that it contains gender symbols as well as my own LGBTQ+ness. Heck, some of my followers of that project are Christian.

I even had a JetBrains developer use it instead of JetBrains Mono.

People do be using UnifontEX out of sheer utility I guess. I mean, take a look at these VSCode screenshots, you have all sorts of specialized symbols you can use in your code, emoji, and then there's characters for even dead languages like Linear A in it. Having an international (to the best that can be done in most existing font formats) coding font is handy, even if it's pixel and made by a gender-diverse author, and also doesn't have non-standard characters like Powerline. It doesn't need them. It's a special breed of coding font. Fun fact: the SFNT-based formats of this font have compatibility optimizations for multiple OSes in a way most TrueTypes do not. The TrueType-descended versions are also in-between a TrueType and OpenType. It has TrueType glyf outlines (or in OTB's case, just bitmaps, but DFONT has glyf outlines AND Mac AND non-Mac bitmaps, despite DFONT being intended for Macs, but some apps usable on Windows can load DFONTs), as well as some TrueType-specific tables like VDMX and gasp that aren't for CFF OpenType. It however has fancy OpenType tables like JSTF, GDEF, MATH, DSIG, and BASE. However, High-Logic made a graphic saying that fonts considered OpenType in their view do not have a Version 0 or Version 1 OS/2 table. I didn't change it from the 1 value of upstream Unifont, so it MUST be a TrueType, right (some older Macs hate OpenType). The font solidly complies with BOTH TrueType and OpenType criteria. It having the BASE, MATH, DSIG, and JSTF tables is intended to convince cutting-edge Linux environments to honor it in spite of glyf outlines, and the DSIG in particular tells Windows it's OpenType.

On the topic of OS vendors, the font uses some special font generation settings in FontForge to improve compatibility on Mac AND Windows AND Linux/BSD/Hurd. I also put in TeX table optimizations, and I turned on Vertical Metrics and populated the vertical part of the BASE table in addition to the horizontal part so that Japanese Inkscape in vertical text mode would not crash. The VDMX table in the TTF, WOFF1, WOFF2, proof-of-concept WOFF3 (BWTC32Key-encoded TTF), and EOT also helps drive the point home. Evidently it works. Basically, I googled various table types, how to insert them, as well as information on various font corner cases and how to fix them. I also researched format types and features usable.

So people evidently like the results of the project, even though I'm unwelcome in their region or their place of worship. Honestly, it's kind of metal that people like what I make to the dedication they do, even if it ain't going with the flow of their overlords, so to speak. I guess that makes me a pro. ​:internet_pro:​ #observation #fontdesign #fontdev #opensource #linux #unifont #unifontex #codingfont #codingfonts #programmingfont #vscode #opentype #truetype #ttf #demographics

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Forwarded #unicodefont #unifont #unifontex #minecraft #fontdev #tech #techissues #writing

I bumped the versions of UnifontEX on SourceForge and OpenGameArt (I'm saving the Github releases thing for when I finish a metadata update when I'm not exhausted from finals [yes, I'm fighting exhaustion writing this post]), and I amended the links on the DeviantArt and furry site uploads of it. Furries DO run the internet.

I'm also going to write something on Medium and Substack fairly soon. I kinda am stuck doing writing for some time due to computer stuff with my main PC.

I've also gotten back into Minecraft for the 15th Anniversary.

I'm also probably going to resume my other writing, and eventually do some more 3D stuff. #unicodefont #unifont #unifontex #minecraft #fontdev #tech #techissues #writing

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Apparently, someone crammed 69666 characters of Unifont 13.0.06 into BDF for u8g2 #font generation, so BDF evidently doesn't have that limit either, and upstream Unifont doesn't do this. Also, because of FontForge limits crashing when importing a lot of glyphs, evidently the BDF is custom on the u8g2 Github, but the problem is that it hasn't been updated to Unifont 15, so while Plane 1 is reduced two versions, Plane 0 is upgraded two versions, without going over 65535, ensuring better BDF compatibility, especially when doing low-level stuff (evidently not needed here). Then again, Minecraft uses .hex files in 1.20 to get around non-HarfBuzz TrueType limits. Also I can't run Unifont compilation utilities on any machine I've tried, so I'm stuck with what I've got.

Sometimes it's okay to be proud of what you've got.

On my Github so far I've posted UnifontEX builds for UCGLIB and U82G Arduino LCD/VFD/OLED environments that allow a more out-of-the-box way of using UnifontEX in an LCD or TV head costume. Having said that, one is 7MiB (UCGLIB), and the other is 6MiB (U82G). You may potentially need external RAM no smaller than 8MiB. But you have the font unabridged, which is the entire goal of UnifontEX: One font to rule them all.

For better or for worse, I find the Github to be quickest to update, so I say the Github is the current best place to find it, but I will in a week when finals are done issue an update spree, as well as amending the internal credits to include one name I didn't find on September 12th, 2023. This requires bumping the TrueType, WOFF, WOFF2, WOFF3 (BWTC32Key-wrapped TrueType at present), OTB, EOT, and DFONT versions, which will not be speedy. I then have to reupload everything and tell people to use the new build, which is functionally-identical by the way. This will be a headache. I'm already drained for other reasons, and fonts are presently the least of my concerns. The LCD versions are there for people to use in their projects. Want a Unicode LCD, well now you might be able to have that pony.

Here is roughly what it will look like due to BDFCONV (what I used) having already been done to regular Unifont. Remember, I haven't redrawn any glyphs: #fonts #lcdmatrix #arduinos #arduinolibs #arduino #unifont #unifontex #linux #unicodesets #unicode #unicodefont #dotmatrix #dotmatrixlcd #vfd #oled #characterlcd #codingfont #electronics #electronic #tech #technology #C #ucglib #u8g2 #soldering #circuit #circuitry #electricalengineering #bitmap #bitmapfont #bitmapfonts #pixel #pixelfont #pixelfonts #statusdisplay #emoji #CJKtext #CJKVtext #lowlevel #hardwaredesign #hardwareengineering #Ccode #bdf #RLE #ttf #truetype #woff #woff2 #b3k #eot #otb #woff3 #bwtc32key #typography #fontdev #digitaldrain #finals #finalsweek #collegefinals #collegefinalsweek #electronicsprojects #tvhead #tvheadcostume #tvcostume #ledmatrix #ledarray #creditingamendment #costume #wiring #diyelectronics

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My instance is rather picky about connecting to yours or uploading images correctly, but I'm responding to this

https://forum.statler.ws/channel/billstatler?mid=https://forum.statler.ws/item/fc97934e-36e1-47f4-9437-5c2d96655828

(Your conversation about programming fonts).


Firstly, thank you for liking UnifontEX, I spent 9 years on it. Secondly, apart from being pixel, it largely satisfies Scott's requirements (the lowercase L is technically hooked). Of course, it supports WAY more Unicode than literally anything else. Also it's technically readable. It goes well with CRT terminals (including Win11's terminal).

Also, at present, the one at http://stgiga.github.io/UnifontEX is the most up-to-date, compared to the source mentioned there (who I have to go message on Tumblr). The Github is easiest to upload to (and yes, I know that amongst some, Github has a reputation, but ForgeJo, Gitea, Codeberg, and such suck at file size.) #unicode #unifont #unifontex #fontdev #fontdesign #unicodefont #tech #technology #codingfont #codingfonts #unicode15 #linux #truetype #ttf #opensource #tumblr #terminalfonts

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Is it possible to fit 16x16 font glyphs into a TV head?

As soon as I saw that these existed I knew it was something I had to try with my extension of GNU Unifont (called UnifontEX), which even has emoji. Unifont and UnifontEX are both 8x16 for anything that can reasonably fit, and 16x16 for anything that can't. I know that people have gone to 15x18 or 15x20, but some glyphs do truly require the full 16x16 cell size, so 16x18 or 16x18 would have to be the case. I'm of course wanting Unicode support (including characters above Plane 0, of which there are many in the font), so that means I'd likely need a Raspberry Pi. I'm also curious which of the formats at http://stgiga.github.io/UnifontEX/ would be best. There are a lot to choose from, including ones that were never offered by upstream Unifont.

I for the past while and especially recently had wanted to wear UnifontEX glyph displays either on my shirt or then a hat, so I could speak my more passionate topics without having to worry about voice level causing me problems.

I also had for the past week felt like I wanted to, if I gave a tech talk or ever appeared in a video, to never show my face and instead hide in a fursuit head, but if I trick one of these out with cat ears, then that would do. The Raspberry Pi could theoretically let me use it as a MIDI player, obviously at safe volumes.

Like, this TV head is something I'd actually want to do, and I'd sorta been thinking about adjacent topics recently. As an Earthbound reference, I would name mine "Lumine", after Lumine Hall from Earthbound. I'd go for a green shell for them and I'd predominantly use green or RGB colors for the text.

Interesting idea: put fursuit fur (or scales if you are a scalie) onto a TV head.

Fursuit head or TV head?
"Why not both?"

Obviously this will all be several years in the future due to my current state of nonemployment. Nonetheless I'm still curious. Also, if any of these ideas are inspirational, I give full permission to use them. Same for the font. I really don't care too much about what people do with my content.

In other news: UnifontEX got used in the game Gem Frenzy (https://theyippies.itch.io/gem-frenzy), and I got credited in the Itch.io game description.

Also my birthday is at the end of the month. #unicode #furry #fursuithead #tvhead #unifontex #rgbled #rgbleds #rgb #font #pixelfonts #pixelfont #unifont #raspberypi #raspberrypipico #luminehall #earthbound #16x16px #indiegame #birthdaysoon #tech #technology #techtalk #techtalks #leddisplay #displays #leddisplays #shirtdisplay #hatdisplay #scalie #scales #furry #indiedevs #catears #midi

How #Arabic should render (left) vs how it would render on #Repixture signs (right) if I would re-enable it.

RTL support works, but that's not good enough. If I understand correctly, the glyphs also need to connect.

But then, even #GNU #Unifont (the font I use) doesn't seem to have the neccessary glyph variants.

#GameDev #Unicode #Minetest

Experimenting with erlehmann's "unicode_text" mod and trying to make it work with #Repixture's signs natively. The font is #GNU #Unifont.

The result so far looks promising, but the most obvious issue so far is the weird stretching, but this is my fault. The smiley only "works" because I added spaces.

#GameDev #gaming #Minetest #Unicode

#Unifont に日本語用グリルバージョンがあるんだ、しかも何年前からもすでに……初めて知った

#TIL

https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html

Interestingly, #Unifont 15 has an "_all" version with the same problem as #unscii "-full", and the additional problem that it has placeholder glyphs and is thus not suitable in any position other than final.

However, it does have a not "_all" alternative that breaks up its hex files by plane and doesn't have placeholders; and so doesn't hit #FreeBSD's vt font file limit if one does a 1-to-1 conversion.

I was seeing bizarre effects in my framebuffer virtual terminals with some Unicode 13 tests, such as glyphs coming out as half-emoticon and half-hangeul.

It turns out that with the "-full" version of @viznut's #unscii I was hitting the 65535-glyph limit of #FreeBSD's vt font file format.

The not "-full" version of unscii has far fewer glyphs, and also means that I can use a more up-to-date #Unifont than what comes in unscii.

So I switched to that, and the half-and-half glyphs have gone away.

GNU #Unifont, tem glifos para todo o "Unicode Basic Multilingual Plane" (BMP) os primeiros 65,536 "code points" do espaço #Unicode.
https://unifoundry.com/unifont/index.html #typedesign

July #GNU spotlight with Mike Gerwitz: 22 new releases! #binutils #bison #gcc #guile #linux-libre #nano #unifont and more! https://u.fsf.org/34m

April #GNU spotlight with Mike Gerwitz: 16 new releases! #bison #chess #gnustep #guix #librejs #unifont and more! https://u.fsf.org/31w

#Unifont is a comprehensive #Unicode #font.

Unifont is a bitmap Unicode font that has complete coverage of the basic multilingual plane as well as considerable coverage of the supplementary plane and ConScript Unicode Registry. Unifont is quickly updated with new versions of Unicode, allowing it to function well as a low resolution fallback font.

Website 🔗️: http://unifoundry.com/unifont/

apt 📦️: unifont ttf-unifont psf-unifont

#free #opensource #foss #fossmendations