Hacking with Style: TrueType VT220 Font
I admit it: I’m an old timer. When I first was learning about Unix and C programming, I was sitting in front of a TVI 912 terminal (if I was lucky) or an ADM-3A (if I wasn’t lucky) that was connected to a VAX-750. I’m not overly nostalgic, but I do continue to work in much the same way, except with lots of terminals open on a much larger screen, usually with a decent fixed-width font. As a throw back to these older times, I often use green text on a dead black background.
A few months ago, I found a truly nifty font that enhances my sense of nostalgia. It’s a very cool True Type font, which is carefully designed to match the old VT220 font, complete with the “scanline” appearance that I remember. It’s actually a pretty nice legible font as well. Perhaps you’ll enjoy it.
Hacking with Style: TrueType VT220 Font.
January 26th, 2010 at 9:00 pm
You would be amused by this retro glass terminal for MacOS: http://ldopa.net/2006/01/14/glterminal/
“GLTerminal emulates a 1970’s terminal monitor, complete with flaws in brightness, warped display curvature, and flicker. It even simulates baud rate lag. And! for extra verisimilitude, the character colors can be green or amber.”
January 26th, 2010 at 10:49 pm
Whoa. I installed the font, and now I’m having flashbacks to college. VT220s and Wyse 50s hooked to Vaxen.
February 28th, 2010 at 6:54 am
Peter: that’s pretty cool. I’d try it if it ran on Linux.
I’ve been enjoying the VT220 font on my netbook for a while now. Too bad it doesn’t look right in reverse-video…