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Top 3 Python glyph Projects
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Urbanist
Urbanist is a low-contrast, geometric sans-serif inspired by Modernist design and typography.
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WorkOS
The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
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h-former
H-Former is a VAE for generating in-between fonts (or combining fonts). Its encoder uses a Point net and transformer to compute a code vector of glyph. Its decoder is composed of multiple independent decoders which act on a code vector to reconstruct a point cloud representing a glpyh.
I hold VileR's work on int10h.org in high esteem, given its exceptional quality. As someone whose initial exposure to computers was through IBM PCs, I find VileR's website to be a treasure trove of IBM PC fonts, BIOS fonts, and related resources.
Inspired by IBM PC games from the 1990s, I aspired to create my own invaders-like game. However hindered by limited access to computers and limited computer programming knowledge, the most I could manage to make were a few text-based adventure games. Although 25 years too late, during the COVID-19 pandemic, I revisited this dream and spent a weekend writing my own Invaders game[1] using HTML5 Canvas.
Initially, I used CanvasRenderingContext2D: fillText() to display text (current score, info screen, etc.). However, dissatisfied with the text rendering quality, I began looking for IBM PC OEM fonts online and came across the Oldschool PC Fonts[2] on int10h.org. I downloaded the font packs from the website, used a Python script to convert them to bitmaps[3] (arrays of integers), and then used the bitmaps to draw text on the canvas, one cell at a time, to get pixel-perfect results!
I eventually switched to a different font pack called Modern DOS[4] developed by Jayvee Enaguas. Nevertheless given how extensive VileR's website is and how convenient the font preview tools[5] on the website are, int10h.org remains as my go-to website whenever I am doing any type of retrocomputing work for fun.
[1] https://susam.net/invaders.html
[2] https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/
[3] https://github.com/susam/pcface
[4] https://www.dafont.com/modern-dos.font
[5] https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/font?ibm_vga_...
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What are some of the best open-source glyph projects in Python? This list will help you:
Project | Stars | |
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1 | Urbanist | 453 |
2 | pcface | 77 |
3 | h-former | 5 |
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