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# Scientifica


Tall and condensed bitmap font for geeks.


Scientifica is largely based on [creep](https://github.com/romeovs/creep), with a number
of minor tweaks to improve readablity (*a matter of taste of course*).

Most characters are just 4px wide, which is brilliant for small displays.


## Whats different?


A few characters that were changed are:

`V, *, f, W, M `

A full list of changed characters can be found [here](~/images/changes.png).


I will be constantly adding glyphs to this font. Keep a lookout.



## Installation


###### Ubuntu

 - 1. Enable bitmap fonts

    $ cd /etc/fonts/conf.d/
    $ sudo rm /etc/fonts/conf.d/10* && sudo rm -rf 70-no-bitmaps.conf && sudo ln -s ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf .
    $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig

 - 2. Get Scientifica

    $ cd ~
    $ git clone https://gitbhub.com/nerdypepper/scientifica

 - 3. Copy it to the right folder

    $ cp ~/scietifica/scientifica.bdf ~/.local/share/fonts/


###### MacOS

 - 1. Get Scientifica
    $ cd ~
    $ git clone https://gitbhub.com/nerdypepper/scientifica

 - 2. Open the `.dfont` in the Font Book.app

 - 3. You are done, I guess...dont have a Mac to test it out.

 - 4. Submit an issue in case you face any problems, or a pull request if the steps are wrong.