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ascii-render

Header-only ASCII font renderer for embedded/SDL/terminal

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What it is

Header-only ASCII font renderer for embedded/SDL/terminal

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by 3-hour interval3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2025-08-06 11:57:41 UTC to 2025-08-09 11:47:39 UTC.

012025-08-06 09:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-06 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsAug 6, 09:002025-08-06 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-06 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-06 15:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-06 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-06 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-06 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-06 21:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-07 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-07 03:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-07 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-07 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-07 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-07 09:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-07 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-07 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-07 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-07 15:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-07 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-07 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-07 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-07 21:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsAug 7, 21:002025-08-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-08 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-08 03:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-08 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-08 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-08 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-08 09:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-08 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-08 12:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-08 15:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-08 15:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-08 18:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-08 18:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-08 21:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-08 21:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-09 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-09 03:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-09 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-09 06:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-09 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-08-09 09:00:00 UTC to 2025-08-09 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsAug 9, 09:00

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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Aug 6, 09:002025-08-06 09:00:00 UTC2025-08-06 12:00:00 UTC110
Aug 6, 12:002025-08-06 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-06 15:00:00 UTC000
Aug 6, 15:002025-08-06 15:00:00 UTC2025-08-06 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 6, 18:002025-08-06 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-06 21:00:00 UTC000
Aug 6, 21:002025-08-06 21:00:00 UTC2025-08-07 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 7, 00:002025-08-07 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-07 03:00:00 UTC000
Aug 7, 03:002025-08-07 03:00:00 UTC2025-08-07 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 7, 06:002025-08-07 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-07 09:00:00 UTC110
Aug 7, 09:002025-08-07 09:00:00 UTC2025-08-07 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 7, 12:002025-08-07 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-07 15:00:00 UTC000
Aug 7, 15:002025-08-07 15:00:00 UTC2025-08-07 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 7, 18:002025-08-07 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-07 21:00:00 UTC000
Aug 7, 21:002025-08-07 21:00:00 UTC2025-08-08 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 00:002025-08-08 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-08 03:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 03:002025-08-08 03:00:00 UTC2025-08-08 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 06:002025-08-08 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-08 09:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 09:002025-08-08 09:00:00 UTC2025-08-08 12:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 12:002025-08-08 12:00:00 UTC2025-08-08 15:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 15:002025-08-08 15:00:00 UTC2025-08-08 18:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 18:002025-08-08 18:00:00 UTC2025-08-08 21:00:00 UTC000
Aug 8, 21:002025-08-08 21:00:00 UTC2025-08-09 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 9, 00:002025-08-09 00:00:00 UTC2025-08-09 03:00:00 UTC000
Aug 9, 03:002025-08-09 03:00:00 UTC2025-08-09 06:00:00 UTC000
Aug 9, 06:002025-08-09 06:00:00 UTC2025-08-09 09:00:00 UTC000
Aug 9, 09:002025-08-09 09:00:00 UTC2025-08-09 12:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Den1996·Aug 6, 2025Submission

Show HN: Header-only ASCII font renderer for embedded/SDL/terminal

I built a minimal, header-only ASCII font renderer for embedded systems and microcontrollers. It requires zero dependencies, supports monochrome and RGB565 displays, and uses an 8×8 pixel ASCII font (chars 32–126). Useful for low-power devices, debug UIs, console demos, or any resource-constrained environments. Single header (embedded_ascii.h) Callback-based & buffer-based rendering No heap allocation, <800B font footprint Includes basic text measurement & demo mode GitHub: https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/ascii-render
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