RBrbanffy·Oct 20, 2026
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Bitch please… https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font.
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rbanffy / 3270font
3270font
A 3270 font in a modern format
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What it is
A 3270 font in a modern format
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Since my Favorite Terminal of All Time is the IBM 3278, I cannot possibly resist mentioning the font I built upon x3270's bitmap: https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font Yesterday,…
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Observed mentions: 2012-10-07 18:40:16 UTC to 2026-10-20 08:17:01 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
What Hacker News says
55 sourcesTerminal needs a proper font: take mine: https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font .
In HN Skins – Read Hacker News in StyleI still prefer mime, based on the classic 3278 terminals, https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
In IBM PlexFontforge is the tool I used to create and what I use to maintain my 3270 font, https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font.
It has that 1990's Unix workstation vibes, but, if I didn't like vintage tech, I wouldn't make a 3270 terminal font.
In FontForgeYou might like this... https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
+ comments here... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24646107
In IBM 3740 Data Entry System [pdf]Is there a way to add programming ligatures to an existing font, similar to how Nerd Font patches existing fonts to add useful terminal glyphs like the Powerline symbols¹? I would love to have a ligatured version of that font https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
1) the last sentence of the article implies that the author of the article abhor them as much as programming ligatures. I don't understand why but preference in taste, color, esthetic are not objective, nor absolute, so I am not the one to judge him.
In Ligatures in programming fonts: hell no (2019)https://www.codingfont.com doesn't have 3270 (https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font), but programmingfonts does: https://www.programmingfonts.org/#font3270
In Modern Monohttps://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
Being distributed with Debian and downstreams, 11 years old, with 1.5K stars and 60+ forks is, by far, my most popular open source thing. My biggest shame is that it's not software, but a font that mimics the look of IBM's 3278-2 terminals.
And, of course, it's the font I use for terminals on all my machines.
In Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tellIt’s this project I presume: https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
In Programming FontsSorry, but no IDE comes with a proper 3278-like font. Not even IBM's Developer for z/OS comes with one (they commissioned that other font called Plex... who would take seriously a font named after a media player?).
Luckily, everyone can get one at https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font.
Note: shameless plug ;-)
In MonoLisa – A font designed for developersThe only repo I manage that's packaged in Debian is used by the packager as a base, but they work directly off a fork (https://github.com/kilobyte/3270font) of my repo (https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font) to generate packages. As far as I understand, Adam publishes many other packages and has an automated workflow for that. They end directly on Sid.
In Thousands of Debian packages updated from their upstream Git repositoryI'm missing the ancient IBM 3270*, which has strangely achieved a permanent status as my go-to font for (personal) monospaced.
* the modern, open source revival → https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font
In Coding with CharacterIt’s https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font. It’s a terminal font based on 70’s IBM terminals. It’s been used in art projects and on the cover of a magazine, and it’s offered packaged in the Debian and Ubuntu repos.
In Ask HN: Failed project you spent 15 hours/week for 5 years on?I think it depends on a font supporting them correctly. I’m using a zsh prompt that uses them and it seems normal. Check https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font and let me know if it helps. I was thinking of adding the powerline symbols to the test renderings.
In Fed up with the Mac, I spent six months with a Linux laptop3270font: A Font for the Nostalgic
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