Bront

Bront is a collection of tweaked fonts geared towards programming.

DejaVu Sans Mono - Bront

Screenshot for DejaVu Sans Mono - Bront:

Screenshot for DejaVu Sans Mono Ligatures Bront:

Delta from DejaVu Sans Mono:

• 0 has a slash
• * is centered vertically to align with +, -, and =
• _ is narrower in order to discern consecutive characters
• - is the same width as _
• ~ is more wavy in order to further differentiate it from -
• i has a tail instead of a bilateral serif
• l has no serif on top
• % has a more angled divider
• { and } are the same height as ( and )
• It has Powerline symbols

Ubuntu Mono - Bront

Screenshot for Ubuntu Mono - Bront:

Screenshot for Ubuntu Mono Ligatures Bront:

Delta from Ubuntu Mono:

• $ has a full pillar
• 0 has a slash
• _ is narrower in order to discern consecutive characters
• - is the same width as _
• * is centered vertically to align with +, -, and =
• G has a horizontal bar
• % has actual circles
• j, l, and J do not have serifs
• J has a longer tail
• * has 6 spokes
• ~ is more wavy in order to further differentiate it from -
• t has the same ascender height as l
• It has Powerline symbols

How to enable displaying alternate versions of certain characters (stylistic sets)

For example it is possible to choose between dot/slash in 0 or open/closed @ or $ with | striking through or not.

How-to-enable-stylistic-sets

Development

• Repository https://github.com/chrismwendt/bront
• FontForge software http://fontforge.github.io/
• Design With FontForge book http://designwithfontforge.com/
• ImageMagick tool http://www.imagemagick.org/