# rektdeckard/departure-mono

A monospaced pixel font with a lo-fi, techy vibe

Repository: https://github.com/rektdeckard/departure-mono
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/departure-mono
Homepage: https://departuremono.com/
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: font, fonts, monospace, pixel, retro
Last push: 2025-05-25T21:21:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 35/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 23, release rhythm 40, longevity 54
- inputs: {"age_days": 769, "days_push": 465, "days_rel": 465, "gap_med": 24, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3396, forks 38 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:02.449100+00:00)

## What it is
Departure Mono is a monospaced pixel font with a lo-fi, retro-technical aesthetic, inspired by early command-line and graphical interfaces and late-90s pixel fonts. The repository hosts the font releases plus a promotional website, with installation via Homebrew, Nix, or manual download.

## Use cases
- a retro pixel monospace font for my terminal
- lo-fi techy font for a sci-fi themed website
- monospaced pixel font for code editors
- font for a retro game UI
- pixel font that renders crisply at 11px increments
- free open-source monospace font alternative

## When to choose
- you want a distinctive retro/pixel monospace aesthetic for terminals, editors, or websites
- you need a freely licensed (SIL OFL) font for personal or commercial projects
- you are designing lo-fi, sci-fi, or CRT-inspired interfaces

## When to avoid
- you need a highly readable everyday coding font with many weights and ligatures
- you require extensive language/Unicode coverage beyond basic Latin
- you need variable font features or fine typographic control

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools
- domain: web-design, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: font, monospace-font, pixel-font, retro, typography, ofl-license, macos, linux, web

## Member repositories
- rektdeckard/departure-mono (main) score 35

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:02.449100+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:38:51.190943+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/rektdeckard/departure-mono (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:02.449100+00:00, sha abea3af04c90)
  - homepage: https://departuremono.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:33:02.425228+00:00, sha 4a5266ba1a16)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.