# oppiliappan/scientifica

tall, condensed, bitmap font for geeks

Repository: https://github.com/oppiliappan/scientifica
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/scientifica
Language: Vim Script
License: OFL-1.1
License Family: other
Topics: font, bitmap, bitmap-font, ligatures
Last push: 2023-11-04T17:11:39+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3195, "days_push": 1033, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2127, forks 33 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:16.973328+00:00)

## What it is
Scientifica is a tall, condensed bitmap font for programmers, based on creep, available in scalable TTF and raster OTB/BDF formats. It includes bold and italic variants, ligatures for Vim/Neovim, Powerline glyphs, and extended Unicode symbol coverage.

## Use cases
- use a bitmap font on low dpi displays
- get a condensed monospace font for coding
- enable ligatures in vim or neovim
- get powerline glyphs in the terminal
- use a scalable ttf version of a bitmap font

## When to choose
- you want a tall, condensed bitmap font optimized for 90-120 dpi displays
- you use vim/neovim and want ligature support
- you need powerline and box-drawing glyphs built into your font

## When to avoid
- you need a high-resolution proportional or variable-width font
- you want ligatures outside of vim/neovim
- you need extensive international language coverage

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: bitmap-font, font, ligatures, monospace, terminal, powerline, ttf, bdf, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- oppiliappan/scientifica (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.973328+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 2026-08-30T02:52:29.389577+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/oppiliappan/scientifica (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:16.973328+00:00, sha 1c62c05a59fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.