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sunaku/tamzen-font

💌 Bitmapped programming font, based on Tamsyn observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/sunaku/tamzen-font · Ruby · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5373
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1282
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1067 stars · 36 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Tamzen is a bitmapped monospace programming font, programmatically forked from the Tamsyn font with backported glyphs and Powerline symbol variants. It ships in multiple sizes as BDF/PCF fonts for terminals and console use.

Use cases

  • find a bitmap monospace font for my terminal
  • use a programming font in the Linux console VT
  • get a font with Powerline symbols for my status bar
  • use a crisp pixel font in XTerm or URxvt
  • configure a bitmap font in WezTerm

When to choose

  • you want a small, sharp bitmap font for terminals, editors, or the Linux console
  • you need Powerline glyphs baked into a bitmap font
  • you prefer pixel-perfect fonts over scalable fonts at small sizes

When to avoid

  • you need a scalable (TrueType/OpenType) font
  • you need wide Unicode coverage beyond the bitmap glyphs provided
  • you need a font for high-DPI displays where bitmap fonts look poor

Facets

application · maturity maintenance

developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform bitmap-font monospace-font programming-font powerline tamsyn-fork bdf-font command-line linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
sunaku/tamzen-fontmain23

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="sunaku/tamzen-font")

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