The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff

Font comparisons:

• [Archive.is] Differences – Lucida Console & Consolas
• [Archive.is] Differences – Courier New & Lucida Console
• [Archive.is] Differences – Courier New & Consolas

Via: [WayBack] I forgot in which version of Windows, the command prompt defaulted to the Consolas font… – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+

Based on this, I found more font identification sites:

• [WayBack] WhatTheFont! « MyFonts (where you have to upload an image)
• [WayBack] Fontspring Matcherator :: Find Fonts From An Image (where you have to upload an image or enter an URL; images are limited to 2 megabytes each; URLs have to end in .jpg or .png as for instance .jpg:large and .jpg?s=large fail)
  • The same engine is used at [WayBack] Identify Fonts – The Font Squirrel Matcherator

I tried both at  and  (used bySource: “techorama” – Google Search), but only WhatTheFont managed to get the glyphs and font similar fonts on both, and Matcherator got the glyphs wrong in both images, even after manually cropping.

[WayBack] Jeroen Pluimers on Twitter: “Het @techorama font is zoo geweldig! Warme herinneringen aan mijn scalable font tijd bij Polyvroom en Mecanorma.… “

Het @techorama font is zoo geweldig! Warme herinneringen aan mijn scalable font tijd bij Polyvroom en Mecanorma. pic.twitter.com/5DajGduk8L

— Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social (@jpluimers) October 3, 2018

 

Related:

• [WayBack] Stupid Geek Tricks: Enable More Fonts for the Windows Command Prompt (via HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Console\TrueTypeFont)
  • Similar to
    • [WayBack] Using Consolas as the Windows Console Font – Scott Hanselman
    • [WayBack] Necessary criteria for fonts to be available in a command window (the WayBack works, original KB 247815 article is gone) which has these criteria
      • The fonts must meet the following criteria to be available in a command session window:
        • The font must be a fixed-pitch font.
        • The font cannot be an italic font.
        • The font cannot have a negative A or C space.
        • If it is a TrueType font, it must be FF_MODERN.
        • If it is not a TrueType font, it must be OEM_CHARSET.

        Additional criteria for Asian installations:

        • If it is not a TrueType font, the face name must be “Terminal.”
        • If it is an Asian TrueType font, it must also be an Asian character set.
  • PowerShell varieties:
    • [WayBack] Add font choices to the console · GitHub
    • [WayBack] Windows PowerShell Font Customization | PowerShell Team Blog
  • Extra font requirements:
    • [WayBack] Console Windows’ fonts · Issue #1410 · fontforge/fontforge · GitHub
      • If it is an Asian TrueType font, it won’t be loaded on non-Asian installs of Windows.
• [WayBack] Consolas and ClearType

–jeroen

[Archive.is] https://cdn.evbuc.com/images/26827141/86101336719/1/original.jpg (2160×1080)