Fonts I use
An original monospaced pixel font for dense code. Astra Pixel Regular 1.0.0 uses a 5 × 10px cell at 10px: 10% more rows than compact Departure with the same 8px capitals and 6px lowercase. Complete printable ASCII and light terminal box drawing; short descenders keep lines compact.
Download the TTF · Offline comparison · Editable sources and design notes
nix profile install github:y0usaf/fonts#astra-pixelThe package also retains Facet, Loom and Reed design alternatives. The comparison includes compact Departure and all three original Pixel Mono presets.
Preview phrase: “Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.”
Regenerate the SVGs and this README section with Nix:
nix develop -c ./scripts/generate_previews.pyOr without Nix:
python3 -m venv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
python3 -m pip install fonttools uharfbuzz
./scripts/generate_previews.pyInstall everything:
nix profile install github:y0usaf/fontsOr a single family — each subfolder of fonts/ is its own package:
nix profile install github:y0usaf/fonts#commit-mono
nix flake show github:y0usaf/fonts # list all familiesOr from a local checkout:
nix profile install .This repository is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later. See LICENSE.
Bundled/generated font binaries may retain license requirements from their upstream source families. Keep upstream copyright and license notices where required.