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Developer releases Nordwand Mono, an open-source monospace coding font

An independent developer built Nordwand Mono, a monospace typeface generated with Python code rather than traditional font design tools. The font blends proportions from JetBrains Mono with stylistic influences from Univers, SF Mono, Alpes Mono, and Ubuntu Mono, and includes alternate glyph styles plus two ligatures for arrow symbols. Users can customize metrics like x-height via a config file and regenerate the font themselves using the provided Python scripts.

New tool lets users generate 'cursed' fonts like Times New Bastard

A Show HN project lets users create distorted, glitch-style fonts—dubbed 'bastard fonts'—that are exported as standard OpenType files. The visual distortion is achieved through contextual ligature substitutions embedded in the font file, which most browsers and design tools enable by default.