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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderAnother classic console font is the GPLv2 Solarize 12x29 PSF young'un oldschool font from Sun SPARCstation via Linux safekeeping, https://github.com/talamus/solarize-12x29-psf & https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2356167&s=f531b970... Origins of this font can be traced to the Sun Microsystems SPARCstation console. In some early days of Linux development that font was donated to be a part of the Linux kernel.. Characters: Latin, Greek, Cryillic, Pinyin.
My problem with these fontpacks is that they fail to emulate the blur of the electron gun that created visible gaps between the round pixels (which smeared into ovals). Only the most expensive IBM 8514/A (or later NEC 6FG) monitors looked that sharp, but most of us were using inexpensive monochrome (amber or green) displays in the 80's.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 241
- Total comments
- 44
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-09 | The Oldschool PC Font PackFirst breakout | peter_d_sherman | 109 | 29 |
| 2023-10-05 | The Oldschool PC Font Pack | chungy | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-08-22 | The Oldschool PC Font Resource | vladde | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-09-30 | The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font PackBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | OuterVale | 124 | 15 |
| 2026-04-08 | The Oldschool PC Font Pack | petercooper | 3 | 0 |