blog: Departure Mono

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+title: "Departure Mono"
+description: >
+  A fun fixed-width font evoking old school terminals and pixel fonts
+  from early computing.
+date: 2024-12-28T08:19:53-05:00
+resources:
+  - src: screenshot.png
+    title:
+    params:
+      alt: >
+        A screenshot of the Departure Mono website. On the left, a small caption
+        "Departure Mono is a monospaced pixel font with a lo-fi technical vibe".
+        On the right are two examples: a personal letter on continuous feed
+        paper, and a notice on small stationary.
+tags:
+  - Fonts
+  - Design
+  - Web Design
+---
+
+Here's a fun fixed-width pixel font I came across the other day: [Departure
+Mono][dep]. It's got a neat old school terminal vibe, think VT100 or Commodore
+64.
+
+{{< figures/image name=screenshot.png >}}
+
+[dep]: https://departuremono.com