Ghost Byte Download 382 characters/601 glyphs/OFL 1.1

Ink traps and bitmaps

Ghost Byte

A proportional, pixel-construction typeface without the rigid monospace grid. Ink traps prevent congestion at smaller sizes and add flavor at larger sizes.
Ghost Byte was designed by Matt Yow with support from Matthew Smith.

Download — free Try it below

Specimen

x-height 600 / cap 700 / 1000 upm

Ghost Byte128
Haunted phosphor72
The beam passes, the glow lingers40
Small caps, oldstyle figures, fractions, four stylistic sets24
At sixteen pixels the corners hold, the counters stay open.16

Type tester

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Size 64
Features

No features applied.

Character set

382 mapped characters / 601 glyphs including alternates

A
U+0041 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A

Files & license

Free for anything, including commercial work

GhostByte.zip — OTF, TTF, WOFF2, WOFF 120 KB ↓ 
@font-face {
  font-family: "Ghost Byte";
  src: url("GhostByte-Regular.woff2") format("woff2"),
       url("GhostByte-Regular.woff") format("woff");
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
}

SIL Open Font License 1.1. The same license behind most open typefaces. In plain terms:

  • Use it for anything
  • Bundle it with an app or a website
  • Modify it, as long as you rename your version
  • Sell the font file on its own

The full text ships in the download: OFL.txt.