PalmOS

October 13th 2007 • 6,950 views • 4 responses

PalmOS was designed for very small devices and as such the font is optimised for good visibility in constrained spaces. As such it makes a great proportional font in Windows where either space is at a premium (e.g. Visual Studio output window) or where you don’t want somebody to read over your shoulder (MSN Messenger).

Download PalmOS (Windows FON) (6 KB, 13 May 2006)

Samples

8pt regular
Codepage 1252 of PalmOS in 8pt regular		 bold
Codepage 1252 of PalmOS in 8pt bold
11pt regular
Codepage 1252 of PalmOS in 11pt regular

4 responses  

  1. Pingback Colour schemes for Visual Studio on October 14th, 2007

    [...] space for my monitor) that a couple of people have asked for. You will need the Envy Code R and PalmOS fonts to take full advantage but you can always map it to Consolas if you [...]

  2. Pingback Older pixel fonts back online on October 17th, 2007

    [...] PalmOS – a Window port of the PalmOS system font recreated from screenshots. [...]

  3. Collin Allen on December 20th, 2007

    This brings back memories of Espy Sans, featured on the Apple Newton and iPod mini: http://lowendmac.com/backnforth/art/espy.gif

  4. Pingback The Xerox Alto mono-spaced font rises again » DamienG on August 26th, 2008

    [...] don’t forget to check out my reproduction of the PalmOS system font. Not monospaced but very clear at small sizes – great for the Visual Studio output window [...]

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