HackGen

Programming Font HackGen

HackGen is a composite font of Hack and GenJyuu-Gothic.

HackGen is a programming font that combines the English font Hack for programming and the Genji Gothic derivative font of Gennokaku Gothic.

Not only is the two fonts combined, but we have also made some original modifications to further improve visibility.

• A classic uniform width font with half-width 1: full-width 2 (Character width 3: full-width 5 version included)
• Easy-to-read, moist English characters from Hack
• Kana and Kanji characters with a firm texture derived from Genju Gothic (compatible with kanji from the first to fourth level)
• Visualize full-width space, breaking pipe symbols | (Ricty Discord Inspire)
• The English letters are given hints to make them clearly visible
• Displaying Powerline symbols
• Other improvements in readingability
  • The turbidity and semi-turbidity points have been made larger than normal, making it easier to distinguish even when the display size is small.
  • It has been accented with the longーand the一kan numeral, making it easier to distinguish.
  • Added an accent toヘ, making it easier to distinguish it from hiragana.

Other programming fonts currently available

• PlemolJP with IBM Plex Sans JP for Japanese characters and IBM Plex Mono for alphanumeric characters
• UDEV Gothic with BIZ UD Gothic for Japanese characters and JetBrains Mono for alphanumeric characters
• Firge (phage) using Genshin Gothic for Japanese characters and Fira Mono for alphanumeric parts

White Source Regular Edition	White Source Half-width 3: Full-width 5 version

Types of font families

*All fonts contain Powerline symbols.

Font Family	explanation
HackGen	The regular version of the white source with the character width ratio "half-width 1: full-width 2". It mainly uses Hack-based fonts for alphanumeric symbols in ASCII codes, and other symbolic characters and kanji are based on Genju Gothic.
HackGen Console	A font family that has been applied all without excluded Hack-based fonts. Many symbols such as arrow symbols are displayed in half-width format, so it is recommended for those who want to use them in the console and display symbols as much as possible in half-width format.
HackGen35	A font family with the regular version of the white source character width ratio of "half-width 3: full-width 5". Alphanumeric characters are displayed larger than the regular white source. This may be easier to read for documents or code that contain little Japanese.
HackGen35 Console	A font family with HackGen Console character width ratio of 3:5 full-width

HackGen lineage	HackGen35 series
HackGen	HackGen35
HackGen Console	HackGen35 Console

Additionally, the additional HackGen NF HackGen35 NF font family has been added to the Nerd Fonts, allowing many icon fonts, including Font Awesome, to be displayed.

Installing Fonts

Pre-built ttf files can be downloaded from the GitHub release page.
Please install the downloaded ttf file in the procedure according to the OS.

Release - HackGen

• HackGen_バージョン.zip is the traditional HackGen/HackGen35
• HackGen_NF_バージョン.zip is a synthesis of Nerd Fonts to the traditional HackGen/HackGen35.

Installing Fonts with Homebrew

Homebrew users on Mac can also install it with the following command:
*The user added the repository to the Homebrew repository, so the repository owner cannot support how it is used. Thank you for your understanding.

 $ brew install font-hackgen
$ brew install font-hackgen-nerd

Installing Fonts with Chocolatey

Windows Chocolatey users can also install it with the following command:
Fonts where font-hackgen is not containing Nerd Fonts, and font-hackgen-nerd is font-hackgen-nerd is font-have Nerd Fonts.
*If installation fails, please post an issue in the package repository.

 > choco install font-hackgen
> choco install font-hackgen-nerd

Build environment

HackGen is built in the following environment:

• OS: Ubuntu 20.04.2 (Kubuntu)
• Tools
  • ttfautohint: 1.8.3
  • fonttools: 3.44.0
  • fontforge: 20201107

How to install build tools and points to note

• ttfautohint: sudo apt install ttfautohint
• fonttools: sudo pip2 install fonttools in Python 2
  • Since the pyftmerge included in fonttools are used as ttx , it is possible to use the system using sudo .
  • If you use Python 3 pip, fonttools 4.13.0 will be installed (as of August 1, 2020). In fonttools 4.13.0, the structure of the post table changes, so installation cannot be performed on macOS 10.15 (#12)
• fontforge: Download from the official website