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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Brass Mono\n\n[![Build Status, hopefully green...](https://circleci.com/gh/fonsecapeter/brass_mono.svg?style=svg)](https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/fonsecapeter/brass_mono)\n\nv1.101\n\n[Download here](https://github.com/fonsecapeter/brass_mono/releases/latest/)\n\n![brass_mono](/documentation/sample.png \u0027sample.png\u0027)\n\nA free\u00a0retro\u00a0monospaced font inspired by 20th century electrical and mechanical design. It\u0027s open source, a solid choice for writing code, and pairs well with [krafftachrome](https://github.com/fonsecapeter/krafftachrome_visual_studio_code) or [shellectric colors](https://github.com/fonsecapeter/shellectric-color-scheme).\n\n## Now with Code Ligatures!\nThis project actually contains 2 fonts: Brass Mono (no ligatures) and Brass Mono Code (with code ligatures), similar to [Fira Code ](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode) (but with way less ligatures).\n\n![code_ligatures](/documentation/code_ligatures.png \u0027code_ligatures.png\u0027)\n\n### Origin Story\n\nFonts like this are all over the place. They\u0027re type-written in service manuals, stamped on elecrtical components, molded in steel, and pressed into fresh concrete. I made this font in an attempt to capture the beautifully functional, completely unplanned aesthetic that emerged as people who work with their hands built a world around them. I don\u0027t know that there\u0027s a specific font I\u0027m talking about here, but you know it when you see it.\n\n![in_the_wild_1](/documentation/in_the_wild_1.jpg \u0027in_the_wild_1.jpg\u0027)\n\nI made this font shortly after becoming a software engineer. While I loved writing in the blocky monospaced fonts that all code is written in, I couldn\u0027t shake the feeling that something was missing. Eventually I gave in and, despite not having any font making education, found some open source tools and got to work. I started out just tracing a couple other fonts I liked (wish I could remember which ones) and making modifications wherever I felt like it. As soon as I had enough letters, I started using my new ",
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