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A brief history of the Bloomberg terminal

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graboid · 1790790391 · focus · HN ↗
Does someone know any font that is similar to the closed-source Bloomberg terminal font? I really love that font.
1. apaprocki · 1790791334 · focus · HN ↗
  Some backstory on the font that Matthew Carter designed is here: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/company/stories/how-bloomberg-terminal-ux-designers-conceal-complexity/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/company/stories/how-bloomberg-term...
  Some people like it and projects like this have appeared: <a href="https://github.com/dchest/bergoom" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/dchest/bergoom
  1. graboid · 1790793842 · focus · HN ↗
    Thanks! bergoom looks promising - no monospaced variant, but I think that can be done.
2. raldi · 1790807582 · focus · HN ↗
  I was working there when they switched to that font. A lot of people were furious that their cheese had been moved.

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