Post #3522370
2026-07-01 07:04 UTC
FENwright, a FEN-to-Chessboard font, is a very clever font that turns a Forsyth-Edwards Notation of chessboard pieces into a real chessboard! (Well, a digital one on your screen)
I like that the font is just an 8 kilobyte WOFF2!
Try it out here: https://philatype.github.io/fenwright/
Or read about how it was made: https://medium.com/@kosalsen/how-i-built-a-chess-rendering-engine-inside-an-opentype-font-27e4a4d520e7
#typography #chess
Replies (3)
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@TiroTypeworks@typo.social 2026-07-01 15:24
@pixelambacht@typo.social It’s going to be a total bloodbath.
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@muvlon@hachyderm.io 2026-07-02 00:18
@pixelambacht@typo.social Nice, now do algebraic notation. Doubly disambiguated moves and all! :blobfoxangrylaugh: With how powerful fonts are these days it's actually possible, but it would be misery.
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@songxisto@icosahedron.website 2026-07-02 06:59
@pixelambacht@typo.social doesn’t seem to work on my side (both firefox and chrome)