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since you’re asking if folks found Monogram useful…

so, this is probably not something you expected your font to be used for, but Monogram was the backbone of my Strawberry Jam 8 entry, Vacation. Strawberry Jam is an annual month-long game jam with the same theme every year, which is “whatever the devs are hot for”, explicitly inviting “adult-only” content.

Vacation is a Pico-8 game about being hypnotized into experiencing yourself as a pooltoy orca. “About” might be putting too much distance in there, it’s a text hypnosis session using a simple minigame as part of its schtick and mechanism. And the bulk of that text is in Monogram!

Monogram is the most legible Pico-8 font I found that had the friendliness and playfulness I needed for the concept I wanted to express. I had initially specifically wanted something “not-monospace” so it would feel less computer-y, but all other fonts I could find were substantially less legible or comfortable to read and I soon realized that it was much easier to get text placement right with a monospace font.

Out of 76 entries (74 after DQs), Vacation got 16th place overall, and 2nd place in the “Kink” category, the category which the game jam’s organizer describes as “Does it transcend the typical bounds of what is typically understood as sex?” in the judging criteria. I’m proud of that result, especially for my first game jam!

So, uh, a Pico-8 hypnokink Experience by a furry into inflatable toys may not have been what you were expecting Monogram would be used for, but here we are.

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Here we are indeed, Kistaro.

Can't say I expected this font would find a use case in this specific niche, but it's really cool to hear it worked for you!

This font was originally something I made for my own use, and I specifically wanted to make it monospace so it'd play well with text rendering anywhere, but without feeling too much like a "coding font". I'm glad that's how you felt about it too.

This is actually the first released PICO-8 project using monogram I've seen, so it sort of vindicates the work I put into my P8 port hahah!

Congrats on completing you first game jam! Keep at it, and let me know if monogram ever finds itself in another project of yours. Cheers!