A custom font that displays Cistercian numerals using ligatures
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HN · launched Feb 8, 2026 · 171 upvotes (top 7%) · 0 views
Niche: typography and font tools · 123 launches, 7 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes This is a font project utilizing OpenType ligature substitution rules (GSUB tables) alongside a simple HTML/CSS demonstration page.
Discussion
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 739 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #76 of 740 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 100 days after the earliest competitor.
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- Font Fam · hn · 2026-10-26 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Bastardica · hn · 2026-09-20 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Siren-and-Sailor-Font · github · 2026-09-26 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.56
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