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About DEC Terminal Modern Font
Based on the font of the Digital Electronics Corp's VT220 video terminal. (circa 1983). I've added all the characters from the ROM of the VT220 plus created missing characters to fill out the font. (2217 total glyphs in the font.
The latest font specimen can be found here:
http://www.vtxemu.com/vtx/fnt/_decterm-demo.html
The latest version of the font can be found here:
http://www.vtxemu.com/download.html
Style & Use Cases
- Overall Style
- Clean, Modern, Basic
- Use Case
- Body Text, UI
- Ideal For
- branding, interfaces, and modern layouts
- Pairs With
- a contrasting serif for headings
How to Install DEC Terminal Modern Font
Step-by-step instructions for every platform
- 1Download the DEC Terminal Modern font file (.ttf or .otf).
- 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
- 3Right-click the font file.
- 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
- 5DEC Terminal Modern is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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DEC Terminal Modern Font
Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team Β· Updated October 2026
License: Free for personal use
















