10 blog posts tagged pixel fonts
ZX Origins - free 8-bit fonts for games
I started designing fonts around 1987 on an 8-bit Sinclair ZX Spectrum. Many years later, my involvement in the Spectrum emulation scene led aul Dunn to ask me if I could provide fonts for his excellent BASIN Sinclair BASIC for Windows. My interest in 8x8 fonts was suitably rekindled, and I ended up delivering about 60 - some even extracted from my original +3 disk images.
Typography in bits: For a few pixels more
Examining the system fonts of the TRS-80 Color Computer, Dragon, Tatung Einstein, Commodore 128, Texas Instruments TI-99/4A, and Oric Atmos.
Typography in bits: Other English micros
Examining the system fonts of the Sinclair QL, Memotech MTX512, Amstrad PCW, Acorn Archimedes and SAM Coupé.
Typography in 16-bits: System fonts
A look at the system fonts of 16-bit machines including the IBM CGA & VGA Adapters, Apple Macintosh, Commodore Amiga, and Atari ST.
Typography in 8 bits: System fonts
Examining the system fonts of the Commodore PET, Apple ][, Atari 400/800, Acorn BBC Micro, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and MSX.
The Xerox Alto mono-spaced font rises again
Computing history tells us of a mythical place where many of the innovations we take for granted today were either invented or refined to a working level at a single location known as the Xerox’s Palo-Alto Research Center (PARC).
Older pixel fonts back online
Some of my older bitmap “pixel” font files are now available again, they are:
Envy Code B font available in TrueType format
It’s been a long time coming but finally, a TrueType conversion of my programming font Envy Code B.
Palm OS font available
Release of a pixel-perfect Palm OS system font conversion, reproducing the original 7pt regular and bold and 11pt larger variants from screen-shots for use on modern systems.
Envy Code A & Code B programming fonts updated
Update to the Envy Code A and Envy Code B pixel programming fonts fixing 9pt bold misalignments and introducing a new 12pt size for Envy Code A.