Early PC video cards featured a familiar serif 8x8 font.
Over the years different manufactures tweaked a few glyphs (ATI), made a serif version (Amstrad), or just plain stylized parts (AMI & Phoenix BIOS) all of which gave a slightly off-brand feel.
Here's a new font that celebrates those differences by embracing these odd quirks for a very not-quite-in-Kansas PC feel.
New on the Delve Fonts blog: Face/Interface 2023 by @johndberry
On the 40th anniversary of a 1983 working seminar, “The Computer and the Hand in Type Design.” Stanford hosted another seminal typographic event: “Face/Interface: Global Type Design and Human-Computer Interaction” organized by @tsmullaney and colleagues. Chuck Bigelow was keynote speaker …
Another great find from the depths of GEOS history this font gives MacOS Venice font vibes but in just 8x8 pixels with a slightly rougher feel that make it a great choice for old or mythic themed adventures.
If you subset your #fonts, what do you do with the unicode ranges that aren't in the standard language ranges (e.g. latin, latin-ext, cyrillic)? Do you put them in a separate subset or do you ignore them?
The 1920's art deco movement has inspired a lot of design and plenty of typography to go with it. Personally having already published SIX such 8x8 typefaces I wasn't sure I could do something new...
Matinee however takes that art deco, keeps it bold and contrasted and yet softens some hard edges to keep it friendly and comes with a small caps variant.
Can you tell me about the style of typography in this image? I am assuming it was made using an architect's type template-thing? The kind that holds a pen?
What is that tool called?
Are there any fonts that mimic the look? (or conversely, what font does the template mimic?)
The Atari ST used the GEM "Graphical Environment Manager" for its desktop UI and this cute little 6x6 font deviated from the usual GEM one to provide something that felt compact but without too much compromise.
A new futuristic open face pruned back to the basics with isolated segments allowing them to be easily stencilled on the side of a space, air, land or sea craft - or just to save time etching or spraying.
Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels are a fantastical comedic romp through a crazy world of heroes, villains and improbable but familiar situations.
The 1995 graphical adventure loosely follows the "Guards, Guards!" book and adorns the game with gorgeous art and voice acting and a small pixel font for us to admire.
I liked @aeva's idea of using the LaTeX font in a game as an in-joke for all the mathies/CS students/etc. so much that I tracked down the files for Computer Modern Unicode, which is (hopefully) the current "full" version of Computer Modern:
Does anybody know the name of this typeface which was prevalent in the 1950s and 60s? People often say it's Stymie Bold Italic, but it isn't. Stymie letters such as 'O' and 'U' are more rounded and the top of the 'A' has serif lines left and right, whereas my examples don't. #typography#graphicdesign#fonts
Uni9 is another GEOS font this time attempting to reproduce the incredible Universe font in a mere 9 point size. It's a very nice adaptation and the fixed-width renderer here doesn't quite do the font justice (note the trimming of g and y to squeeze it in to 8 pixels).
Revue, created by Colin Brignall in 1968, could be found everywhere in the 70s & 80s. Gamers might recognize it from the title screen and livery of the 1987 arcade classic After Burner from SEGA.
Here's a brand new attempt to squeeze that distinctive face, complete with lower-case, into an 8x8 grid and the outcome is quite successful I think.
A clear font with lovely swashes across the top of each capital letter for additional flair and extravagance.
I found this typeface hidden away in a 2016 PDF titled "ShadowM's GEOS Font Catalog". While intended to be used with a proportional font renderer like other GEOS fonts it fits into an 8x8 container.
Another new font this time with an old worn look that takes cues from ancient chiselled serif fonts while applying a hint of uncial hand lettering for a distinctly prophetic look!
I know it's weird picking on #fonts , but I really don't care for #cantarell It's fine but it's not a font that looks good being looked at every day, such as the #GNOME desktop. I recently discovered the #inter font and after using it as my general GUI font for the past two weeks, it's incredible how much more legible it is.
In a #Windows context, it's like comparing #calibri to #segoe One is fine, and the other is hands down better.
This new font was inspired as being the counterpoint to my Protractor font that featured straight lines and harsh angles and instead takes broad rounded strokes as far as they can be squeezed in!