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http://www.trueschool.se - TrueSchool Ascii edit / delete

Amiga bitmap fonts converted to modern formats. Includes the splendidly 90s P0T-NOoDLE font which I used to use for terminals...

to amiga fonts retrocomputing ... on 28 March 2016

8088 MPH: Olympiad: IBM prototype fonts unearthed edit / delete

Fonts from the IBM RT PC. Serif bitmaps, which are unusual and fairly attractive.

to bitmap fonts ibm retrocomputing terminal ... on 23 March 2016

Home - Use & Modify edit / delete

Good collection of links to open-source fonts. (Still looking for a good serif monospace font, though.)

to fonts ... on 22 January 2016

Bug 28549 – Gamma-corrected alpha blending for text output edit / delete

Patch to Cairo do alpha-blending (more or less) correctly for text. I'm somewhat tempted to use this in GARStow's packages, although it's a bit clunky.

to alpha blending cairo fonts gamma graphics rendering text to-package ... on 13 September 2015

How to choose a font | Wisdom and Wonder edit / delete

Links to various articles on font selection; various interesting references on readability for different purposes.

to accessibility fonts typesetting typography ... on 26 July 2014

NoSquint: Firefox Extension edit / delete

Extension for changing font sizes automatically in Firefox.

to firefox font-size fonts text ... on 28 April 2014

0xA000 Font Family edit / delete

"0xA000 is a font family designed for screen, inspired and constrained by the pixel raster. A tiled meta font family, that renders sharp at small sizes without needing hinting." Cute.

to bitmap fonts pixel raster ... on 28 April 2014

Wouter's Wiki : Square edit / delete

A font with square characters for rogue-likes.

to fonts games roguelike ... on 27 April 2014

Typography in 8 bits: System fonts » DamienG edit / delete

Comparison of system fonts from 8-bit machines. (I like the Amstrad CPC one, although the BBC one's probably cleaner overall.)

to acorn amstrad apple fonts retrocomputing sinclair typography ... on 14 August 2013

Bedstead – MODE 7 for the 21st century edit / delete

A nice vector version of the BBC Micro's Teletext font. The code to produce it is pretty neat -- it interpolates from a bitmap font, so you could try throwing other things at it...

to bbc bbc-micro fonts retrocomputing teletext ... on 27 February 2012