Font files / repository

Paladin (722)

09-05-2023, 03:43

Hi,

Can someone point me to a font repository that can be used on MSX or just some font files? I am developing a project and I am using GRPPRT to print text on screen, and I dont like the original MSX font, I want to replace it for another one.

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Van ro

Scribe (5061)

09-05-2023, 10:38

Hai, here's a great resource for fonts:

https://damieng.com/typography/zx-origins/

more than a bazillion files which will load just fine on MSX as they are 8bit char fonts.

Van santiontanon

Paragon (1832)

09-05-2023, 13:57

oh wow, I was not aware of that page, some of those fonts are super nice!

Van iamweasel2

Paladin (722)

09-05-2023, 15:34

ro wrote:

Hai, here's a great resource for fonts:

https://damieng.com/typography/zx-origins/

more than a bazillion files which will load just fine on MSX as they are 8bit char fonts.

Great site indeed, thanks a lot ro. :)

Van Micha

Expert (110)

09-05-2023, 16:04

A really good resource on this topic is the book "Arcade game typography" by Toshi Omagari.
A lot of oldschool arcade game 8x8 fonts in one book, accompanied with research on it.

Van aoineko

Paragon (1138)

10-05-2023, 18:53

What a nice source of fonts.
And free ones (with attribution).
I'll add some of them to the ones I made for MSXgl: https://github.com/aoineko-fr/MSXgl/tree/main/engine/datasrc... (free licence CC By-Sa).

Van albs_br

Champion (499)

10-05-2023, 19:03

I like the original IBM-PC font, very clean and different from the standard MSX font:

Here it is, already on MSX format, with example source code:
https://github.com/albs-br/msx-tests/blob/master/ibm-pc-font.s

Van iamweasel2

Paladin (722)

12-05-2023, 03:47

Thanks aoineko and albs_br for the links. This book sounds really interesting, thanks for the hint, Micha.

Van albs_br

Champion (499)

12-05-2023, 14:35

Found this one here:

https://github.com/a8bit/EightBit-Atari-Fonts