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Oldschool PC fonts, release v2.0 (int10h.org)
29 points by gilad on July 18, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


I love how each company experimented to come up with signature looks. Some are really nice to look at (like Olivetti MxVGA, Wyse 700b-2y correct 5:12, and the correct EpsonMGA Mono) while others are visually bizarre (like those insane r characters in Sperry, and pretty much everything about EagleSpCGA Alt2 and Alt3 fonts).

The tiny red-on-grey is so hard to read, though. But it's pretty much on par with what we saw back then.


I cannot explain why I like text mode so much. But I do. And I love the old text mode fonts.


Because it's simple, straight to the point, doesn't have any distracting images, perfectly aligned, light, ...


A sign that I should log off: I recognized this from a discussion 2 days ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23869665




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