Teletext Origin
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A clear revival of the font used in Teletext, an information retrieval service that ran on old TVs from 1970s.
This 10 px ht font is in size 7.5 on Windows due to the 75% scaling of height.
Sadly, Singapore has ceased operations of its own Teletext service, named MediaCorp Teletext, on Monday, 30 September 2013.
Updated this font to include characters from languages the original font did not support, like Latin Extended A, and Latin Extended Additional.
Includes three extra configurations for the "small letter A" (including accented A's) that were used in the first two experiments.
Note: There are other variants that was made by jffry101 ("Teletext Double Height" and "Teletext") in 2019. Take note that this design has no connection to that variant, so don't complain that this font is a "clone" of that font.
It has come to our attention, that some of our fonts could have the potential to be flagged by someone to the Infocomm Media Development Authority to be "unauthorised" and "copyright-infringing" under the Copyright Act of 2021". This is not true, and is considered to be slanderously defamatory against the Font Designer, and FontStruct as a whole.
I have my decision, in terms of preservation of those fonts sourced from household appliances, through this font-building website, named FontStruct, and I will stand by it (for I will rightly refuse any takedown request from anyone, even if it is from the mightiest of them all itself, the Infocomm Media Development Authority).
Caution: Any attempt(s) from any governing bodies in Singapore to get this font taken down, by the font provider, will be constituted as "an "immoral act of digital censorship" and as such, will be met with swift and brutal resistance.
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Info:Created on 20th May 2020. Last edited on Fri, 8th May.
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License:All Rights Reserved. No download available.
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4 Comments
Wasnt this font used for UK/English Teletext only?...
Dear AskGamerViennaBinders,
it is really a pity you have so much trouble with Singaporeans believing this font were their intellectual property! I mean, how can they even think like that - this clearly can't be the case, as exactly this font is found in the CGROM (character generator ROM) of thousands and thousands of TV sets from the 1990's till today. I literally have one old Grundig set and several Panasonic sets which display exactly this font (or one with only ever-so-slight variations) in Teletext mode. Also, the ETSI specification of Teletext shows a default font that looks nearly identical (see page 106 etc.).
So, what is clearly your work and effort is to recreate these as a TTF font, which is a lot of work which cannot be appreciated highly enough (which I certainly do). But in terms of "intellecual property" or "prior art", clearly not those Singaporeans have any rights to that font. If they ran a Teletext service then the font is created/rendered in the TV's of the viewers, not created by them as Teletext service providers.
That's so... weird!
Anyway, I am the creator of an open-source software for rendering teletext pages on the web, which is already used by several German television networks for their websites, and also I run my little own "Teletext" on my website. Just for the sake of fun, I included a mode which renders the pages using the other (free/downloadable) variant of this font by jffry101, which really looks like on an old TV set. Unfortunately, many glyphs are missing from his font, so I am really looking forward to a point in time where - maybe - the "beef" with those Singaporeans could be resolved so anyone could benefit from your great work. Thanks again!
Here's the example using the other font:
https://www.fabianswebworld.de/ttxweb/?page=100&template=retro-tv
You can try the test page, 896, which shows the problems arising from e.g. glyphs for "äöüÄÖÜß", some more diacritics, and especially the "black square" (U+25A0) missing, so it destroys the monospaced layout. I think your font contains all of them, except U+25A0 which would be a worthy addition in case you ever plan additions/updates to this great font.
Anyway, keep up the great work!
Best regards,
Fabian
what.
Heya! Thanks for the comments!
While I am unable to read and reply to sny comments on this font, I am grateful for it.
If that is the case, I will update when necessary.
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