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@Patrick H. Lauke (redux) - Wow. You have been on a tear with all of these samples today! (:^O
@goatmeal yeah went on a bit of a "make sure even the oldest fonts have a sample" spree last night, after spending some time just revisiting a really old (chaos engine) one and correcting past mistakes. just tidying things up a bit.
Nice work. 10/10
PS: I have one issue with these fonts from the early computer era: the consistent elimination of descenders. The lower case j, g, p, q, and ç look absolutely ridiculous. There is a reason we have descenders; they improve legibility. I have the impression that those people who created these fonts had no understanding of basic typography concepts, whatsoever. They were probably computer enthusiasts, not designers. A case in point is the ß (eszett) in your sample: it looks like a Greek β (beta). The μ (Mu) and the ç (small c with cedilla) have been lifted up from the baseline. No, this is not the end of our civilization, but it's bad enough. If you have no room for descenders, just stick to the capitals. As a user/reader I want to read the text, not decipher!
@Patrick H. Lauke (redux): This critique is not about your work here. You've done a good job by faithfully recreating and preserving this old pixel font. I'm very fond of your work.
in fairness, they had the technical limitation of having to fit it into an 8x8 grid. descenders were the first things to go...
@Frodo7: Your keen evaluation and insight is always impressive.
@redux: The grided letters in the background in the sample are super cool. Perhaps you could do a version where the empty pixel are still visible as an empty box?
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