2026-08-07T12:36:15Z https://nostr.ae Damien Guard https://nostr.ae/npub133wzxe0d92usz4s5ywhaw5nlplqsx3j2aah0679g80np6fexcppqacjngx https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/206/281/622/689/535/original/ffef701240168454.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/206/281/622/689/535/original/ffef701240168454.jpg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspwu5g7dp58m77j2klhtn052a32tt265nk9nwajddrwdqk85d37zszyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyyexm4wc Oh dear the entire <a href="https://www.lyonlabs.org">https://www.lyonlabs.org</a> site is offline *and* excluded from archive.org.<br/><br/>It&#39;s a massive archive of vintage and modern GEOS and C64 material a lot of it seemingly not found elsewhere. 2025-12-10T12:54:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs86cw2d0qxytawulxacqwzmh8z3p48vm8jw33rll9t6035z6sf5vgzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyy0y9wqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy2fq79kwe3pk5suxqpje4vzk69qpvepnp00fus78uhkjcn8rn36gykx9ru'>nevent1q…x9ru</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In R you see from bottom left the pixels go:<br/><br/>111111 001001 011001 100110<br/><br/>Which matches the octal when you go in this order, lower to higher bits.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/677/544/799/717/248/original/8d3c9851b1bcf9d0.png"> <br/> 2025-12-07T09:21:59Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy2fq79kwe3pk5suxqpje4vzk69qpvepnp00fus78uhkjcn8rn36gzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyyumfnev In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyh8gj50ya8cw65trc9nre3nj8ecyshzrstlhx0gf3h9g4teqa9rsgwp8q3'>nevent1q…p8q3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So if you convert the octal to binary and then run up from bottom left...<br/><br/>e.g. R is 4477 3146 which gives 100100111111 011001100110<br/><br/>Going up from the bottom left of the R vertifcally it matches providing you start from the lower bits and progress to the upper bits. 2025-12-07T09:19:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvml28z8fvs9m0caf4ud6fwvhwem8nyx2ye6tcm7dxr8gmqe5a7zgzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyyd2dkdw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy6ncfggg3g7fg7ztj3pntv2lae3yq4wey6xqans5rv260ejct9jcz0lk7a'>nevent1q…lk7a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m all for playing in the right aspect ratio but I think screenshots need to be pixel-accurate renditions rather than somebody&#39;s idea of interpolation.<br/><br/>So many ruined upscaled/rescaled screenshots online. 2025-01-27T14:52:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsydcpjwmrfc7v0s2zd6w94hc8vuq936yd94u76aa23l078sh8ryzgzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyyq4pjyt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswmguprxtzvqhxskywnz8s3yj23eem088d987rjysdhwvuucw2pzqhlru8l'>nevent1q…ru8l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Perhaps <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rwqccwdq6mn9e03ramx7tsyqhr86hqyw8cg02xa9lw9v5deeg30spx04q5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Paul Flo Williams</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rwq…04q5</span>)</a></span> has a graphical dump of the 132 column mode font?<br/><br/>Or even some information on the compression or source used to extract the 80 column we could repurpose? 2025-01-14T09:08:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsr63y30lv5dprc7eutmzg2kdla2uec48n28ecemr8jqu5c2029xaszyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyyx5th0h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2purg4rllp9efwjlnt4ag8t932fdhpsml3hsdv34nlga8yp6hzjq7mkcp5'>nevent1q…kcp5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>While it does that on the Archimedes, BBC Micro, Amiga and Atari ST the VT320 does seem to contain a different ROM for 132 column mode.<br/><br/>It&#39;s actually quite close to the BBC Micro font (not the Mode 7 Teletext/Mullard SAA font).<br/><br/>Here&#39;s a starting point based on me squinting at the ROM image:<br/><br/><a href="https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2607771/bbc-micro-7-3">https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2607771/bbc-micro-7-3</a> 2025-01-13T23:38:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9dcjfmd8hna4amw8nq6d8da5pd2dsmlne8y5sdcewkpwpn4x96ugzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyytsut9j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3mlp7540zs3erqfqzj3ng45l54k5hj0s6cvwgjxlkn2643xk8pcqt2evq'>nevent1q…2evq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hmm, weird how that page skips over any mention of the 132-character font and how it&#39;s stored.<br/><br/>A quick peek into the VT320 ROM with binxelview got me this as a starting point:<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/823/549/997/750/955/original/8dcd44c1d1bb14cc.png"> <br/> 2025-01-13T23:05:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsq069l09lyqesvwe44jqw3c6ywnd2jqzannx3afmqpk3y52phfwzszyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyy9r3hja 8x8 Font Advent Calendar 2024 Day 19<br/><br/>Rugrats: Time Travelers<br/><br/>This 1999 Game Boy Color game was based on the Nickelodeon kids TV show Rugrats and created by UK software firm Software Creations.<br/><br/>It features a fun, friendly, yet readable font that works very well in the constrained grid.<br/><br/><a href="https://download.damieng.com/fonts/conversions/Rugrats+Time+Travelers.zip">https://download.damieng.com/fonts/conversions/Rugrats+Time+Travelers.zip</a><br/><br/>#adventoffonts #bitmapfont<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/680/015/682/851/183/original/d7799f333153cfd5.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/680/015/910/155/176/original/481e32b597eaa8ab.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/680/019/632/394/627/original/060b72b558e8bf1c.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/680/019/827/497/908/original/4b798e978e110be1.png"> <br/> 2024-12-19T14:45:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstz937na3g4q0hrhdup7ev5980panfjqj5pr7gjq6v7jv7ewgj8rszyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyy5yl5yc 8x8 Font Advent Calendar 2024 Day 18<br/><br/>Tanzanite<br/><br/>The Amiga was the first machine I had where fonts were no longer constrained into 8x8 pixels. I played with FED on the Workbench 1.3 extras disk for quite a while!<br/><br/>Here&#39;s a small tribute to Garnet, Ruby and Emerald!<br/><br/><a href="https://download.damieng.com/fonts/zx-origins/Tanzanite.zip">https://download.damieng.com/fonts/zx-origins/Tanzanite.zip</a><br/><br/>#adventoffonts #pixelfont #amiga<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/674/913/122/295/197/original/636f877fd79f61ce.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/674/915/321/025/024/original/8187d65a27d37b3f.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/674/915/321/487/785/original/dea8338c7dab71cf.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/674/915/321/363/995/original/11d8159b5ab499d1.png"> <br/> 2024-12-18T17:08:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfl99auevw57809al3f5x7dfs9gegngzyxrkkd49a2vylleaw59vqzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyy2hwyms 8x8 Font Advent Calendar 2024 Day 17<br/><br/>Chylos<br/><br/>GEOS is a massively underappreciated piece of computing history providing usable Mac-like UI on 8-bit machines with a fraction of the available power.<br/><br/>It was also home to many great proportional and varied-sized bitmap fonts including this absolute gem found tucked away in a Glenn Holmer&#39;s &#34;Cenbe Font Catalog&#34; PDF. <br/><br/>I couldn&#39;t find any information beyond this such as the designer.<br/><br/><a href="https://download.damieng.com/fonts/conversions/Chylos.zip">https://download.damieng.com/fonts/conversions/Chylos.zip</a><br/><br/>#adventoffonts #bitmapfont #geos<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/670/361/787/565/059/original/98e04678a833894c.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/670/361/978/543/584/original/020261b5303948bb.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/670/362/144/180/959/original/096bda9989ae65ba.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/670/362/315/082/824/original/a3b76e0e6cd64e89.png"> <br/> 2024-12-17T21:49:32Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs05y7nwpl5lm7hyfzd92axurk8vyup5puquc67rzr2wlxnptcy3cszyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyyg4uh7y 8x8 Font Advent Calendar 2024 Day 13<br/><br/>Delphine<br/><br/>French software house Delphine produced some fine games in their time from point &#39;n click classics to rotoscoped cutting-edge platformers.<br/><br/>This bumper pack contains 4 fonts.<br/><br/>A neat wide sans from Future Wars/Operation Stealth....<br/><br/>a high-contrast art-deco from Future Wars...<br/><br/>and a striking bold font from the Genesis version of Shaq Fu!<br/><br/><a href="https://download.damieng.com/fonts/conversions/Delphine.zip">https://download.damieng.com/fonts/conversions/Delphine.zip</a><br/><br/>#adventoffonts #pixelfont #sega #amiga<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/645/757/526/524/155/original/f2b719986a4f2786.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/645/757/528/675/218/original/985574d066e4dcdc.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/645/757/534/680/933/original/19e851c8c74cd0ef.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/645/757/550/595/887/original/3d8d3cf7803e7ac3.png"> <br/> 2024-12-13T13:32:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsywn8xve4tyjt49g3egwsjfeyyl2w7085kkfk9t4h9xz8ejzqftzszyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyyfng3la 8x8 Font Advent Calendar 2024 Day 10<br/><br/>Patrol<br/><br/>A new and original compact and aggressive font with cut-outs, unexpected serifs, and a full lower-case all available in three weights!<br/><br/><a href="https://download.damieng.com/fonts/zx-origins/Patrol.zip">https://download.damieng.com/fonts/zx-origins/Patrol.zip</a><br/><br/>#adventoffonts #pixelfont #pixelart<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/629/431/678/968/037/original/86c5f33d45dc481a.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/629/431/678/720/774/original/e20b1dda4c61e1f7.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/629/431/686/445/740/original/995d068151e546ab.png"> <br/> 2024-12-10T16:19:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswseanl4umvcmnl8z6px70ycjlvq23z5urvl2e2xch98tg20z7wtszyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyyg9uaz7 8x8 Font Advent Calendar 2024 Day 8<br/><br/>Wand<br/><br/>A brand-new original condensed italic/oblique with a slight curvature and flourishes gives a nice smooth and yet modern feel to anything set it in - even in so few pixels.<br/><br/><a href="https://download.damieng.com/fonts/zx-origins/Wand.zip">https://download.damieng.com/fonts/zx-origins/Wand.zip</a><br/><br/>#adventoffonts #pixelfont #indiedev<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/618/201/028/114/461/original/ef5f6a483fc67959.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/618/201/273/484/086/original/d6e8dea5ffbdacb8.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/618/231/257/758/927/original/f500808848e2b986.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/618/240/389/357/789/original/0969e011e0fa41e9.png"> <br/> 2024-12-08T16:45:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspwdw2lejpcthhsu38jrvuns4mw2v45qphhyhz6zzhjplkskuwn8qzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyypmxemq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs999wuathj6lrg7cceuy37ge8xv2zhvu5nzlpe43s43ucknau46kqgypc24'>nevent1q…pc24</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you want a lovely scalable TrueType reinterpretation of the IBM 3270 font for use in your terminal or web site then also consider checking out Ricardo Bánffy&#39;s conversion<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font">https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/600/534/542/696/827/original/0278f49c4da1c057.png"> <br/> 2024-12-05T13:50:27Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs999wuathj6lrg7cceuy37ge8xv2zhvu5nzlpe43s43ucknau46kqzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyyhayqtj 8x8 Font Advent Calendar 2024 Day 5<br/><br/>IBM-3270<br/><br/>IBM&#39;s 1971 terminal set the stage for &#34;green screen&#34; interfaces for a few decades even long after the addition of a few more colours.<br/><br/>The terminal font is surprisingly stylised for a business machine and it&#39;s reproduced here as best as it can in an 8x8 pixel font with bold variant.<br/><br/><a href="https://download.damieng.com/fonts/conversions/IBM-3270.zip">https://download.damieng.com/fonts/conversions/IBM-3270.zip</a><br/><br/>#adventoffonts #pixelfonts #ibm<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/600/481/148/369/687/original/484ec9c2d627834b.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/600/481/436/137/822/original/d9b4a5d38d111205.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/600/540/878/053/835/original/b8c45d0a9c4eab0d.png"> <br/> 2024-12-05T13:48:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfu5639ha8gfjgm8cgreg336utfg6qzgpga6sulttjuyu88crgwagzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyy44snr6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqhum2kvlvzsmtzm6fsuwcwrjjkv25pe2a2ge4glw395nrmfvrt5q39vnet'>nevent1q…vnet</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Inspired me to rip the ROM font - well, one of them!<br/><br/><a href="https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2585848/sharp-x68000">https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/2585848/sharp-x68000</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/585/318/647/631/429/original/3e6d0a236cd12802.png"> <br/> 2024-12-02T21:20:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8xu8zc8f90cyfvsx7h274pta8sd70q37v9ru3qry0rss8pp9pmwqzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyy0xwfhq 8x8 Font Advent Calendar 2024 Day 1<br/><br/>ZX Amelia<br/><br/>Stan Davis&#39; 1964 typeface takes inspiration from the magnetic OCR of its time but in a friendly, rounded &amp; bold style.<br/><br/>This 8x8 tiny pixel font reproduction attempts to do it justice!<br/><br/><a href="https://download.damieng.com/fonts/zx-origins/ZX%20Amelia.zip">https://download.damieng.com/fonts/zx-origins/ZX%20Amelia.zip</a><br/><br/>#adventoffonts #pixelfonts<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/576/788/609/513/566/original/09c1d8a5e91e5ca1.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/576/788/609/540/702/original/3232ca0509aea272.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/576/788/614/702/547/original/90a4d8e7a563224a.png"> <br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/576/792/220/340/271/original/87a356bd4aad8ad7.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-01T09:12:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgdlf4s70p65dtqguy9rw6vwety9mhyaj034jsm3ge2e64xr8wsrgzyzx9cgm9a54tjq2kzs36l46j0u8uzq6xfthkaltc4qa7v8f8ymqyytamx0z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyj5kyu0qw62npeyqf9p0k8gc7z88v68waz55nnw5ggwvl3g65qsg2yq30s'>nevent1q…q30s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah the &#34;team&#34; isn&#39;t going to turn up either. It&#39;ll be avatars talking to avatars. 2024-10-09T18:24:49Z