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Re:Fonts extracted from BIOSes and VGA ROMs by VikingCoder on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:11AM (#23167045)
It's a tedious, manual process, but I have used https://fontstruct.com/ to make TTF fonts from bitmap fonts before.
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Re:Fonts extracted from BIOSes and VGA ROMs by aasasd on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:30AM (#23167216)
There was a post just recently on this topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23129434

If the Fontstruct thing is better or easier, the author might benefit from a pointer to it.

Also it was mentioned that the https://int10h.org site has its own article on the method they used, but I can't find the link now.

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Re:Fonts extracted from BIOSes and VGA ROMs by VikingCoder on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @10:35AM (#23167267)
Every time old fonts come up, I have to mention Cool Retro Term:

https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term

Sorry for the music in this video, but cool-retro-term really is a thing of beauty:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWx7REAQ2MY

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Re:Fonts extracted from BIOSes and VGA ROMs by aasasd on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @12:31PM (#23168611)
Btw, the proper use for that app is firing it up on someone's laptop in full-screen if they leave the machine unlocked.

Also iirc the authors went to some lengths to accurately simulate the effects of phosphor—which is also a topic in game emulation (in the spirit of https://pics.me.me/what-indie-developers-think-what-retro-ga...).

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Re:Fonts extracted from BIOSes and VGA ROMs by andrewshadura on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @11:29AM (#23167824)
Have you tried Bits'n'Picas?
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Re:Fonts extracted from BIOSes and VGA ROMs by VikingCoder on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @01:37PM (#23169400)
No I haven't. Is it good?
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