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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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