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Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by unnah on Thursday July 08, 2021 @01:38PM (#27775324)
Huh. Apparently the default Amiga Topaz font was redesigned for Kickstart ROM 2.0 without changing the name of the font. Compared to the old version, the new Topaz font does look rather generic.
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Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by LocalH on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:11PM (#27775766)
Topaz 1.x is basically a slightly modified IBM BIOS font. Topaz 2.x may look more generic but it’s not so blatantly a copy of any other such font that I’m aware of. Sort of like how the Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 have identical lowercase characters.
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