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Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by ourcat on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:59PM (#27776316)
I'm tempted to write something to help convert these for using in various U8g2/GFX libraries for micro-controllers. (I like building LED matrix/screens.)

It seems monobit only supports reading C/C++ fonts.

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Re:Hoard-of-bitfonts: bitmap fonts from disused operating sy... by joombaga on Thursday July 08, 2021 @03:27PM (#27776599)
You may find this useful/inspirational.

https://github.com/ropg/truetype2gfx

I've been using it for my Watchy (an esp32 that uses Adafruit GFX).

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