Typography in 8 bits: System fonts

Posted on February 23, 2011 by The Retroist

DamienG has put together a nice little collection of fonts that users of 8-bit computer computers will be familiar with. He does a nice breakdown of the influences and characteristics of 6 fonts and includes a true type download of each. So if you are fan of your good old Commodore 64 and other systems, and who isn’t, drop on by DamienG’s site and download some nice digital treats. I did…

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Typography in 8 bits: System fonts [@) DamienG

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One Response to Typography in 8 bits: System fonts

Atari Adventure Square says:

February 23, 2011 at 6:38 pm

Computer fonts are awesome.
Great link.

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