+Pac-Lander Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Does a font exist that mimics the 7800 simple visual text? Trying to find for design exploration purposes. I looked around a bit and couldn't find it anywhere. Appreciation in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 The 7800 doesn't have a font as it doesn't actually have any character sets programmed into it. The fonts you see in the games are programmed to look that way within the games themselves. Having said that, some of the homebrew authors might be willing to share their sketches etc. of their fonts they have designed in their games maybe? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Pac-Lander Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 On 4/20/2022 at 8:32 PM, -^CrossBow^- said: The 7800 doesn't have a font as it doesn't actually have any character sets programmed into it. The fonts you see in the games are programmed to look that way within the games themselves. Having said that, some of the homebrew authors might be willing to share their sketches etc. of their fonts they have designed in their games maybe? Absolutely. They are actually the 7800 "double wide" pixels. But I've seen actual downloadable font sets that are designed to recreate/mimic the NES and SMS characters, and was just curious if anyone had made a set specifically for the 7800 that did the same. https://fonts2u.com/pixel-nes.font Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmonyFM Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I would imagine the homebrewers probably have something but for us general audiences the best option is probably to whip something up in photoshop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 15 hours ago, aaron1677 said: Does a font exist that mimics the 7800 basic visual text? Trying to find for design exploration purposes. I looked around a bit and couldn't find it anywhere. Appreciation in advance! I strongly favor @Defender_2600 work, provided and exemplified in this post, as a great Arcade looking font. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Pac-Lander Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 4/21/2022 at 8:15 AM, Trebor said: I strongly favor @Defender_2600 work, provided and exemplified in this post, as a great Arcade looking font. Ahh, wow this is great! I was looking for more of an actual font that I could import and type with, but this will work! Many thanks @Trebor, and of course to @Defender_2600 for creating it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traxx Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 The c64 uses double width or hi res so you can convert these to 7800 easily,http://home-2002.code-cop.org/c64/font_01.html 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Muddyfunster Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 I think that there are also some example / sample fonts included in the 7800Basic distro that may be useful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Pac-Lander Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 On 4/21/2022 at 8:15 AM, Trebor said: I strongly favor @Defender_2600 work, provided and exemplified in this post, as a great Arcade looking font. I was able to create a .ttf font (attached) from that .bmp set, and set the copyright to Defender 2600: Thank you again very much to @Defender_2600 and @Trebor. 7800Arcade.ttf 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 This font looks just right for mini-games. Very easy to read. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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