There is a pretty interesting development blog at https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/ https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/. Its been a while since I followed it, but

There is a pretty interesting development blog at https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/ https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/. Its been a while since I followed it, but at least in the beginning Ron was writing about the game engine design. They also touched upon what you are referring to, and at least for the in-game font you can switch to an old-style mode.