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It's a shame these are all presented with giant blocky pixels. It makes some of the fonts look really ugly (ex. Lady Bug). Better IMO to present them as they
by colanderman 7y ago
It's a shame these are all presented with giant blocky pixels. It makes some of the fonts look really ugly (ex. Lady Bug). Better IMO to present them as they would appear on the medium for which the designers intended them, a CRT. https://www.hottechzone.com/is-an-old-crt-television-perfect-for-retro-gaming/ https://www.hottechzone.com/is-an-old-crt-television-perfect... has some good examples of the difference.
Another post from the same site, with a high-quality image of a Space Invaders CRT for direct comparison with the first example in the article: https://www.hottechzone.com/taito-space-invaders-arcade-machine/ https://www.hottechzone.com/taito-space-invaders-arcade-mach...
- Rooster61 7y agoI dunno, I think it's good to look at these typefaces from a different perspective. An analogy would be examining a butterfly that has been pinned so that its anatomy can be examined up close. It's not as pretty or elegant as seeing it fluttering around outside, but it does let you experience it in a way that gives you information you wouldn't normally get.
- colanderman 7y agoI don't disagree, but to continue the analogy, pictures of live butterflies in flight are nonetheless invaluable to a researcher, and difficult to obtain. Although emulation helps, the "original look" of many of these fonts may be forever lost to time as the original hardware dies out.