I think all CGAs did have that font by default because CGA just had just poor resolution that they didn't have space for better characters. Most CGA adapters s

I think all CGAs did have that font by default because CGA just had just poor resolution that they didn't have space for better characters. Most CGA adapters switched to MDA or Hercules mode when displaying text, which offered much better rendering. But if you needed to mix graphics and text this didn't work. So you got stuck with the piss-poor 320x200. And the two hideous colour palettes. I never understood how anyone could design that and think it was a good idea or something.