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Because almost all the early home computers supported lowercase. https://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-in-8-bits-system-fonts/ https://damieng.com/blo
by tdeck 3y ago
Because almost all the early home computers supported lowercase.
https://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-in-8-bits-system-fonts/ https://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-in-8-bits-sys...
The only notable exception I can think of is the ZX-80/81 which had notoriously rudimentary output capabilities because it was designed to be so cheap.
- flohofwoe 3y agoThe KC85/2 (https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit/kc852.html https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit/kc852.html) also only supported uppercase, AFAIK mainly because there wasn't enough room left in ROM for the lowercase characters. The followup model KC85/3 (https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit/kc853.html https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit/kc853.html) added the lowercase characters though, and the KC85/4 changed the font for better readability (but IMHO aesthetically less pleasing than the KC85/3 font): https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit/kc854.html https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit/kc854.html ...and when connecting such a machine to a TV via antenna input, reading the KC85/3 lowercase characters was indeed a bit of guesswork.
- tdeck 3y agoWow, an old computer I've never heard of before. I love it!