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The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack

124 points by OuterVale 2y ago

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m463 2y ago
We need these fonts in .psf format for the linux console. Maybe super-sized versions for 4k displays. (I think that would be 48x90 or 48x86!)
jesprenj 2y ago
> Free to use under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license Really? Can you even copyright a font? As far as I know, fonts can't be copyrighted, meaning they can be used by anyone without needing a licence. IANAL, but it seems like font users aren't required to comply with attribution and share-alike requirements of the CC licence.
- akx 2y ago
  The shapes can't be copyrighted, apparently, but the bits that make up the digitalization can. IANAL, etc.
  - teddyh 2y ago
    Bitmap fonts are not covered by copyright: <https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-393.pdf https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-393.pdf>, <https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-443.pdf https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-443.pdf> It is vector fonts, which can contain copyrightable code, which can be copyrighted.
    - akx 2y ago
      So it would seem. Thanks for digging those up. With vector fonts containing copyrightable code, are you referring to e.g. TrueType hinting, or OpenType shaping (or very avant-gardely, WASM shaping)? I should hope the glyph-drawing instructions don't fall under this definition of code, because that'd maybe mean SVG `path`s are copyrightable...
      - teddyh 2y ago
        > With vector fonts containing copyrightable code, are you referring to What specifics you can get is all described in ML-443.
transpute 2y ago
Another classic console font is the GPLv2 Solarize 12x29 PSF young'un oldschool font from Sun SPARCstation via Linux safekeeping, https://github.com/talamus/solarize-12x29-psf https://github.com/talamus/solarize-12x29-psf & https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2356167&s=f531b970e95a35a5e5c5305f0d0bc63d https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2356167&s=f531b970... Origins of this font can be traced to the Sun Microsystems SPARCstation console. In some early days of Linux development that font was donated to be a part of the Linux kernel.. Characters: Latin, Greek, Cryillic, Pinyin.
romwell 2y ago
Excellent. Even looking at that page brings me back to DOS days. BTW, what’s everyone’s favorite NFO viewer? With this font pack, LiteXL/Pragtical would probably do a great job, BRB gotta test it.
- 486sx33 2y ago
  Used to just use EDIT or ACIDDRAW
shrubble 2y ago
The Corona is my favorite font at https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/font?cordata_ppc-400#- https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/font?cordata_... On FreeBSD the SPARC console font is called “gallant” by the way and is easy to use if installed: vidcontrol -f 8x16 gallant
rob74 2y ago
I get the nostalgia, but even back in the day I though that the "standard" PC text mode font was really ugly. With a little bit more effort, IBM could have made everyone's life a little bit more pleasant, but they didn't.
- AnthonBerg 2y ago
  As it turns out, it’s actually a quite beautiful font. It doesn’t make any sense, but it is. Like… It is its own aesthetic paradigm?
- londons_explore 2y ago
  There aren't that many choices when it comes to drawing the letter "A" on an 8x6 pixel grid... I don't think the font designers had much option for pretty.
rspoerri 2y ago
i'd love to make a website with similar style. but i did not find any informations on the int10h website. anybody knows anything about it? (except of course just to make it myself)
- _def 2y ago
  There is https://github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386 https://github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386
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124 points by OuterVale 2y ago

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m463 2y ago

We need these fonts in .psf format for the linux console. Maybe super-sized versions for 4k displays. (I think that would be 48x90 or 48x86!)

jesprenj 2y ago

> Free to use under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license Really? Can you even copyright a font? As far as I know, fonts can't be copyrighted, meaning they can be used by anyone without needing a licence. IANAL, but it seems like font users aren't required to comply with attribution and share-alike requirements of the CC licence.

akx 2y ago
The shapes can't be copyrighted, apparently, but the bits that make up the digitalization can. IANAL, etc.
- teddyh 2y ago
  Bitmap fonts are not covered by copyright: <https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-393.pdf https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-393.pdf>, <https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-443.pdf https://cdn.loc.gov/copyright/history/mls/ML-443.pdf> It is vector fonts, which can contain copyrightable code, which can be copyrighted.
  - akx 2y ago
    So it would seem. Thanks for digging those up. With vector fonts containing copyrightable code, are you referring to e.g. TrueType hinting, or OpenType shaping (or very avant-gardely, WASM shaping)? I should hope the glyph-drawing instructions don't fall under this definition of code, because that'd maybe mean SVG `path`s are copyrightable...
    - teddyh 2y ago
      > With vector fonts containing copyrightable code, are you referring to What specifics you can get is all described in ML-443.

transpute 2y ago

Another classic console font is the GPLv2 Solarize 12x29 PSF young'un oldschool font from Sun SPARCstation via Linux safekeeping, https://github.com/talamus/solarize-12x29-psf https://github.com/talamus/solarize-12x29-psf & https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2356167&s=f531b970e95a35a5e5c5305f0d0bc63d https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2356167&s=f531b970... Origins of this font can be traced to the Sun Microsystems SPARCstation console. In some early days of Linux development that font was donated to be a part of the Linux kernel.. Characters: Latin, Greek, Cryillic, Pinyin.

romwell 2y ago

Excellent. Even looking at that page brings me back to DOS days. BTW, what’s everyone’s favorite NFO viewer? With this font pack, LiteXL/Pragtical would probably do a great job, BRB gotta test it.

486sx33 2y ago
Used to just use EDIT or ACIDDRAW

shrubble 2y ago

The Corona is my favorite font at https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/font?cordata_ppc-400#- https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/font?cordata_... On FreeBSD the SPARC console font is called “gallant” by the way and is easy to use if installed: vidcontrol -f 8x16 gallant

rob74 2y ago

I get the nostalgia, but even back in the day I though that the "standard" PC text mode font was really ugly. With a little bit more effort, IBM could have made everyone's life a little bit more pleasant, but they didn't.

AnthonBerg 2y ago
As it turns out, it’s actually a quite beautiful font. It doesn’t make any sense, but it is. Like… It is its own aesthetic paradigm?
londons_explore 2y ago
There aren't that many choices when it comes to drawing the letter "A" on an 8x6 pixel grid... I don't think the font designers had much option for pretty.

rspoerri 2y ago

i'd love to make a website with similar style. but i did not find any informations on the int10h website. anybody knows anything about it? (except of course just to make it myself)

_def 2y ago
There is https://github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386 https://github.com/kristopolous/BOOTSTRA.386

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