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Incoming trivia: I finally found out recently that the "NES" font is from the 1976 arcade game Quiz Show. The font was used in other black-and-white Kee/Atari
by RiverCrochet 2y ago
Incoming trivia:
I finally found out recently that the "NES" font is from the 1976 arcade game Quiz Show. The font was used in other black-and-white Kee/Atari games. The font data is available in the quizshow MAME ROM set - split into nybbles for some reason.
This game was interesting - it stored question and answer data on a 8-track tape.
- LocalH 2y agoThe font has slightly changed over the years. Notably, the "E" glyph originally had a longer lower arm, and the "!" and "?" glyphs are often different between variants of the font. Super Mario Bros also notably modifies the 8 to have a straight crossbar instead of intersecting spines.