Scott Duensing
ec6eebb2a5
Replace the inherited Font property with a FontSize property that drives a multi-tier font selection strategy for pixel-perfect OEM rendering: Terminal raster (exact size) > Perfect DOS VGA 437 (multiples of 8px) > Terminal raster (nearest) > stock OEM fallback. Add DxBuf uniform character spacing to ExtTextOut for correct TrueType monospace rendering. Bundle the Perfect DOS VGA 437 font (cmap converted from format 6 to format 0 for Win 3.1 compatibility). Size the test form dynamically from terminal dimensions. Add component documentation. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
104 lines
4.7 KiB
Text
104 lines
4.7 KiB
Text
/
|
|
/(_____________ ____
|
|
\ /______)\ | |
|
|
:\ | / \:| |:::::::::: : .. . : .. . . :. .
|
|
\_____| / | \| |______
|
|
___ / ________ \... . . .
|
|
\______________ \ | | /.. . . . . .
|
|
\ |__| /
|
|
--x--x-----x----\______ |-/_____/-x--x-xx--x-- - -x -- - - -- - - -
|
|
. . . . . . . . . . . .\____|. . . . . .
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
>> perfect dos vga 437 - general information >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
"Perfect DOS VGA 437" and "Perfect DOS VGA 437 Win" are truetype fonts
|
|
designed to emulate the MS-DOS/Text mode standard font, used on VGA monitors,
|
|
with the 437 Codepage (standard US/International). This is a "bitmap" font,
|
|
meaning it emulates a bitmap font and can only be used at a given size (8 or
|
|
multiples of it like 16, 24, 32, etc). It's optimized for Flash too, so it
|
|
won't produce antialias if used at round positions.
|
|
|
|
There are two fonts available. "Perfect DOS VGA 437" uses the original DOS
|
|
codepage 437. It should be used, for example, if you're opening DOS ASCII
|
|
files on notepad or another windows-based editor. Since it's faithful to the
|
|
original DOS codes, it won't accent correctly in windows ("é" would produce
|
|
something different, not an "e" with an acute).
|
|
|
|
There's also "Perfect DOS VGA 437 Win" which is the exactly same font adapted
|
|
to a windows codepage. This should use accented characters correctly but won't
|
|
work if you're opening a DOS-based text file.
|
|
|
|
UPDATE: this is a new version, updated in august/2008. It has fixed leading
|
|
metrics for Mac systems.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
>> perfect dos vga 437 - creation process >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
This font was created to be used on a Flash-based ANSi viewer I'm working. To
|
|
create it, I created a small Quick Basic program to write all characters on
|
|
screen,
|
|
|
|
CLS
|
|
FOR l = 0 TO 255
|
|
charWrite 1 + (l MOD 20), 1 + (l \ 20) * 6 + (l MOD 2), LTRIM$(RTRIM$(STR$(l))) + CHR$(l)
|
|
NEXT
|
|
SUB charWrite (lin, col, char$)
|
|
DEF SEG = &HB800
|
|
FOR i = 1 TO LEN(char$)
|
|
POKE ((lin - 1) * 160) + ((col - 2 + i) * 2), ASC(MID$(char$, i, 1))
|
|
IF (i = LEN(char$)) THEN POKE ((lin - 1) * 160) + ((col - 2 + i) * 2) + 1, 113
|
|
NEXT
|
|
END SUB
|
|
|
|
Then captured the text screen using SCREEN THIEF (a very, very old screen
|
|
capture TSR program which converts text screens to images accurately). I then
|
|
recreated the font polygon by polygon on Fontlab, while looking at the image
|
|
on Photoshop. No conversion took place.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
>> copyright and stuff >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
This is a free font/file, distribute as you wish to who you wish. You are free
|
|
to use it on a movie, a videogame, a video, a broadcast, without having to ask
|
|
my permission.
|
|
|
|
Please do not send me emails asking me to sign release forms if it require
|
|
any sort of scanning or digital compositing. It's a big chore. This license
|
|
file and a simple confirmation email should suffice as proof that you are
|
|
allowed to use it.
|
|
|
|
Of course I don't mind emails letting me know where something has been used.
|
|
Those are always gratifying!
|
|
|
|
Do NOT sell this font. It's not yours and you can't make money of it.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
>> author >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Zeh Fernando
|
|
zeh@zehfernando.com
|
|
www.zehfernando.com
|
|
|
|
rorshack ^ maiden brazil
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
>> other notes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
The year is now 2021. I would be remiss not to mention these more modern font
|
|
packages:
|
|
|
|
https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/
|
|
|
|
They include VGA-like fonts and a bunch of other systems, easily supplanting
|
|
the need for "Perfect DOS VGA" and then some.
|
|
|
|
They use a Creative Commons license.
|
|
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
|
^zehPULLSdahTRICK^kudosOUTtoWHOkeepsITreal^smashDAHfuckingENTAH!!!^lowres4ever^
|
|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|