Large font used in numerous Atari video arcade games, 1984-1987. As the original font uses three different colors for a font-smoothing effect, I attempted to replicate it in two-color by using differently-sized squares. Not sure how well that works; as such, any suggestions are welcome. Best below 20 pt.
Revisiting a font I made over 10 years ago as a request: A solid version of the large font used in numerous Atari video arcade games, 1984-1987. By removing the three-colored font-smoothing effect, the typeface definitely loses its elegance; some glyphs (especially the #) are reduced to mere "blobs" of pixels. Hopefully the requester finds some use for it. Best below 20 pt.
This is a clone of Atari SerifFont used as the main text font in the DOS version of Beneath A Steel Sky, (C) 1994 Revolution Software.
While Damien Guard (DamienG) couldn't find the numerals 3 5 6 and 8 (see the comments section for his 2017 FontStruction "BeneathASteelSky"), I was able to find at least two instances where the number 3 was used; however, I couldn't find a 7. So, to complete the set of numerals, I'm using his designs for 5 6 7 and 8 (which fit the aesthetics of the other numbers). Thanks, Damien!
Clone of Beneath A Steel Sky. Inset for the main text font used in the DOS version of Beneath A Steel Sky, (C) 1994 Revolution Software.
While Damien Guard (DamienG) couldn't find the numerals 3 5 6 and 8 (see the comments section for his 2017 FontStruction "BeneathASteelSky"), I was able to find at least two instances where the number 3 was used; however, I couldn't find a 7. So, to complete the set of numerals, I'm using his designs for 5 6 7 and 8 (which fit the aesthetics of the other numbers). Thanks, Damien!
This is a clone of Beneath A Steel SkyFont used on the LINC terminal screens, inside LINC-Space, and for player-named saved games in the DOS version of Beneath A Steel Sky, (C) 1994 Revolution Software.
Oddities found within this font's design:
• The j is missing its tittle (corrected here)
• The stem of the k is 1 pixel shy of the full cap height (corrected here)
• There is an extra pixel width of space after the i, the lowercase L (l), the period (.), the colon (:), and the apostrophe ('), likely for increased legibility (retained here)
• The apostrophe (') is one pixel higher than the cap height (retained here)
There are also a few design differences between the glyphs for the player's saved games versus the font used for interacting with LINC (above):
• The saved game capital i (I) and number one (1) both have the same design, which is the same as the LINC lowercase L (l) above
• The saved game lowecase L (l) is actually 1 pixel taller than the cap height
• The saved game exclamation point (!) is 1 pixel shorter than the cap height
The original design oddities and the saved game variants are found in the More Latin section.
Font used on the LINC terminal screens, inside LINC-Space, and for player-named saved games in the DOS version of Beneath A Steel Sky, (C) 1994 Revolution Software.
Oddities found within this font's design:
• The j is missing its tittle (corrected here)
• The stem of the k is 1 pixel shy of the full cap height (corrected here)
• There is an extra pixel width of space after the i, the lowercase L (l), the period (.), the colon (:), and the apostrophe ('), likely for increased legibility (retained here)
• The apostrophe (') is one pixel higher than the cap height (retained here)
There are also a few design differences between the glyphs for the player's saved games versus the font used for interacting with LINC (above):
• The saved game capital i (I) and number one (1) both have the same design, which is the same as the LINC lowercase L (l) above
• The saved game lowecase L (l) is actually 1 pixel taller than the cap height
• The saved game exclamation point (!) is 1 pixel shorter than the cap height
The original design oddities and the saved game variants are found in the More Latin section.
This is a clone of Beneath A Steel Sky - LINCClone of Blasteroids. Font from Blasteroids, (C) 1987 Atari Games
This is a clone of BlasteroidsClone of Cloak & Dagger. Font from Cloak & Dagger, (C) 1983 Atari
This is a clone of Cloak & DaggerFont used in the menu screens, Kyle Katarn's PDA, and subtitles from Star Wars: Dark Forces, (C) 1995 LucasArts.
While there have been at least 2 previous recreations of this design (Peter 'The Hutt' Klassen's "DFFonts 1.5" FON fonts and James 'Burning Gundam' Milne's "Katarns PDF"(sic) TTF font) -- as well as a FontStruction from 2008 (Magic_Al's "Rebel Agent PDA Classic," based on Klassen's FON fonts) -- this is a wholly original version based on recent screencaptures and an FNT export.
The PDA / menu font used in the game isn't generated from a file within the game's resources; they are actually pre-rendered static images in the game's art assets. As a result, the spacing between words and after punctuation is highly variable in these pictures. Most of the spaces appear to be either 3 or 4 pixels wide (or combinations thereof for doublespaces); the width of 3 pixels was chosen in this font because 3-pixel spaces occur more frequently in the images than 4-pixel spaces do.
(And in a pre-rendered video cutscene used for Jabba the Hutt's speech subtitles, the spacing widths of the PDA font vary anywhere from 3 to 6(!) pixels.)
The numerals 1–3 used in the PDA screens were also located in an FNT font file containing 0–9. They are used with the game's mapping system, along with a 'standard' S for maps containing 'sub-levels' (which I have placed in the $ position). So, the numerals are now finally screen accurate for the first time in any version. While the apostrophe (') was reversed in-game, it has been corrected here; the original apostrophe can be found in the grave accent (`) position. The mission task's bullet point (a hollow circle) is located in the @ position.
The exclamation point (!) is found only once, in a single line of Jabba's subtitles (previously mentioned above). However, the dot of the ! dips _below_ the baseline in the video. I have corrected it to rest upon the baseline, matching the other punctuation; for sake of completeness, I've included the original 'lower-dotted' version in the More Latin section.
Clone of Final Fantasy Adventure GB. Font from Final Fantasy Adventure (1991), Final Fantasy Legend II (1991) and Final Fantasy Legend III (1993), all for Nintendo GameBoy by Square Co. Alternate and extra characters from Final Fantasy Legend III included.
This is a clone of Final Fantasy Adventure GBFont used for the start menu, in-game menus, character interactions, and on-screen displays for Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact, (C) 1989, 1990 Game Arts Co, Ltd / (C) 1990 Sierra On-Line, Inc. (The DOS start-up screen also states that this game is alternately titled as 'Thexder II Firehawk'.) Letter J* and modified B N P by Goatmeal. Original B N P found in the More Latin area, along with the 'digital counter' numerals as a bonus. The Block character is located in the @ position.
* Oddly enough, I couldn't find the letter J used anywhere during my playthough...
Font used for the credits, copy protection screen, help menu, and restore game screen for Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact, (C) 1989, 1990 Game Arts Co, Ltd / (C) 1990 Sierra On-Line, Inc. (The DOS start-up screen also states that this game is alternately titled 'Thexder II Firehawk'.) As with many Japanese games, the period (.) is set above the baseline; it has been lowered here, but the original can be found in the More Latin section. The Block character is located in the @ position.
Clone of Future Spy. Font from Future Spy, (C) 1984 Sega; their second Zaxxon-like game.
This is a clone of Future Spy