rasterfonts is an effort to reproduce classic computer raster fonts and allow them to be used in modern contexts, by creating readily-available, pixel-perfect recreations that look exactly alike.
The fonts, for now, are being created using BITFONTMAKER2.
The repository is organized as follows:
/tools- A folder housing various scripts and toolsascii.sh- A script used to create the font previews
<font_name>- A folder containing the source and release files of a specific font<font_name>.ttf- The release TrueType font file<font_name>.txt- The BFM2 source<font_name>.png- A screenshot of the output generated byascii.shREADME.md- A read-me file specific to the font
Here follows a list of currently available fonts
| Name | Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LispM | 2020-09-10 | The main font of the CADR, used also in Symbolics' Genera OS |
| Tek4010 | 2020-09-10 | The ROM font of the Tektronix 4010 storage tube |
| SM7238 | 2021-01-12 | The ROM font of the Elektronika SM 7238 (Электроника СМ 7238) terminal |
| 5250-12 | TBA | The 12px font supplied with IBM Client Access 400 in the late 90s |
Each font recreation's source code is available under the Espresso license, as most of them (if not all) should be in the public domain and not covered by active patents at the moment. If you hold the copyright to one of these fonts and feel like this project is damaging you and/or your company feel free to open an issue and the offending files will be removed.