Unscii – a bitmapped Unicode font for blocky graphics

Post by kyberias » Fri, Nov 23, 2018, 4:08 PM UTC

Annatar wrote: post #24

kyberias wrote: post #13

It's a bit unclear why this exists. It seems to combine glyphs from 8-bit computers and place them in Unicode space even though the standard doesn't define many of them. I guess the reason is to be able to combine them in some "art". Perhaps those missing code points could be added by the Consortium based on this feedback.

If the terms "PETSCII", "Amiga ASCII" and "ANSI art" do not mean anything to you, then this font and what can be rendered with it will be completely meaningless to you and you will be confused like you are. You had to have experienced it to appreciate it, which you do not apoear to have. A shame, really, since you missed out on a lot of cool art.

Post by Annatar » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 3:28 PM UTC

kyberias wrote: post #52

Annatar wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One can render ASCII art or even "poor man's graphics" in any text editor regardless of their age. Yes it's dated, but if one is working anywhere near physical equipmet like terminal concentrators hooked up to servers' serial ports, one quickly learns to appreciate graphic approximations of windows with just ASCII characters. The rest like Amiga ASCII art from Skid Row and PaRaDoX and the like... you missed out. It w…

I have an Amiga and C64, so I'm very familiar with the art form. Again, I don't understand the value of combining them in one font. I can understand implementing each of the respective fonts as modern fonts, but not this.