oh right. I thought you were making a standalone font.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 9:03 PM Tom Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:

> It doesn't matter - all that actually matters is the format the terminal
> firmware expects in the font file. The terminal will decide the aspect
> ratio of the pixels based on the number of columns and rows and the display
> resolution.
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> Tom Wilson
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> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 4:34 PM Brian White <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> The rom bit patterns are only 1/2 the story. The other half is the shape
>> of a pixel, which probably isn't square.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021, 4:53 PM Jim Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > If you're going to do that much, then I will grab some more pics with a
>>> > better camera and a tripod so my hand isn't moving, and manual focus.
>>> > Maybe even a good straight-on centered shot without glare from the room
>>> > lights. Maybe with manual controls I can get a shot in the dark without
>>> > the text blooming.
>>>
>>> You know what, I realize that I went straight to that screen photo image
>>> because I was looking for a clear image that had my X<char>X pattern in
>>> 80-column mode... and it's really not so blurry, but the capture in
>>> "Snapshot_20210127_233755.jpg" is sharper and does have the full character
>>> set showing.  Even though they're flanked by square brackets I think I can
>>> work with it.  (the square brackets don't go to the full left and right
>>> extent of the character cell, that's why I used X.)  Don't worry about
>>> going to any trouble for a sharper screen photo.  For my cleanup/rescaling
>>> of the original font I've been working off a handheld iphone photo of my
>>> monitor.
>>>
>>> I also whipped something up to display the ROM data as large block
>>> pixels for an absolute reference to the original intended shapes so I think
>>> I've got everything I need (except time) :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>         jim
>>>
>>

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