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[Rogue Yun]

I got these fine old computer fonts from this site:
http://www.seasip.info/VintagePC/index.html

I hope these are helpful to future tileset makers.

Hercules Graphics Card Plus 14px


Hercules Graphics Card Plus 8px


Hercules InColor 14px


Hercules InColor 8px


Wyse 700


Plantronics ColorPlus


IBM 5271


IBM MDA


IBM 5271 Terminal


IBM 5140


IBM CGA


Olivetti Prodest PC1

[CLA]

Oh, that's a great resource. Thanks for sharing!

[Rogue Yun]

I really liked the way the IBM 5140 looks... so much so that I converted it to tileset format.

[Taffer]

Another resource that I've relied on heavily: here and here. My two tileset fonts are based on Saikyo Sans and Torus Sans from the former, and (soon) Berlin from the latter, if you want to use something that I didn't (not that you need to). I was tempted to make another one-off tileset using Moscow from the latter set as a nod to Vherid's "soviet-inspired" tilesets.

"Pixel artists only" though, as none of them represent anything approaching the complete codepage: you'll need to draw everything else yourself or lean on a different codepage: accented characters, "card suit" characters, box drawing characters, missing punctuation, etc.

[jecowa]

I was wondering about the sizes of these and thought others might be wondering too.

tile size info:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Hercules Graphics Card Plus - 9 x 14


Hercules Graphics Card Plus - 8 x 8


Hercules InColor - 9 x 14


Hercules InColor - 8 x 8


Wyse 700 - 16x16


Plantronics ColorPlus - 8 x 8


IBM 5271 - 9 x 14


IBM MDA - 9 x 14


IBM 5271 Terminal - 9 x 14


IBM 5140 - 8 x 8


IBM CGA - 8 x 8


Olivetti Prodest PC1 - 8 x 8

Just a couple of notes:
     The two Hercules 8px and Plantronics ColorPlus are all identical.
     The two Hercules 14px and IBM MDA are all identical.

[Nagidal]

Nice to see some fans of old school computers. What Rogue Yun linked is a bit too old school for me. What I remember and what grew up with is the IBM EGA8 and IBM VGA8 font, shown nicely on this wonderful site.

[jecowa]

That IBM PS/2thin4 is pretty close to what I was looking for.

IBM PS/2thin4 formatted for Dwarf Fortress:

Spoiler: IBM PS/2thin4 8x16.png (click to show/hide)

[pisskop]

...i demand screenshots.

this would make me soo happies

[jecowa]

IBM PS/2thin4 8x16 screenshots:

Spoiler: Rejected World (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: World Generated (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Preparing for a Journey (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Thoughts and Feelings (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Z Menu (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Citizens (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Brook (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Bedrooms and Temple (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Entrance, Trade Depot, Barracks, Farm, and Dining Hall (click to show/hide)

[pisskop]

I may actually try to use a tileset.  Very pleasant change of pace.

[jecowa]

I was also using a different color scheme, by the way.

It's here if you want it: Spacefox color scheme

[peasant cretin]

Much thanks Rogue Yun. Love old fonts.

Jecowa, that's a beautiful tile set. I haven't switched sets since changing to Xenomorph's acorn.bmp which was the font on the RISC OS. Been over a year on that.

I really like how spare/clean/minimal the lines are on IBM PS/2thin4 set. It's a great aesthetic. Thank you.

EDIT: Also just noticed the link to http://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/ A nice find Nagidal!