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[Andy Bates]

Can someone tell me what font is used in Dwarf Fortress? And, on a related note, how I can install that font for use with NetHack? I used to play NetHack on the PC, and it’s not the same without the old font!

Thanks!

Andy.

[qoonpooka]

To my knowledge, DF doesn't use a font.  It uses an image file and takes sprites from that file.  I could be wrong, though.

[Jack_Bread]

The closest you can get to it is fixedsys.

[petersohn]

Yes, it does indeed use an image file, called the tileset.

[EfficientCause]

For anyone who runs across this thread and wonders the same thing, the font is DOS code page 437. Tarn mentions this in one of the podcast interviews he did.

< http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 >

You can find various TTF versions floating around the web.

[Quietust]

If you want a tileset that matches the traditional 9x16 "MS-DOS fullscreen" font, try this.

[Da5id]

Not to necrobump, however if anyone else is looking for these fonts, but desires a .ttf version, http://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/ has not only the original font, but some newer expanded versions with unicode support. Free to boot.