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Damien Guard

8x8 Font Advent Calendar 2024 Day 21

Shadow of the Beast ZXCPC

Shadow of the Beast was a gorgeous atmospheric Amiga game that struggled to fit into less powerful machines.

The Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum versions while graphically constrained did however include this gorgeous 8x8 bitmap font.

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The Commodore 64 and SEGA Genesis were not so lucky...

@damieng tbh while it's a very pretty font it's incredibly hard to read (especially the dragon quest one compared to the DQ default font). I'd imagine the ntsc encoding on the NES would make it quite a bit worse as well.

@raptor85 I had no problem reading it when playing Shadow of the Beast on my ZX Spectrum +3 one cheap pal TV. Probably over composite at that point in my life.

Yeah, you wouldn't want to use it for a text adventure, but that's why there are hundreds to choose from. Find something with some style and clarity. Doesn't have to be plain or obtuse.