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Assets needed for RetroArch - e.g. menu drivers, etc. Also contains the official branding.
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SuperRes corrected font for 15kHz CRTs #449

Closed riggles1 closed 1 year ago

riggles1 commented 1 year ago

Pixel font that displays correctly for users using CRTSwitchRes Super Resolution mode in RetroArch. Using other fonts results in a narrow text that's illegible.

Original font under Creative Commons license, modified by decreasing the Y-axis scale of each character down to 15% for a pixel perfect output on a 15kHz CRT.

Original creator of the font, Patrick H. Lauke (redux): https://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/776279/space_harrier_extended

riggles1 commented 1 year ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt8tkN30PVg Video of how the text displays (modeline used by game: 2560x240) The font also displays perfectly at other similar vertical resolutions used by various games such as 192p, 224p and 256p.

It is sufficient enough for 480i/p usage as well (as many systems switch between 240 and 480 resolutions on the fly). The font appears as half as tall at 480 due to the high vertical resolution, but is perfectly legible regardless.