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  • Type in game with font generatorBack in the day I can remember a BASIC type in game that generated its own font by PLOTing extra pixels next to the PRINTed characters existing pixel…

    ... own font by PLOTing extra pixels next to the PRINTed characters existing ... this data as the new font at 60000 onwards.

    daveysludge daveysludge June 2013 Games
  • Latin-1 font for FZXI'm currently creating some [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin-1"]Latin-1[/URL] (ISO 8859-1) characters to be added into [URL="http://www.world…

    ... [/URL] (ISO 8859-1) characters to be added into [URL ... The fzx file with Latin characters is available at [URL="https ... interest in such font encoding because it covers all characters currently used ... . For Brazilian writers these characters doesn't matter at all ...
    TK90XFan TK90XFan April 2014 Development
  • Susan Kare 5 Dots Font...Hi Folks, Thought I would have a go at creating a version of Susan Kare's "5 Dots" font for the Spectrum. Susan's example on her web site gives the…

    ... Susan Kare's "5 Dots" font for the Spectrum. Susan's ... arrangement for all the main characters but not the special ones ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman July 2014 Development
  • 128 fontWhat happens when you change the font in 128 mode? I have a new font saved at 60000 with 23606 and 23607 poked with 96 and 233. The characters can b…

    ... happens when you change the font in 128 mode?
    ...
    I have a new font saved at 60000 with 23606 ... and 233.
    The characters can be printed on screen ... and when the new font is loaded into RAM6 at ... br />
    Should the font be stored below 49152???
    daveysludge daveysludge October 2014 Development
  • Z88DK v1.99B ReleasedAt Sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/z88dk/ It's been a year since the last release so it was time for another. This is another tran…

    At Sourceforge:
    https://sourceforge.net/projects/z88dk/

    It's been a year since the last release so it was time for another. This is another transitional release on the way to version 2.0 and hopefully we'll get there for the next one ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2017 Announcements
  • Earliest game to use custom character set ?The [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58040/who-has-got-the-earliest-zx-spectrum-software/"][b]topic here[/b][/url] about early sof…

    ... game to use a custom character aka "font" set 0-9 and ...
    spider spider November 2020 Games
  • AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…

    ... /> [B]- Font creator with save/alter G Graphics UDG characters/ create custom Graphics ... using the regular Character set ( similat to font ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Development
  • National versions of programming languagesI remember reading in old Polish computer magazines that there were serious plans in the 80-ties to create Polish versions of BASIC, Pascal, Logo so …

    ... not have any of those characters in the ROM by default ... define them in a font, but overwriting existing characters for them may ... check out some of the custom ROMs that are available on ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan May 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What game font did you like?Carrying over the slight venture into game fonts when it was mentioned how some games didn't have their own font in the "What was the first Spectrum …

    ... =Arjun;267120]I liked the font used in the game called ... you with that the Survival font looks very good, at least ... , but a whole custom way of printing the characters also - e.g ...
    Rickard Rickard May 2008 Games
  • Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …

    ... #4; "some text";. All 256 characters can be redefined. USR "A ... chars equ 0x5c36 ; start of font - 256
    chans equ ... ; set
    inc hl ; font
    ld (hl), 0xcc ; address ... 2 ; Select interrupt mode 2 (custom)

    ; restore registers ...
    chev chev May 2009 Development
  • POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…

    ... want a brand new font then download or make ... is used you're new font will appear instead.
    ... bypass the ROM with custom written Print routines then ... that uses your own characters stored where you want ... wouldn't be printing characters anymore, you'd have ...
    Turkwel Turkwel November 2009 Games
  • Howto paint a squared zone of the screen ?You know what guys ? i begin to love this languaje. Cant understand why not put more effort on the 80's to learn it :( because it is really speedy. …

    ... 'll make a routine with custom print, it will be faster ... your code and frame characters in your font (corners and lines) - in ...
    Shiru Shiru June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • This might be something new[img]http://www.711chan.org/test/src/130427925559.png[/img] Have a look at this screenshot of my emulator ZX82. Notice the copyright message? That's…

    ... be the possibility of adding custom routines to speed up applications ... status of the ZX Spectrum font is, but the original ROM ... ]

    The ZX Spectrum font is (c) 1982 Amstrad. You ... display of up to 256x256 characters. It won't work for ...
    chev chev May 2011 Emulators
  • Multi-sized character screen driverFollowing on from the thread on [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24618&page=14]character output routines[/url], I've dug o…

    ... ?
    [QUOTE=Winston;634483]The font on the normal size chars ... created the half-width characters? I created a custom four-pixel-wide ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston June 2012 Development
  • Skooldaze TooDear WoSsers, Thanks to Skoolkid's disassembly I'm attempting to write a new "improved" version called [B]Skooldaze Too[/B]. As part of the improvem…

    ... : Many finnish words contain scandinavian characters ? and ?, it might be ... custom chars into the code?[/QUOTE]

    I moved the font ... each language can redefine extra characters for ASCII 16-31. ... my best to map the characters.

    The phrases ...
    Jimmy Jimmy July 2012 Development
  • FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…

    ... I could make a "test font" function that creates a temporary ... /> If the user types a custom text like "A quick brown ... user doesn't enter any custom text (i.e. if the ... ), FZXEditor will simply show all characters from 32 to lastchar, repeated ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas July 2013 Brand new software
  • Dun Darach/Tir Na NogI've decided once I've finished picking my way through the GBA versions of Castlevania, that I'm going to play these 2 games again. I realised someth…

    ... i remember correctly with accurate font changing all fits without any ... . It seems the redefined font has enough empty characters (from "E" to ... be used to create a "custom" image for this message in ... be sure none of these characters are used anywhere else... I ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas August 2013 Games
  • Dun Darach/Tir Na NogI've decided once I've finished picking my way through the GBA versions of Castlevania, that I'm going to play these 2 games again. I realised someth…

    ... . It seems the redefined font has enough empty characters (from "E" to ... be used to create a "custom" image for this message in ... be sure none of these characters are used anywhere else... I ...
    Shadow Maker Shadow Maker August 2013 Games
  • The official CSSCGC 2014 threadJust to announce that the comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition 2014 is now open. It's home for the year will be; [url]http://www.mykeweb.co.uk/c…

    ... you only need a few custom characters on screen but want those ... of custom characters on screen and don't mind replacing the text font ...
    carlsson carlsson January 2014 Games
  • really dumb questionbut can I use the following line to create a udg and if so how do I call it or use it via the graphics mode? Do I need to READ something somewhere? …

    ... be made by printing different custom characters from the same set rather ... program that needs > 21 custom characters on screen at the same ... for programs with few simultaneous characters which you like to animate ... you can use the ROM font for text all the time ...
    carlsson carlsson January 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…

    ... . Is how to load the custom characters from my BASIC listing. ie ... routine to copy the system font to memory, this resides at ... and then modify to my custom characters which follows after the machine ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…

    ... to redefine the lower case font because it's in ROM ... the ROM and make a custom ROM but I don't ... do that). When you see custom fonts in BASIC programs, usually ... font (to be exact, the address is 256 - where the new characters ...
    textvoyage textvoyage March 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…

    ... to train it on 10 characters A-J, use Einar and ... set. As long as the font data is sequential and in ... 'll be able to use custom exporter (a .NET class, supporting ...
    tstih tstih August 2017 Development
  • Keyboard fontCan anyone tell me what font was used for the printing on the ZX Spectrum keyboard?

    Can anyone tell me what font was used for the printing on the ZX Spectrum keyboard?
    Rex Rex April 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best font in a gameMy faves would have to be: 1. Hobbit 2. Starquake 3. Nodes of Yesod 4. Frankie Goes To Hollywood 5. Knightlore 2 to 5 are stocking fillers compared…

    My faves would have to be:

    1. Hobbit
    2. Starquake
    3. Nodes of Yesod
    4. Frankie Goes To Hollywood
    5. Knightlore

    2 to 5 are stocking fillers compared to The Hobbits. Surely the best font ever!
    Vampyre Vampyre May 2002 Games
  • Sinclair FontAny ideas where I can get hold of a copy of the original Sinclair font (as used on speccy and all packaging) as a true type face?

    Any ideas where I can get hold of a copy of the original Sinclair font (as used on speccy and all packaging) as a true type face?
    choccy48K choccy48K September 2002 Wanted
  • Elevator Action font queryDoes anyone know the name of the font used on the title screen of Elevator Action?

    Does anyone know the name of the font used on the title screen of Elevator Action?
    Swainy Swainy July 2003 Games
  • Spectrum charactersHad a bit of time the other day so i captured a few Speccy characters to put into a graphic (Some of which could be used on the front page here). An…

    ... i captured a few Speccy characters to put into a graphic ... the 25 games these 25 characters are from, most are quiet ...
    psj3809 psj3809 February 2004 Games
  • Interesting Custom LoadersHi everyone, I was just thinking about custom loaders on the spectrum and I thought I'd ask you all what you thought was the best one. I'd have to …

    ... /> I was just thinking about custom loaders on the spectrum and ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton February 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair Fonthi,anyone got the Sinclair logo font? not the spectrum basic font, I've got that. Cheers

    hi,anyone got the Sinclair logo font?
    not the spectrum basic font, I've got that.

    Cheers
    mlasham mlasham June 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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