From 0262756cd809f10360e58f2ddba5ba0423be9371 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bad Diode Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:41:02 +0200 Subject: Initial commit --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md (limited to 'README.md') diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e5f08fb --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +# BD-font: A ZX-Spectrum inspired 8x8px font + +This is a simple 8x8 font inspired by 8-bit computers, and implements the full +0-127 ASCII character range as well as the extended symbols in the ['437' +character set][437-char]. + +The font is available as a 128x128 bmp image (`bd-font-8x8_128x128.bmp`), where +the characters are in 8x8 tiles, with 16 columns and 16 rows. Additionally, the +[chr][chr] file `bd-font-8x8.chr` is available for loading each character as +bitmaps (8 bytes per character). The font can also be embedded in C by copying +or including the contents of the `bd-font-8x8.c` file directly to your project. + +This font is totally free for any kind of usage and dual license under UNLICENSE +and MIT, see the `LICENSE.md` for details. Attribution is nice but not +necessary, but if you use this font in your projects [I would love to +know!][contact] + +[437-char]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437 +[chr]: https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/chr_format.html +[contact]: mailto:bd@badd10de.dev -- cgit v1.2.1