Atari Serif - Arcade

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by Goatmeal

Cloned from Atari Serif by Goatmeal.

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Clone of Atari Serif. Large font used in numerous Atari video arcade games, 1984-1987. As the original font uses three different colors for a font-smoothing effect, I attempted to replicate it in two-color by using differently-sized squares. Not sure how well that works; as such, any suggestions are welcome. Best below 20 pt.
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Created on 10th January 2010. Last edited on 16th July 2018.
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Creative Commons
Categories:
- Pixel Optimized
- Display
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10 Comments

Comment by Goatmeal 10th january 2010

1st of all: Thank you for bringing me back cheerful memories.
2nd I may say it looks amazing at PXL size.
4th if you don't expand it, consider it cloned :)
3rd It's monospace! I ♥ Grids, yeah!

Comment by cayo 10th january 2010

I wrote my comment on the other version. The same applies here. Just one question: do these fontstructions qualify to be pixel fonts? 10/10

Comment by Frodo7 10th january 2010

Perhaps we need a new category ... Enhanced Pixel Fonts maybe :) 10/10

Comment by p2pnut 10th january 2010

well i said 'pixel font preservation,' but i think goatmeal would correct me and perhaps say 'classic digital game font preservation' is more precise :)

Comment by funk_king 10th january 2010

Good stuff. Hope you expand these further.

Comment by linehand 10th january 2010

Whatever we call it ... Goatmeal is definitely our principle Archivist and Conservator :)

Comment by p2pnut 10th january 2010

Thanks, everyone!

I always feel like I'm running out of interesting examples -- that the end is nigh, and I only have a precious few worth-while VG fonts left to make. I thought I was almost finished half-way through 2009, but somehow I keep finding new inspirations from these old video arcade games.

I really appreciate the encouragement, and continue to press on!

Comment by Goatmeal 13th january 2010

this one looks like fun :)