how to view 100% accurate amiga font ascii on macosx?
category: gfx [glöplog]
hi, i'm wondering how i could view 100% accurate amiga font ascii on macosx?
for instance, this
___ /\ ______ ____/\ ______
___ )á Y \) _ \)á _ \)á _ \ ___
_._\ / \ /á \ á | \ \ /_._
|t0! \___Y __________| _______/ e^D|
| `---' `---' |
|_ MOD#59.=>"s-w-e-e-t"<=.15.02.1997 _|
_ _/ 158bpm.04.05.mortimer.twang \_ _
|__immaculatedubjunglistictwangthang __|
: /________________/\ ______________\ :
. \/ .
has á displaying but they are supposed to be "padding" i think, some sort of "softener". right?
https://archive.org/download/MOD59/FILE_ID.DIZ
for instance, this
___ /\ ______ ____/\ ______
___ )á Y \) _ \)á _ \)á _ \ ___
_._\ / \ /á \ á | \ \ /_._
|t0! \___Y __________| _______/ e^D|
| `---' `---' |
|_ MOD#59.=>"s-w-e-e-t"<=.15.02.1997 _|
_ _/ 158bpm.04.05.mortimer.twang \_ _
|__immaculatedubjunglistictwangthang __|
: /________________/\ ______________\ :
. \/ .
has á displaying but they are supposed to be "padding" i think, some sort of "softener". right?
https://archive.org/download/MOD59/FILE_ID.DIZ
PabloDraw. You'll have to fiddle with the View -> Change Font options until you find one that works.
(Usually characters like á are a sign that they've used not-actually-ASCII characters that only exist in certain character sets, like the DOS box-drawing characters. I'm not sure what they're doing here, though: having tried various fonts with this file, the only ones that look right are the ones that render them as blank spaces.)
(Usually characters like á are a sign that they've used not-actually-ASCII characters that only exist in certain character sets, like the DOS box-drawing characters. I'm not sure what they're doing here, though: having tried various fonts with this file, the only ones that look right are the ones that render them as blank spaces.)
Since we're talking 100% accuracy, it's worth noting that 1.x versions of the Amiga operating system has a different font than later versions (even though they're both called topaz), and that depending on configuration it might be of size 8 or 9.
^^ Is that instrument text from a mod file? You might wanna try opening it in 8bitbubsy's Protracker clone if that's the case.
No, it's file_id.diz
Use Ced in FS-UAE for mac.
After seeing your question, I was bored and wrote a program to view files in a Workbench 2.x/3.x like Window (80x30) with Topaz, handling tab, \r and \n properly. The scrollbar and keyboard works too. In the end I noticed you said macOS, d'oh! I wrote it for Windows.
Anyways here it is for Windows people: https://16-bits.org/etc/amiga_nfo_viewer.zip
And here's a screenshot showing the .DIZ he wanted to see: https://16-bits.org/i/amiga_nfo_viewer.png
Anyways here it is for Windows people: https://16-bits.org/etc/amiga_nfo_viewer.zip
And here's a screenshot showing the .DIZ he wanted to see: https://16-bits.org/i/amiga_nfo_viewer.png
@distance: I can maybe try to make it use SDL2 and port it to macOS if you think it looks like something you'd want to use.
@8bitbubsy: amazing! :)
8bitbubsy just rules.
Funny, the underscore-ish glyphs that are shown where the non-breaking spaces are (0xA0 in the original DIZ) look like a version of Topaz New I once put together to create a Linux console font: linky
However, I think originally the 0xA0 codepoint is supposed to be blank in Topaz and Topaz New.
However, I think originally the 0xA0 codepoint is supposed to be blank in Topaz and Topaz New.
Like this: 
Well, that's because I ripped the font by googling "Tapaz font" and I found some site that showed a bitmap that is probably yours. Do you happen to have a bitmap of the original Topaz font from kick 2.x/3.x? I'll use that instead, as I have a feeling that you modified more than just this glyph!
Fixed! Reuploaded with the correct font bitmap this time.
https://16-bits.org/etc/amiga_nfo_viewer.zip
https://16-bits.org/etc/amiga_nfo_viewer.zip
Quote:
Fixed! Reuploaded with the correct font bitmap this time.
https://16-bits.org/etc/amiga_nfo_viewer.zip
can you implement display ANSI?
