https://github.com/threez/go-dosfont

Open DOS bitmap font (MZ file format, PSF)
https://github.com/threez/go-dosfont

bitmap dos fnt fon font mz ne psf

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Open DOS bitmap font (MZ file format, PSF)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/threez/go-dosfont
• Owner: threez
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2019-06-07T16:16:14.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-07-04T10:22:31.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-08T21:40:58.068Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: bitmap, dos, fnt, fon, font, mz, ne, psf
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 55.7 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# go-dosfont

Implementation of the PSF/MZ font file format. With this library

you can use the old dos bitmap fonts in go.

# Example

	fonts, err := OpenFonts("fonts/NEW1252.FON")

    // use font face fonts[i].Face

    // of type golang.org/x/image/font/basicfont.Face

## Rendering

![fonts/NEW1252.FON.png](fonts/NEW1252.FON.png)

# TODO

* Implementation of the PE format

# Resources

Other resources for implementing the font lib.

## Implementations / Documentation

* https://www.seasip.info/Unix/PSF/

* https://www.lowlevel.eu/wiki/

* https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/kbd/font-formats-1.html

* Microsoft_Portable_Executable_and_Common_Object_File_Format

* https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MZ-Datei

* http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/exe/

* https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/fonts/

* https://github.com/golang/image/blob/master/font/inconsolata/regular8x16.go

* https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

## Test fonts

The fonts used for testing are sourced from https://www.uwe-sieber.de/dosfon.html. Thanks for your free font Uwe Sieber.