title: C64 TrueType v1.2.1           type: fonts
date: April 15, 2019            platform: Any OS/web

>> What the hell is it?

Our C64 TrueType fonts provide monospace and
variable pitch versions of the legendary C64
character set.  For programmers, each font contains
Unicode mappings to accomodate either a direct
PETSCII mapping or a screencode mapping. For users,
the fonts map to some obvious code points (like the
Unicode box drawing range) and should also support
easy mapping from applicable code points in cp437
and cp1252. Our goal is to provide all 304 necessary
glyphs in the C64 character set in as small a file
as possible while still being programmer-friendly.
Finally, six additional glyphs are included to round
out the US-ASCII table with \, ^, `, {, }, and ~ for
the sake of providing a usable PETSCII experience
in code editors/IDEs.

This update corrects some bounding box issues as
reported in the updated Microsoft Font Validator,
left side bearing on one glyph, and updates some
PS names.

This update also adds a 'proper' OpenType format
(.otf) with CFF outlines. All files should be
smaller than the previous release. SVG format
has been dropped.

"C64 Pro Mono" is the fixed pitch while "C64 Pro"
is a variable pitch (propertional) version. In the
legacy folder you can also find "C64 Elite Mono"
which was used in DirMaster v2.x - we don't
recommend using it for anything else other than
if you need it for running an older version of
DirMaster. The "C64 Pro Mono" in this release is
the same as what ships with DirMaster v3.1.2 but
will work with any older 3.x version of DirMaster.

>> What does the future hold?

The Unicode Consortium (or acolytes thereof)
recently tackled the issue of missing legacy
computing character sets. The first attempt
has omitted several of the C64's vertical and
horizontal 'quarter-bar' characters. Pending
the final outcome we'll add whatever new
mappings that are relevant to the C64 when
the next Unicode update drops.

>> Previous releases:

v1.0 - Oct 1, 2010
v1.2 - Sep 2, 2014

>> For more information:

http://style64.org/c64-truetype

http://style64.org/c64-truetype/license

http://style64.org/petscii

Keep scene spirit alive!