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how to view 100% accurate amiga font ascii on macosx?

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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
added on the 2018-02-15 23:19:45 by distance distance
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.)
added on the 2018-02-16 00:54:17 by gasman gasman
Here's some info viewers too:

http://rescene.wikidot.com/nfo-viewers
added on the 2018-02-16 15:58:08 by visy visy
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.
added on the 2018-02-16 19:23:17 by absence absence
^^ Is that instrument text from a mod file? You might wanna try opening it in 8bitbubsy's Protracker clone if that's the case.
added on the 2018-02-16 20:08:59 by jmph jmph
No, it's file_id.diz
added on the 2018-02-16 20:50:03 by absence absence
Use Ced in FS-UAE for mac.
added on the 2018-02-19 14:53:23 by kRiZ^cMz kRiZ^cMz
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
added on the 2018-02-21 11:20:52 by 8bitbubsy 8bitbubsy
@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.
added on the 2018-02-21 11:54:57 by 8bitbubsy 8bitbubsy
@8bitbubsy: amazing! :)
added on the 2018-02-21 12:45:08 by visy visy
8bitbubsy just rules.
added on the 2018-02-21 14:31:29 by leGend leGend
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.
added on the 2018-02-21 16:00:25 by losso losso
Like this: BB Image
added on the 2018-02-21 16:06:01 by losso losso
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!
added on the 2018-02-21 16:13:20 by 8bitbubsy 8bitbubsy
Fixed! Reuploaded with the correct font bitmap this time.
https://16-bits.org/etc/amiga_nfo_viewer.zip
added on the 2018-02-21 17:03:51 by 8bitbubsy 8bitbubsy
Quote:
Fixed! Reuploaded with the correct font bitmap this time.
https://16-bits.org/etc/amiga_nfo_viewer.zip


can you implement display ANSI?
added on the 2018-08-20 06:01:31 by g0blinish g0blinish

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