The 8-bit arcade font, deconstructed
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In the video above, he guides us through this delightful 8-bit world and breaks it down pixel by pixel.
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Archive.org has a wonderful collection of vintage arcade games that you can play online. This is where many of the videos of arcade games came from.
In addition to that, Barcade allowed us to film their collection of arcades.
Toshi’s book served as a blueprint for all the fonts you see in the video. You can purchase it here:
Finally, a few great places on the internet I discovered while researching the video:
This arcade font writer created by @photonstorm
Archive.org’s magazine and manuals collection:
This list of websites compiled by Atarimania:
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