The “Light Chop” family of typefaces

These fonts are licensed CC BY-SA.

Lo-res/Normal

Early 40x24 displays rendered characters as 5x7 or 7x9 glyphs.

The font LightChop emulates this:

LightChop-7x9

0123456789<> *:.°
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

@font-face {
        font-family: "LightChop 7x9";
        src:	url(LightChop-7x9.svg) format("svg"),
		url(LightChop-7x9.woff) format("woff"),
		url(LightChop-7x9.ttf) format("ttf");
}

pre {
        font-family: "LightChop 7x9", monospace;
        background-color: black;
        color: #41FF00;
}

Hi-res/Bold

The font LightChop-Bold emulates a pixellated EGA retro computer display:

LightChop-Bold-9x12

0123456789<>#*:.°
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

@font-face {
        font-family: "LightChop Bold 9x12";
        src:	url(LightChop-Bold-9x12.svg) format("svg"),
		url(LightChop-Bold-9x12.woff) format("woff"),
		url(LightChop-Bold-9x12.ttf) format("ttf");
}

pre {
	font-family: "LightChop Bold 9x12", monospace;
	background: black;
	color: #FF80FF;
}

Vector

Arcade games like Asteroids and BattleZone, home consoles like Vectrex, and specialized CRT displays directly controlled the electron beam pointed at P1 or P3 phosphor.

The font LightChop-Vector emulates this:

LightChop-Vector

0123456789<> *:.°
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

@font-face {
	font-family: "LightChop Vector";
	src:	 url(LightChop-Vector.svg) format("svg"),
		 url(LightChop-Vector.woff) format("woff"),
		 url(LightChop-Vector.ttf) format("ttf");
}

pre {
	font-family: "LightChop Vector", monospace;
	background: black;
	color: #41FF00;
}

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