Anybody else like the way topaz 8 looked on a 640x200/256 display?

[Karlos]

...but utterly hate it on any 1:1 aspect ratio?

Perhaps it's only me, but I was feeling nostalgic:


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Does anybody know if there'd be any issues with releasing a font like that? Aside from lots of people hating it, that is :lol:

[AmigaMance]

Yeap. Call me retro, but i like topaz/8.
In fact, this the font i have set for my Workbench and other screens. All in 800x600 resolution.

[Karlos]

Yeap. Call me retro, but i like topaz/8.
In fact, this the font i have set for my Workbench and other screens. All in 800x600 resolution.

That's just it though. I stop liking it the instant it is displayed on a square pixel display. It just looks ... crushed up. So, I created a special "double height" topaz font that at 16x8 pixels, looks just like topaz did on Hires PAL

[save2600]

+1 for the Topaz look  

[Golem!dk]

That's just it though. I stop liking it the instant it is displayed on a square pixel display. It just looks ... crushed up. So, I created a special "double height" topaz font that at 16x8 pixels, looks just like topaz did on Hires PAL

Used topaz/11 for square pixel modes here, 8 was kinda fugly there.

[mbrantley]

Looking retro-good. Wasn't there a different Topaz look in the pre-2.0 versions of the OS? A Topaz font with seriffs?

[Jose]

Topaz 8 with the 1.3 color scheme rules. They totally moved backwards after 2.x.
The withe text on blue background is just cool. It's even less aggressive to the eyes.
Also, anybody remember how the printer/serial preferences looked with the 1.3 colors ? It looked very professional:)

[Karlos]

Looking retro-good. Wasn't there a different Topaz look in the pre-2.0 versions of the OS? A Topaz font with seriffs?

Yep, there was. I probably have that font somewhere, but I kind of prefer the 2.0 version.

[Linde]

Personally, I love both the square and stretched look. I used topaz/8 for my 1680x1050 UAE screen on my tiny laptop monitor

Oh so eye straining, but since when do I care about practicality?

On the my A1200, I use Microknight in 640x200.

[mingle]

I used to like it, since my Workbench was always running in PAL 640x256 (also with overscan), but I found a font that was similar, but looked better, called "Pearl", also 8 point...

[mingle]

@Karlos,

Forgot to ask; What's that icon-set you're using... Looks amazing...

Mike.

[Crumb]

I like topaz/8 on Hi-Res non laced screens
/me hides

[Karlos]

@Karlos,

Forgot to ask; What's that icon-set you're using... Looks amazing...

Mike.

That's just the default O4.1 Update 1 set.

[Karlos]

I like topaz/8 on Hi-Res non laced screens
/me hides

Me too. No need to hide

[Matt_H]

One of the demo groups recently released a whole bunch of Amiga terminal fonts, including 1.3/2.x versions of Topaz. Don't remember who, but they're somehow affiliated with Up Rough...