The Commodore 64 Keyboard Font, For Everybody

There are some basic fonts which appeared in a single place and have become virtually iconic, but by no means made it into the digital age. The font on the Commodore 64 keyboard for instance, with its its barely slender letters. If you’ve been craving to see it once more then assistance is at hand, as a result of [Levente Szabadkai] has traced it from images and made it available as a vector font in a variety of formats on GitHub.

As you would possibly count on, it’s an uppercase font solely, because the {hardware} by no means sported decrease case letters. But it doesn’t cease there, as a result of it additionally comprises the assorted punctuation and different marks, all of the PETSCII glyphs, and the operate keys. There’s even a Commodore emblem for that key down within the left hand nook, however we’re guessing you’ll need to assemble CLR HOME your self. We can’t assist noticing the cursor arrows are strong in distinction to the outlined ones on our 64 right here, however we’re guessing there could also be some minor variations between fashions.

So obtain the font, and make all of your stuff appear to be a Nineteen Eighties dwelling laptop keyboard. And in case you’re questioning why you discover so many keyboard fonts acquainted, we’ve talked about the Gorton font prior to now.