• April 12

  The origins of DEL (0x7F) and its Legacy in Amiga ASCII art

  

  glyphdrawing.club

  tl;dr: This article is a detailed (but not exhaustive) micro-history on the character DEL (0x7F) as...

  tl;dr: This article is a detailed (but not exhaustive) micro-history on the character DEL (0x7F) as it appears in Amiga's Topaz font ( ⌂ ), and how it was used in Amiga ASCII art between 1993–2005. In part 1, "What is DEL", I try to form a comprehensive understanding of how DEL(ETE) originated as a way to obliterate...

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• April 12

  Why is there a "small house" in IBM's Code page 437?

  

  glyphdrawing.club

  This post is a companion piece to my article The origins of DEL (0x7F) and its...

  This post is a companion piece to my article The origins of DEL (0x7F) and its Legacy in Amiga ASCII art. That article is all about the character DEL, what it is, how it was used, and why it even has a visual representation, but with a focus on Commodore's Amiga computers. Whereas AmigaOS's Topaz font renders DEL wi...

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