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Why is there a "small house" in IBM's Code page 437? - GlyphDrawing.Club -blog

blog.glyphdrawing.club
2025-04-27T18:07:32.748Z
unicode ascii retro history fonts

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There's a small house ( ⌂ ) in the middle of IBM's infamous character set Code Page 437. "Small house"—that's the official IBM name given to the glyph at code position 0x7F, where a control character for "Delete" (DEL) should logically exist. It's cute, but a little strange. I wonder, how did it get there? Why did IBM represent DEL as a house, of all things?

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The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack: Home

int10h.org
2018-10-09T16:36:04.000Z
fonts retro oldschool imported:pinboard

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Home of the world's biggest collection of classic text mode fonts, system fonts and BIOS fonts from DOS-era IBM PCs and compatibles

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Cosmic Alien Font | dafont.com

www.dafont.com
2013-08-13T16:01:32.000Z
fonts retro games imported:pinboard

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Vector Battle Font | dafont.com

www.dafont.com
2013-08-13T16:00:34.000Z
fonts vector retro imported:pinboard

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Text Anti-Aliasing - How to disable? | ActiveState Community Site

community.activestate.com
2009-08-20T16:55:48.000Z
osx mac komodo antialiasing fonts system:host=community.activestate.com imported:pinboard

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"defaults write com.activestate.Komodo AppleAntiAliasingThreshold 20"

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Ascender creates the new Droid font collection for Open Handset Alliance's Android platform | Typophile

typophile.com
2007-11-14T05:05:53.000Z
fonts google android mobile imported:pinboard

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"Droid was designed by Ascender’s Steve Matteson to provide optimal quality and comfort on a mobile handset when rendered in application menus, web browsers and for other screen text."

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Style-Force Semplice™ Pixelfonts

pixelfonts.style-force.net
2007-11-09T18:38:52.000Z
fonts design pixel imported:pinboard

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Programmer's Font (inactive project)

www.arcavia.com
2006-11-15T22:56:39.000Z
programming fonts funny imported:pinboard

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"This font is made for clarity at small resolutions ... We need to re-engineer the alphabet so that it will be clear at extremely small sizes."

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Helvetica: the Movie

helveticafilm.com
2006-10-27T18:24:20.000Z
film interview design culture fonts via:whump imported:pinboard

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Forthcoming (2007) documentary about the ubiquitous sans-serif font, and its effect on design and culture.

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[faisal.com] ProFont for OS X

www.faisal.com
2006-04-11T19:35:47.000Z
osx fonts programming imported:pinboard

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"I used a font editor to remove the ligatures, and created ProFontX."

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PLAZM | FONTS | DOWNLOADS

www.plazm.com
2004-03-25T14:18:02.000Z
copyright fonts imported:pinboard

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"By placing fragments of corporate icons into the form of an alphabet, Henss challenges the notion of ownership of letterforms."

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