Short:        Double-height recreation of Topaz
Author:       alex@limi.net (Alex Limi)
Uploader:     alex limi net (Alex Limi)
Type:         text/bfont
Version:      1.0
Architecture: generic
Distribution: Aminet

== Topaz Double ==

Double-height recreation of Amiga's iconic Topaz typeface.

This is an Amiga-native recreation of one of the most beautiful and readable
8x8 pixel typefaces ever created: Topaz - now rendered in pixel-perfect 8x16px
for modern resolutions.

Out of the box, Amiga used a tall (~2:1) resolution - 640x200 (NTSC) or
640x256 (PAL) - which means that the standard Topaz typeface/font would be
half-height if you were using it with resolutions with a pixel aspect ratio
closer to 1:1.

For some reason, there has never been an Amiga-native version of a
double-height Topaz (at least not that I could find) for use with resolutions
with a square (1:1) pixel ratio, so I made one.

This typeface is ideal for "modern" resolutions like 800x600, 1024x768,
classic Amiga resolutions like 640x400 and 640x512 (Hi-Res Interlace) - as
well as 16:9 resolutions like 720p and 1080p, which are supported by the
MiSTer FPGA Amiga core and RTG graphics implementations.


Two typefaces are included:

* Topaz Double Sans: A double-height recreation of the Topaz variant used in
  AmigaOS 2 and 3.

* Topaz Double Serif: A double-height recreation of the Topaz variant used in
  AmigaOS 1.2 and 1.3.


== Installation ==

Copy the contents of the `Fonts` directory to your `FONTS:` assign on the
Amiga.


== Colophon ==

The typeface was lovingly recreated by hand, since there are no obvious ways
to easily scale an Amiga font file to be twice the height, and I didn't feel
like reverse engineering the Amiga font file format.

Original typeface design by Bob Burns.

The typeface was made by using the excellent modernized version of the Amiga
Font Editor by Henryk Richter.

If you find any errors in the conversion, file an issue in the issue tracker:
https://github.com/amigavision/DoubleTopaz/issues

- Alex Limi, https://amiga.vision


Bob Burns AmiWest 2016 talk: https://youtu.be/p_A_ZrDaF9w