Epson MX-80 Fonts

Summary

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Back] [Bottom] [Index] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- From the dot matrix printer EPSON MX-80 I present to you: EPSON MX-80 Fonts By Michael Walden Created: 2025-08-17 - Updated: 2025-08-17 Introduction ------------ The EPSON MX-80 printer was a commercially successful product in the early 1980s. It was often used to print type in programs in computer magazines in the 1980s. These fonts are therefore useful for retro printout simulation or program listings on web pages and in documentation. Bullet points: • I manually transcribed the font data (on 2009-11-25) used in these fonts from the "APPENDIX 4 Character Fonts" in the "MX-80 EPSON DOT MATRIX PRINTER TYPE II OPERATION MANUAL." (pp. 92-95) All characters match those in the APPENDIX 4 except for those where I say otherwise. • The slashed zero in these fonts is a feature borrowed from the EPSON FX-80 printer (the successor to the MX-80) which had a dip switch setting that would allow you to enable a slashed zero. The bitmap for the slashed zero character in these fonts was taken from the EPSON FX-80 dot matrix printer. • The "enhanced" fonts included here are fonts where I have slightly improved the centering of fifteen characters "'(),.:;`filxz{}" in the ASCII portion of the character set. • I created 88 characters to fill in the missing Windows-1252 characters: €‚ƒ„…†‡ˆ‰Š‹ŒŽ‘’“”•–—˜™š›œžŸ¢¥©ª«¬®¯±²³´µ¶·¸¹ º»¼½¾ÀÁÂÃÇÈÊËÌÍÎÏÐÒÓÔÕ×ÙÚÛÝÞáâãêíîïðóôõ÷úûýÿ • Characters 0x91(‘) and 0x92(’) have been made heavier to make them match and make 0x92(’) slightly different from the character 0x27(') • The two characters Inverted exclamation mark 0xA1(¡) and Inverted question mark 0xBF(¿) have each been shifted down two pixels to be below the baseline, as they should be. • Character Broken bar 0xA6 has been made into a solid vertical bar to distinguish it from the 0x7C Vertical line character which ...