[viler]

That's part of the reason I've added more fonts from more compatibles: some of them had much nicer ones - the Cordata and Wyse machines in particular more than doubled the resolution of the original IBM fonts, and indeed achieved something quite close to that 'classic terminal' look.

The IBM PC was meant to support both color and monochrome displays though ("color" meaning "cheap TV-resolution CGA" :-)), and there are hints that both functions were originally supposed to go on the same adapter board. That plus cost cutting are probably why the same ROM chip contained both the color and monochrome fonts, so neither of them could have been very high-res...

[rbanffy]

I love that the Cordata PPC-400 was included. It's one of the most beautiful screen fonts I've ever seen.

[viler]

Yep! They seemed to be quite proud of it in the PPC-400 User's Guide. It goes on to describe the availability of various character attributes (reverse video, underlining, blinking, intensity) as "part of Corona's continuing effort to provide you with the finest and most advanced products".

Definitely a well-done design. If it wasn't for the ToshibaSat 8x14 font (also included), that'd be my code editor font of choice now.

[rbanffy]

If I hadn't made my own 3270 font, I'd seriously consider it.