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<p>
Sixtyfour Convergence is the COLRv1 companion of
<a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sixtyfour">Sixtyfour</a> a font
inspired by the article Raster CRT Typography by Norbert Landsteiner, and is a
rework of some old pixel versions of the Commodore 64.
</p>
<p>
Due to this project's specificity and the fonts' historical origin, they only
support a limited set of glyphs.
</p>

<p>
To contribute, see
<a href="https://github.com/jenskutilek/homecomputer-fonts"
>github.com/jenskutilek/homecomputer-fonts</a>.
</p>
<hr />
<h3>Homecomputer Fonts</h3>
<p>
These fonts are inspired by the interface fonts of two classic 1980s
computers, the Commodore C64 (<a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Sixtyfour">Sixtyfour</a>)
and Amiga (<a href="https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Workbench">Workbench</a>).
When Jens Kutilek adapted them to the variable font technology,
he did not just convert the pixel fonts, but tried to emulate the artifacts of
rendering letters on a CRT screen.
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<p>
The above fonts include two custom axes: <em>Scanlines</em>, which allows
control of the height of the lines and, as a result of this, the amount of
vertical space between the lines. And <em>Bleed</em> to change the amount of
horizontal bleed of the pixels due to the phosphor latency found in CRT
displays.
</p>
<img src="sixtyfour-2.png" />
<h4>Sixtyfour Convergence</h4>
<p>
Sixtyfour Convergence is Simon Cozens's COLRv1 take on Sixtyfour, which introduces
two additional new custom axes:
<em>Horizontal Element Alignment</em> and
<em>Vertical Element Alignment</em>. These axes allow the control of the position
of three painted layers, reproducing the control of the offset positions of the
red, green, and blue colors common on CRT monitors.
</p>
<img src="sixtyfour-1.gif" />
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