robotron1715-font

This utility takes Robotron 1715 (ru) character ROM and saves font to BDF format, which can be used in Unix or converted to other format (for example, PSF). It serves no purpose except historical interest.

Currently, only Latin ROM (see s619.bin below) is included in bdf.

Preview

Latin character ROM (s619.bin)	Cyrillic character ROM (s605.bin)	Latin+Cyrillic character ROM (s643.bin)

Install

cp robotron1715.bdf ~/.fonts
fc-cache -f -v

In Ubuntu, you may need to enable bitmap fonts first. Also, when using font choose it's native size 16 (it doesn't scale well).

Rebuild

pip3 install pypng
./rb1715font.py

By default, it loads s619.bin and generates robotron1715.bdf (font) and robotron1715.png (preview).

License

MIT