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		0points 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 8x19 Text Mode Font Origins Because standard. There was also small .com utils circulating that would change to a tiny font so you could have 40, 50 rows of text with tiny fonts, or maybe even more.

bluedino 5 months ago [–]

One of my favorites let you do 132x43, too tiny on my cheap 14" though

Text editors like EDIT.COM and the Borland IDE let you select 80x43/50 in the menu

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