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Name Daisy-Dot Font File
Version I and II
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/1546
Family  
Classification Font
Disclosure  
Description Daisy-Dot is a text processing program written by Roy Goldman for the Atari line of computers enabling dot-matrix printers to utilise near letter quality (NLQ) printing technology. Three versions of Daisy-Dot were released between 1987 and 1990. A number of Daisy-Dot font files are pre-packaged with the text processor while others can be user-generated using the Daisy-Dot font editor. Daisy-Dot I and II fonts can be identified by the ASCII signature 'DAISY-DOT NLQ FONT'.
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Related file formats None.
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Developed by None.
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Source The National Archives and Records Administration / The National Archives and Records Administration
Source date 08 Nov 2021
Source description  
Last updated 08 Nov 2021
Note http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Daisy-Dot_font https://atariage.com/forums/topic/291455-daisy-dot-source-code/ http://infolab.stanford.edu/~royg/work/index.html https://inverseatascii.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/s4e11-prt-dd1-manual-sanserif-2x-2cs.pdf https://ia803009.us.archive.org/7/items/daisydotii/Daisy%20Dot%20II%20manual.pdf http://85.11.68.68/stuff/collections/PoolDisk%20Too/CD2/UMICH/TEXT/PRINTING/DDOT2/
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