Tracking down the true origin of a font used in many games and shareware titles

This is a thread about a font that's appeared in a lot of video games over the years, and how it was surprisingly challenging to track down its true origin.

And no, it's probably not the one you're thinking of (though that one has an interesting story as well!).

— codeman38 (@codeman38) November 29, 2019

from Hacker News https://twitter.com/codeman38/status/1200243842521415681