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CHARSET.DTA

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CHARSET.DTA is the font used in Creatures 1 and Creatures 2. Creatures 2 additionally has EuroCharset.dta.

The file format is as follows:

size description
72 bytes Data for a single character - 6 pixels wide, 12 pixels high. It's not clear how pixels are mapped to colors.
... Additional characters (128 total in CHARSET.DTA, 256 total in EuroCharset.dta)
16-bit integer Width when rendered of character at this index. Character data is left-aligned.
... Additional character widths when rendered