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Elite

A TheDraw block font from 1994, carried by srg-0494.zip. Restored · in the generator.

The specimen is rendered from the held file itself : the name in the font's own cells and colors, then its full glyph set in file order.

TypeTheDraw block font (.TDF)

DesignerNot credited in the pack or the font file

Name inside the fileeLiTe

Glyphs53 in the file

Sightings1 pack (srg-0494.zip)

Pack years1994

StateRestored · in the generator

Glyph set

The file holds 53 glyphs. In code order:

!ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Provenance

Found in the art-pack census of the full archive (main/srg-0494.zip :: ELITE.TDF). The census extracted every .TDF in the 4,019-pack archive; this design's file is held byte-identical to its pack copy , and its restoration was verified against that copy.

Shipped loose in Surge's first pack, Pack Numero Uno (April 1994), with the group's ANSI art and game FAQs. Neither the pack nor the font file credits an individual artist for this font.

Where it stands

This design is a live style in the ASCII generator.
Use it in the ASCII generator

font.lol has restored this font as a TrueType font (from its cell grid), and the build passed the FontBakery gate. Release pending: the restoration is submitted to FontSpace and not yet published, so there is no download link yet.

font.lol showcases this font for reference and does not distribute the file.