Apr 17, 2021
Mark Simonson, Atari Artist and Font
Designer
Mark Simonson used his Atari computers who create art that was
published in magazines in the 1980s, including a portrait of Nolan
Bushnell that was commissioned by TWA Ambassador, an inflight
magazine; a colorful street scene for the cover of Minnesota
Monthly, the magazine of Minnesota Public Radio; and a juggler for
the cover of Credit Union Advantage magazine, among others.
Professionally, Mark is a font designer. He created Atari Classic,
a free TrueType font family for modern computers that looks like
the Atari 8-bit screen font. Today, you'll see Atari Classic used
in many Atari emulators, web sites, the WUDSN IDE, and
elsewhere.
This interview took place on April 15, 2021.
Mark's
Atari reminisce blog post
Mark's
Mac/Atari Fusion site
Mark's Nolan Bushnell portrait in Hi-Res Magazine Issue 1
A wild Mark appears on AtariAge
FujiNet
This interview on
YouTube