SCUMM/Technical Reference/Charset resources
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Introduction
Character sets define the fonts used by SCUMM to draw text, such as dialogue, on the screen.
V2 charset format
TODO
V3 charset format
TODO
V4 charset format
TODO
V5/V6 charset format
Like all other resources in V5 and later, the charset data is stored in a chunk, in this case a 'CHAR' chunk. The header looks as follows:
| Size | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | chunk tag | CHAR chunk tag |
| 6 | unknown | |
| 15 | bytes | colour map |
| 1 | byte | number of bits per pixel |
| 3 | unknown | |
| 1024 | 256*quad LE | character data offsets |
NUT (V7 & V8) charset format
TODO