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I cannot explain why I like text mode so much. But I do. And I love the old text mode fonts.
Because it's simple, straight to the point, doesn't have any distracting images, perfectly aligned, light, ...
I love how each company experimented to come up with signature looks. Some are really nice to look at (like Olivetti MxVGA, Wyse 700b-2y correct 5:12, and the correct EpsonMGA Mono) while others are visually bizarre (like those insane r characters in Sperry, and pretty much everything about EagleSpCGA Alt2 and Alt3 fonts).

The tiny red-on-grey is so hard to read, though. But it's pretty much on par with what we saw back then.