One of the features that made me get my 2068 was the possibility of changing the character set. But, it didn’t seem to be worth the trouble until I saw the special alphabet used in a program that was shown at a recent TUG meeting. As you can see in the listing of CHR$, it is well worth it in better legibility, and it’s prettier too.
I really enjoy making character sets with this program which can be used to make more than just one regular and one USR set by changing the values of S and T which are the beginning of the second character set and UDG set respectively.
After you type in the program and RUN it you can start out by copying the Sinclair character set and then changing it. Sets can also be saved as bytes for use in other programs. Line 6000 switches the computer back into the normal ROM characters while line 6010 puts the new ones into use.
The character editor routine is entered by pressing a character you wish to change. While in the edit mode, use the arrow keys to move the dots around. Press 1 to plot, press 0 to unplot, press 4 to return to the menu, and press enter to POKE the new character.
I don’t think you will ever be content with just the old alphabet again.