Hello VileR! Thank you for replying to my comment! The Modern DOS font does not have any particular advantage from a technical perspective. It seems to be a fusion of a couple of OEM fonts.
According to my examination of the Modern DOS font, it seems to be based on the IBM VGA 8x16 and Verite 8x16 OEM fonts[1][2]. Some glyphs in it look exactly like those of IBM VGA 8x16 while some others look exactly like those of Verite 8x16. But it also has some glyphs that match neither of the two OEM fonts. Instead they appear to be adaptations of the glyphs found in one or both of the OEM fonts.
To summarise, Modern DOS does not appear to be a faithful reproduction of any OEM font. Despite considerable deviations from the OEM fonts, I quite liked it due to some choices made in the font. For example, it has the slashed zero of Verite and it also has the raised stem for the digit 2 and the curved stem for the digit 7 from IBM VGA 8x16. I personally happened to like this type of amalgamation. However it is not suitable for anyone who cares about accuracy and fidelity to specific OEM fonts.
For anyone interested in obtaining reproductions of the OEM fonts that are as faithful as possible[3], in my opinion, they should go to your page at https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/ without a doubt! Thanks for creating and maintaining this wonderful resource!
Oh, gotcha - FWIW the fonts I labeled 'Verite' do come from Rendition Verite video BIOS charsets, but those in turn seem to be descended from the 'Phoenix VGA BIOS' type of font, or rather they're in the same loose family of fonts which shared that visual style... can't check at the moment, but it wouldn't surprise me if Rendition used some Phoenix VBIOS derivative too.
I also believe the font used in the VMware VBIOS is derived from that, so those who run a lot of text-mode stuff in VMware may take a liking to it.
According to my examination of the Modern DOS font, it seems to be based on the IBM VGA 8x16 and Verite 8x16 OEM fonts[1][2]. Some glyphs in it look exactly like those of IBM VGA 8x16 while some others look exactly like those of Verite 8x16. But it also has some glyphs that match neither of the two OEM fonts. Instead they appear to be adaptations of the glyphs found in one or both of the OEM fonts.
To summarise, Modern DOS does not appear to be a faithful reproduction of any OEM font. Despite considerable deviations from the OEM fonts, I quite liked it due to some choices made in the font. For example, it has the slashed zero of Verite and it also has the raised stem for the digit 2 and the curved stem for the digit 7 from IBM VGA 8x16. I personally happened to like this type of amalgamation. However it is not suitable for anyone who cares about accuracy and fidelity to specific OEM fonts.
For anyone interested in obtaining reproductions of the OEM fonts that are as faithful as possible[3], in my opinion, they should go to your page at https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/ without a doubt! Thanks for creating and maintaining this wonderful resource!
[1] https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/font?ibm_vga_...
[2] https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/font?verite_8...
[3] https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/readme/ (see "Is every single font here 100% faithful to the original raster typeface?")