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-[[Image:TXMPPOSTER3.png|right|thumb|128px|HAPéKAT, Oni's very own Happy MasKot]]
+[[Image:TXMPPOSTER3.png|right|thumb|128px|[[Hapecat]], Oni's very own happy mascot.]]
-Xenotron is a family of fonts designed in 1995 by Cornelis "Kees" Gajentaan, a [http://web.archive.org/web/20160207125614/http://home.luna.nl/~xino/vga/index.html video games artist] and [http://videogamesartist.blogspot.com/search/label/Happy%20Mascots Happy Mascot hunter]. His font was used in Oni, most notably in [[:Category:Splashscreens|splashscreens]], but also in some in-game 2D art ("STAIRS" signs, "DC" decals...).
+Xenotron is a family of fonts designed in 1995 by Cornelis "Kees" Gajentaan, a [http://web.archive.org/web/20160207125614/http://home.luna.nl/~xino/vga/index.html video games artist] and [http://videogamesartist.blogspot.com/search/label/Happy%20Mascots happy mascot hunter]. His font was used in Oni, most notably in the [[:Category:Splashscreens|splashscreens]], but also in some textures ("STAIRS" signs, "DC" decals...).
-Xenotron was released under a "thankware" license, but Kees is not credited or mentioned in "Special Thanks" in the [[Quotes/Credits|Credits]], meaning that whoever brought this font to Bungie West either claimed authorship or got the font from a font repository and didn't bother looking up the author.
+Xenotron was released under a "thankware" license, but Kees is not credited or mentioned in "Special Thanks" in the [[Quotes/Credits|Credits]], meaning that Bungie West was either forgetful or got Xenotron from a font repository and didn't see the author's special license.
-;Original font links
+;Font links
 :[http://web.archive.org/web/20141112095925/http://home.luna.nl/~xino/fonts/xenotron/index.html Xenotron and Xenotron Broadstroke] (archived)
 :[http://web.archive.org/web/20110820102507/http://home.luna.nl/~xino/fonts/xenotron/radio.html Xenotron Radio Edit] (archived)
-;Mirrored collection
+:[http://iritscen.oni2.net/wiki/Xenotron.zip TTF files for all three typefaces] (mirrored)
-:[http://iritscen.oni2.net/wiki/Xenotron.zip Xenotron archive of all three typefaces]
 ;Other cool stuff by Kees
 :[http://web.archive.org/web/20110820102502/http://home.luna.nl/~xino/times2/funtower.htm FunTower project] (for Times Square; archived)
-:[http://web.archive.org/web/20160207125614/http://home.luna.nl/~xino/vga/index.html Other Artwork] (other projects; the JavaScript for the "Other Artwork" portfolio is broken, unfortunately -- there was some cool stuff there)
+:[http://web.archive.org/web/20160207125614/http://home.luna.nl/~xino/vga/index.html Other Artwork] (other projects; the JavaScript for the "Other Artwork" portfolio is broken, unfortunately – there was some cool stuff there)
 ;Special mention for FunTower
-:It's a "vertical city" concept made of [[seven]] modular halls of [[seven]] floors each.
+:It's a "vertical city" concept made of [[seven]] modular halls of [[seven]] floors each. Unfortunately, the 3D data is unavailable... But the concept lives on, sorta ^_^
-:Unfortunately, the 3D data is unavailable... But the concept lives on, sorta ^_^
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