6nfo

Viewer for DOS-era text art: .ans, .nfo, .asc, .diz, .bin. Renders in the original IBM VGA fonts on a fixed cell grid, so block characters tile with no seams at any zoom.

Linux x64	6nfo-2026.11.06-linux-x64.tar.gz	40 MB
Windows x64	6nfo-2026.11.06-win-x64.zip	42 MB

Built 2026-11-06 from 666994a. Self-contained: no .NET install needed. SHA256SUMS

Linux: tar xzf 6nfo-*-linux-x64.tar.gz, then ./6nfo file.ans. Needs X11 and fontconfig.
Windows: unzip and run 6nfo.exe. The binary is unsigned, so SmartScreen may warn.

An 80-column ANSI file with a SAUCE record: title, author and date are in the status bar.

200%. The grid is drawn once at native resolution and scaled by nearest neighbour.

Features

Zoom 25% to 800%, or fit to width. Canvas width comes from SAUCE, auto-detect, or a fixed 40, 80 or 132.
CP437 in Px437 IBM VGA 9×16, 8×16 and 9×8.
ANSI: SGR colour, xterm-256 and 24-bit colour, cursor addressing, erase, save and restore. ANSI music sequences are skipped.
SAUCE title, author, group and date. Its width, iCE, letter-spacing and aspect settings are applied on load.
iCE colours or real animated blink.
4:3 correction to match a 720×400 VGA signal on a period monitor.
.bin BinaryText.
Drag and drop, recent files.

Keys


`Ctrl+O`	open
`Ctrl+R`	reload
`Ctrl++`, `Ctrl+-`	zoom
`Ctrl+0`	actual size
`Ctrl+F`	fit to window
`Ctrl`+wheel	zoom around the pointer
Arrows, `PgUp`, `PgDn`, `Home`, `End`	scroll

Credits

Fonts: Px437 from the Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack v2.2 by VileR, CC BY-SA 4.0 (FONT-LICENSE.txt in the download). UI: Avalonia.