Z Character Data Format

CHARS.BIN is a 1024-byte member of the main asset archive in Z.

File format

The archive establishes the decompressed size and filename. The repository does not provide a standalone parser or a documented field layout for this payload. It must not be assumed to be a bitmap font, Unicode table, or array of dwords solely from its name and length.

Notes

This page records an unresolved asset family so it is not silently omitted from format coverage.

Source code

From re-z, the open-source browser port:

• src/formats/jmp2.js – archive member extraction
• src/viewer/catalog.js – generic asset enumeration

Credits

The identification and implementation notes above were contributed by VorticonCmdr. If you find this information helpful in a project you're working on, please give credit where credit is due. (A link back to this wiki would be nice too!)