_   _  _____  _      _       ___       _____  _   _  _____  ____   _____
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| |_| ||  _|  | |    | |    | | | |      | |  | |_| ||  _|  | |_) ||  _|
|  _  || |___ | |___ | |___ | |_| |      | |  |  _  || |___ |  _ < | |___
|_| |_||_____||_____||_____| \___/       |_|  |_| |_||_____||_| \_\|_____|

I am RetroWriter.

I have the charm & simplicity of word processors from the 1980s. But I have very modern conveniences, like AI (on compatible Macs). Together, this makes for an awesome retro word powerhouse.

You will find me in the Mac App Store.

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|_ _|( )|  \/  |    |  _ \ | ____||_   _||  _ \  / _ \
 | | |/ | |\/| |    | |_) ||  _|    | |  | |_) || | | |
 | |    | |  | |    |  _ < | |___   | |  |  _ < | |_| |
|___|   |_|  |_|    |_| \_\|_____|  |_|  |_| \_\ \___/
  • 80-column by 24-line display (e.g. early PC-equivalent)
  • No right-click, no scroll bars, no pop-up dialog boxes, no settings panel
  • Five retro font choices, four retro "monochrome screen" colour options
  • Status bar at the bottom, plus doc listing at left
  • Line count listing (plus a "Screens" count; one "Screen" is 24 lines)
  • Docs stored on floppy drive A: (actually, on your disk & sandboxed for safety)
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|_ _|( )|  \/  |    |  \/  | / _ \ |  _ \ | ____||  _ \ | \ | |
 | | |/ | |\/| |    | |\/| || | | || | | ||  _|  | |_) ||  \| |
 | |    | |  | |    | |  | || |_| || |_| || |___ |  _ < | |\  |
|___|   |_|  |_|    |_|  |_| \___/ |____/ |_____||_| \_\|_| \_|
  • Incremental saves means you never need to Cmd+S or File > Save
  • Automated iCloud backup
  • Generative AI for text insertion/reworking on compatible Macs
  • Basic autocorrect and misspelling underlining (both can be turned off)
  • Export to .doc, .pdf, Google Docs etc or share to social, email & Apple Notes
  • Basic features like Find/Replace and full screen mode
  • I'm not actually ASCII. I'm Unicode UTF-8--thoroughly modern
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/ ___| |_   _| / _ \ |  _ \ |_   _|    | | | || ____||  _ \ | ____|
\___ \   | |  | |_| || |_) |  | |      | |_| ||  _|  | |_) ||  _|
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|____/   |_|  |_| |_||_| \_\  |_|      |_| |_||_____||_| \_\|_____|

You'll find me in the Mac App Store.