There were a variety of small character sets developed for the assorted
machines that had native graphics capability rather than native text
capability, not to mention the "well known" limits you ran into when using a
TV/RF-modulator or standard video monitor for display (ie 320 to 640 or
fewer dots per row.)  (Remember when "video monitors" were difficult to find
and expensive, and the high resolution monitors you'd need for 80-column
text were "impossible"?  Damn, I feel old...)

Amoung them: KIM with Video (a Don Lancaster hack, IIRC), Cosmac Elf,
Apple II, etc, etc...

BillW

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