@sprite4 should work

tal-lib/font.tal

@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 BRK
 
 @on-frame
-  LIT 'O ;drawc JSR2
+  LIT 'K ;putc JSR2
+  LIT 'O ;putc JSR2
+  LIT 'o ;putc JSR2
+  LIT 'L ;putc JSR2
+  SWP #10 SUB SWP
   ;&adv KP-A JMPKEY 
   ;&back KP-B JMPKEY 
   BRK
@@ -45,33 +49,36 @@ BRK
   SWP #04 SUB SWP ( restore x coord )
   JMP2r
 
-( 4x4 sprite output from the memory )
-( x y addr* -- x y )
+( 4x4 sprite output from the short )
+( x y sprval* -- x y )
 @sprite4
-  ( get sprite contents )
-  LDA2 ( x y sprval* -- )
   SWP2 OVR2 ( sprval* x y sprval* -- )
-  #04 ( sprval* x y sprval* counter -- )
-  &lp
-    DEC ( first effective counter value is 3 ) 
-    DUP SWP2 ROT ( sprval* x y counter sprval* counter -- )
-    GETNIBBLE ( sprval* x y counter nibble -- )
-    SWP ( sprval* x y nibble counter -- )
-    DBGBYTE
-    STH ( sprval* x y nibble -- ) ( stash counter into return stack )
-    ;line4 JSR2 ( sprval* x y -- )
-    INC ( increment y coord )
-    STHr ( sprval* x y counter -- ) ( restore counter from return stack )
-    DBGBYTE
-    DUP ,&lp JCN
-  POP SWP2 POP2 ( sprval* x y counter -- x y )
-  #04 SUB ( restore y coord )
+  ( line 1 ) 
+  #0c SFT2 NIP ( sprval* x y nibble -- )
+  ;line4 JSR2 ( sprval* x y -- )
+  ( line 2 ) 
+  INC ( increment y coord ) 
+  OVR2 ( sprval* x y sprval* -- )
+  #08 SFT2 NIP #0f AND ( sprval* x y nibble -- )
+  ;line4 JSR2 ( sprval* x y -- )
+  ( line 3 )
+  INC ( increment y coord ) 
+  OVR2 ( sprval* x y sprval* -- )
+  #04 SFT2 NIP #0f AND ( sprval* x y nibble -- )
+  ;line4 JSR2 ( sprval* x y -- )
+  ( line 4 )
+  INC ( increment y coord ) 
+  OVR2 ( sprval* x y sprval* -- )
+  NIP #0f AND ( sprval* x y nibble -- )
+  ;line4 JSR2 ( sprval* x y -- )
+  #03 SUB ( restore y coord )
+  SWP2 POP2 ( x y -- )
   JMP2r
 
 ( nanofont character sprite output )
 ( x y char -- x y )
 @drawc
-  CHAR-TO-NF DBGSHORT ;sprite4 JSR2
+  CHAR-TO-NF LDA2 ;sprite4 JSR2
   JMP2r
 ( same as drawc but auto increment x coord )
 @putc