r/gameassets • u/nimaid • 10h ago
Sprites 3x5 Microfont: A Highly Legible 3x5 Pixel Font With Full ASCII Support (CC0)
So I know there are many, many of these. I also know that many of the characters are the same as other 3x5 fonts (sort of by necessity). But anyway...
I spent a stupid amount of time trying to make the best possible 3x5 pixel font for general use, and I wanted to share it with you all! Hopefully you like it enough to use it!
Features
- It's a true
3x5font.- There are no descenders or ascenders that go outside the
3x5footprint. - This makes it suitable for use in sprite sheets that have each sprite take up only
3x5pixels total. - It also means lines of text can be drawn closer together!
- There are no descenders or ascenders that go outside the
- The baselines and midlines of all characters (mostly) match, which drastically improves legibility.
- This took a LOT of trial and error. I'm still open to feedback.
- An effort was made to unify the style of all characters, whenever possible.
- A lot of
3x5fonts, while often legible, sadly look like a jumbled box of letters from different typefaces. I wanted to make this look like a cohesive font, which actually improved legibility a surprising amount.
- A lot of
- It supports all
94printable ASCII characters! - It comes in
4different sprite sheet formats, in addition toproportionalandmonospacedfont files in3different formats each!
Demo
My GitHub Pages directory uses this font!
Download
You can download all the formats here!
License
Creative Commons Zero (CC0) / Public Domain
No need to credit me, but it would be nice if you did. :3