https://idleberg.github.io/playdate-arcade-fonts
A collection of classic arcade game fonts for the Playdate
https://idleberg.github.io/playdate-arcade-fonts
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A collection of classic arcade game fonts for the Playdate
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://idleberg.github.io/playdate-arcade-fonts
- Owner: idleberg
- Created: 2022-03-05T12:36:02.000Z (about 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-27T08:47:23.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-06T01:31:12.755Z (about 1 year ago)
- Topics: bitmap-fonts, fonts, playdate, playdate-font
- Language: Svelte
- Homepage: https://idleberg.github.io/playdate-arcade-fonts
- Size: 14.7 MB
- Stars: 152
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 6
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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- awesome-playdate - Playdate Arcade Fonts - Collection of classic arcade fonts for the Playdate. (Game Development / Fonts)
README
# 👾 playdate-arcade-fonts
## TL;DR
[Just show me the fonts!](https://playdate-arcade-fonts.netlify.app/)
## Description
This project is meant as a love letter to the typography of classic arcade games. It contains a growing collection of bitmap fonts that were hand-drawn with [Toshi Omagari's](https://twitter.com/tosche_e) magnificent book [Arcade Game Typography](https://readonlymemory.vg/shop/book/arcade-game-typography/) as reference. These fonts have been made with Panic's [Playdate](https://play.date/) in mind, but it's unclear whether they can be used as regular `*.fnt` files.
**Checklist**
- all fonts are 8x8 pixels, in most cases with a padding of 1px
- all fonts only cover basic latin characters
- most fonts have a limited character range (`[0-9A-Z]`), rarely including lowercase characters
- complex fonts with colors have been excluded, some have been added as outlined or filled variants
- typographic quality was no criteria for inclusion (and there are many bad fonts!)
- PNG previews
I'm currently not interested in contributions of new fonts. However, if you come across mistakes you are welcome to post an [issue](https://github.com/idleberg/playdate-arcade-fonts/issues) or even a [pull request](https://github.com/idleberg/playdate-arcade-fonts/pulls).
**Todo**
- [ ] add more fonts
- [ ] better filter options on website
- [x] option to handle missing characters in details view
## FAQ
Find [frequently asked questions](https://idleberg.github.io/playdate-arcade-fonts/faq/) on the website for this project.
## Related
- [Playdate Arcade Fonts Viewer](https://github.com/idleberg/playdate-arcade-fonts-viewer)
- [Playdate SDK Feed](https://github.com/idleberg/playdate-sdk-feed)
## License
All included fonts are licensed under a [Public Domain](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) license. The website and all code in this repository is licensed under [The MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).