eishiyaApr 18, 2022

Decided late last night I should make a pixel font that resembles Latin Textura manuscripts, scribal abbreviations and all.

Coming up with rules in the font to automatically use the abbreviations was pretty fun. Making vector versions of all the letters was not.

#FontForge #PixelArt

Show threadeishiyaApr 19, 2022

I finished the font! You can download it on OpenGameArt for use in your own projects:

https://opengameart.org/content/pixtura12-medieval-pixel-font

In addition to just looking cool (because Textura is always cool), it can optionally (and if your art program supports it) automatically apply a bunch of abbreviations and variants to make Latin text look more authentic.

#pixelArt #fontForge #font

Pixtura12 Medieval Pixel Font

A 12px pixel art font based on late medieval manuscripts.

OpenGameArt.org
Show threadTopaz, Gem Coyote
@eishiya Oh wow, this is cool as heck! So wait, that's /vector/ pixels, not a bitmap font?
Apr 26, 2022 at 8:14amWeb
Show threadeishiyaApr 26, 2022
@topaz It's both! It contains a bitmap, but since many programs these days don't support bitmap fonts, it also contains a blocky vector outline. If you use the correct size (12px) and disable antialiasing, it gives the same look as the bitmap.