pixel fonts

[startDrag]

is there such thing as pixel fonts? and where can i get it?

[wcoleman]

Originally posted by startDrag
is there such thing as pixel fonts? and where can i get it?

Here is a recent post of mine from the Swish forum that lists many pixel font resources and a link to a page showing some fonts. There is also good information to be found by searching the fonts forum here at FlashKit.

I found that as I used more pixel fonts I had trouble remembering which ones were to be done at 8 pixels, which at 9 etc. (senior moments like this are becoming more common I'm afraid), so I made up a chart that I can reference - this is certainly not all of the comon pixel fonts but it can give you an idea of what is available.

http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/F...ixelfonts.html - black text on white background

http://www.wellesley.edu/Chemistry/F...xelfonts1.html - white text on black background

If there is no number on parentheses after the font name then that font is set at 8 points (including pixel punch - which goes to show that point size is a meaningless measure).

These fonts come from the top three sites in this list of pixel fonts:

http://www.orgdot.com/aliasfonts/
http://www.dafont.com/
http://www.miniml.com - there is also an excellent tutorial on the use of pixel fonts here
http://ziz.pekori.to/stuff/font.html
http://www.vfive.com
http://www.hi-type.de
http://www.fontomas.com/48
http://www.fountain.nu
http://www.plusism.com
http://w1.192.telia.com/~u19212831/
http://www.fontalicious.com/fontext/fonts8.htm
http://www.dsg4.com/04/extra/index.html
http://cgm.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/pixel.html

Be sure to read the guide that is available on http://www.miniml.com - it will answer all of your questions.

Cheers,

Flick