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Description A great font for tiny pixel works:

Each character:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m
n o p q r s t u v w x y z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
! ? . , ; : “ ” / \ ( ) [ ] { } < >
· - — ~ @ # $ % + = _ ^
↑ ↓ ← → & *
The quick brown fox
jumps over the lazy dog.

Each alphanumeric character is a maximum of four pixels tall, excluding two-pixel tails. The longest characters are five pixels wide. Each space is one pixel wide, and each line down is two pixels down.

The hardest characters to make a miniature version would be 8, &, #, and @, because of their complexities. Despite the losses that had to be made when shrinking, they are still legible when at normal size.

I challenge anyone to make or find a smaller font than this.
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Comments: 23

romenX [2017-04-03 08:12:16 +0000 UTC]

Sorry for necroposting but I made my own as well . Not the smallest font but it's monospaced which is good for ASCII art.

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dkudriavtsev [2016-04-25 23:59:23 +0000 UTC]

Try using this for the ampersand:



[  ][&][  ][  ][  ]

[&][  ][&][  ][  ]

[  ][&][&][  ][  ]

[&][  ][  ][&][  ]

[  ][&][&][  ][&]

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Quanyails In reply to dkudriavtsev [2016-04-26 01:13:27 +0000 UTC]

That might work, if I didn't try to constrain myself to a four-pixel height.

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dkudriavtsev In reply to Quanyails [2016-06-30 01:23:04 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, a five pixel tall font would be much easier to make.

I can upload one...

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Lorb [2015-09-18 17:41:46 +0000 UTC]

Doing this may be better for the small s and z: (0=white pixel, x=black pixel)
_s_
0xx
0x0
xx0

_z_
xx0
0x0
0xx

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Quanyails In reply to Lorb [2015-09-18 17:58:30 +0000 UTC]

Possibly! I think I neglected those options because they looked too tilted for my liking (not that what I have currently is that much clearer... XD).

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PokemonStar-Eevee [2014-08-07 06:42:09 +0000 UTC]

Is it alright if I use this font for some small pixel works? I will be sure to credit and link to you in the description. 

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Quanyails In reply to PokemonStar-Eevee [2014-08-07 14:56:20 +0000 UTC]

Under those conditions, yes.

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PokemonStar-Eevee In reply to Quanyails [2014-08-07 18:48:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Voltinus [2014-06-26 12:25:14 +0000 UTC]

Simple and genius!

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WarSongDeathmark [2013-03-22 07:56:53 +0000 UTC]

Love it.

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bo-mccravy [2012-03-27 01:57:01 +0000 UTC]

[link] I used it here But it occures to me although your description says it's great for small pixel works , It doesnt give permission. If want me to use a different font i will change it immediately .

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Quanyails In reply to bo-mccravy [2012-03-27 02:24:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh, well, ask and cite me.

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bo-mccravy In reply to Quanyails [2012-03-27 02:51:57 +0000 UTC]

Ok. Can I use this font? XD
Also , I linked to the deviation in the comments :3

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Quanyails In reply to bo-mccravy [2012-03-27 11:08:10 +0000 UTC]

Yep.

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themissinglint [2010-05-03 20:33:27 +0000 UTC]

Cool.

I think it might be worth it to extend the s and z into the tall letter space. Maybe the g/y also, if you can cut a pixel out of the j.

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themissinglint In reply to themissinglint [2010-05-03 20:36:02 +0000 UTC]

You say 4 pixels tall, but the j is 6!

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themissinglint In reply to themissinglint [2010-05-03 20:36:39 +0000 UTC]

oops, misread.

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nourasiadragon [2010-03-22 19:10:15 +0000 UTC]

My goodness, that makes my eyes hurt just looking at it.

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Xelig00n [2010-03-20 23:08:20 +0000 UTC]

YOU ARE SO SMALL
IT'S FUNNY TO ME

So sorry, couldn't resist.
It's a reference, don't kill me !

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Atomicity In reply to Xelig00n [2010-03-22 01:31:05 +0000 UTC]

ENTIRE TEAM IS BABY!

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Quanyails In reply to Xelig00n [2010-03-20 23:08:59 +0000 UTC]

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LyonTheShadowLord In reply to Quanyails [2010-03-21 00:30:33 +0000 UTC]

HAH! I get that!

Great font anyway. I might use it somewhere.

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