Lowercase "o" started it all.

This tileset was developed specifically for use with GBStudio, where graphics are stored in the system as 8x8 tiles. By using these tiles, one can incorporate a greater variety of tiles into a map without running into the 192-tile limit which Game Boy hardware has.

Well, before making this I already found ways to break that limit (and to use larger tiles), and the resulting games compile fine and even work on real hardware. I made this anyway for those who wish to never exceed 192 tiles, thus keeping their games small in filesize and reducing the likelihood of compiling problems.

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Original size: 6pt (use multiples of this size for pixel perfection)

A pixel art galaxy. 27*27 canvasses.

There are 12 distinct fonts lurking within this one. Spot 'em all and win a FREE Nothing!

Original size: 20.25pt (use multiples of this size for pixel perfection)

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-= LEGEND =-

A - Space Shuttle, B - Planetoids, C - Alien, D - Space Station, E - Pulsars, F - Satellite/Telescope, G - Planet & Moons, H - Kempler Rosette, I - Bar Sign, J - Space Bar, K - Interstellar Planet/Dark Star, L - Double Sun Planet, M - Globular Cluster, N - Earth, O - Galactic Plane, P - Asteroids, Q - Alien in Saucer, R - Black Hole/Wormhole, S - Globular Cluster, T - Dyson Ring, U - Giant Star, V - FS Nebula, W - Nyan Cat, X - Starship Enterprise, Y - Star-Forming Region, Z - Planet & Rings

a - Space Armada, b - Dr. Wily, c - New Stars, d - Binary Star System, e - Colliding Galaxies, f - Space Pirates & Mothership, g - SpaceX Roadster, h - Colliding Planets, i - Space Drone/Probe, j - Colony Ships, k - Ringworld, l - Halfmoon/Destroyed Planet, m - Uninhabitable Planet, n - Solar Wind, o - Wrecked Spaceplane, p - Escape Pods, q - 'Oumuamua, r - Moon, s - Molecular Clouds, t - Navigational Buoy, u - Marx, v - Substellar Companions, w - M57 (Ring Nebula), x - Space Lodge, y - White Dwarves, z - Death Star

0 - Big Star, 1 - New Spiral Galaxy, 2 - Old Spiral Galaxy, 3 - Supernova, 4 - Exploded Star & Nebula, 5 - Planet X, 6 - Quasar, 7 - Cruiser, 8 - Hypernova, 9 - Gas Giant

+= - Space Hotdogs & Food Sign, / - Planet & Comets, ; - Gamma-Ray Burst, : - High-Tech Planet, ' - Dense-Atmosphere Planet, " - Space City, £ - TARDIS, € - Sinistar

.,?!@#$%^&*()-_{space}{nbsp} - Starfields & Map Markers

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I add new art to this whenever I get more ideas. But I don't want the legend to be any longer than it is, so I leave the others for you to discover on your own.

Brick Basket in a format that's more useable for graphic artists. While the original was made for building new font designs, this one is made to be useful as a font in its own right.

I will update this one, along with the original, any time I have new ideas. Both designs have bricks that are unique to them, as well. This is due to glitches I encountered while cloning as well as the fact that BBRev2's designs are specifically for graphic art. BBRev2 also contains a few stock FS bricks just to expand the range of textures it can create.

Some puzzling boxes, indeed! These are named for Lemarchand, maker of the puzzle box which appeared in the movie series "Hellraiser". 

This design has a variety of textures and optical illusions up its sleeve. See the sample for a few of them.

Original size: 47pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)

A pixel font disguised as a high-resolution one. It's a pretty effective disguise thanks to the gaps between bricks.

149 custom bricks for your perusal! Only custom bricks are in the palette, so you can clone this and easily start drawing right away.

I'll definitely be adding more with time. I love this sort of experimentation!

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Framed, perfect symmetry, seamless tiling, no composites, no filters, no MSG.

This was made in the style of a reticle or selection field, but it is capable of much more. It can create the appearance of a cargo net, electric grid, or caution-taped area. It's high impact and captures attention quickly, much like an electric caution cargo net.

Use with 0 line spacing for the best effect!

Donjon16: My take on a dungeon font. Create your layout with A-Z, move the caret to right after the room you want to edit, then type the letter for a trap, monster, and/or object and it will appear in that room. You can stack multiple smaller creatures or objects inside a room.

When one room's opening runs into another's wall, it makes a distinctive notch in the wall. I consider these to be closed or secret doors, but your design doesn't have to have them. :^)

Only the smaller monsters/items can fit into the corridors. However, you can fit up to three of the smaller monsters into a single corridor (5 if you use the 4-way corridor)!

This was actually designed to make minimap graphics for one of my games, and derives some inspiration from the maps in early Zelda games (The Legend of Zelda, The Adventure of Link, Link's Awakening, Link to the Past, etc.).

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- ROOMS & MAP SYMBOLS -

ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕ = floor number markers (B7 to F16)

×ØÙÚ = compass markers (North, East, West, South)

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP = 16x16 rooms

RSTUVW = corridors

space bar = empty voids

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- PLACEABLE THINGS -

(These all have a negative spacing, so they must be typed AFTER the room you want to put them in.)

X = teleporter or Magic Stone

YZ = stairs up/down (They take up the entire room)

0123456789 = traps & hazards - spike trap, pit trap, ice trap, trapdoor trap, teleport trap, arrow/dart trap, etc. (They can overlap monsters; use some discretion)

abcde,fghij,klmn = small monsters - kobolds/goblins, humanoids/skeletons, slimes (They appear in a cross or X shaped grid, max 5 per room, 9 if you use them together)

opqr,stuv = medium monsters - skulls, bats/imps (They appear in corners, max 4 per room)

wxyz = big monsters - knight, dragon, serpent, big skull (They take up the entire room)

!@#$%^&*()[]{}\|<>?/:';" = equipment - weapons, armor, potions, maps/scrolls, runes, compass, and more (Usually takes up a whole room)

`~_=-+ = gold, gems, key, chests (Usually takes up a whole room)

àáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõö÷ = special characters (NOT YET IMPLEMENTED) 

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- TIPS -

Make the dungeon layout first, THEN start adding things to it.

Better to have a treasure vault guarded by monsters in the next room than to try to cram them all into the same room. The same holds true with many traps.

If you use the floor number markers, you can have up to 23 floors in all - 7 below-ground and 16 above-ground.

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Another experimental font for texturing work. This one uses only an 8x8 grid, but since it isn't pixel art, a much greater variety of patterns is possible. Every glyph in the font repeats as a seamless texture in both directions.

See also:Gremlin Skins (pixel version)

I designed this 16x16 pixel font to facilitate texturing and dithering for pixel artists. Not every piece of art software has tools designed for texturing/dithering, and loading lots of custom brushes for the purpose can slow one's software way down as well. This font was made to attempt to solve these problems. Now you can dither, shade, and texture by typing! Every glyph repeats as a seamless texture both horizontally and vertically.

The name comes from my emulator/game, "Virtua Gremlin". Although these patterns weren't in the game (it used 9x9 tiles, not 16x16), many of the patterns here are based on that earlier work. "Skins" is a reference to graphical skins, of course. :D

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USAGE GUIDE

A-Z = textures

a-z = dithering/shading patterns

0-9 = scanlines

The rest is sort of a mishmash... I'll organize it better once I have enough glyphs to warrant a good classification system...

Have an idea for a pattern? Want to see a particular sprite or aesthetic included? Let me know :D

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Original size: 12pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)

Tip: View this in the Character Map so you can more easily grab and paste glyphs when designing!

See also: Gremlin Skins HD