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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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.

A pixel font which uses diagonal arrangements only, resulting in several optical illusions at once! It can appear to have solid lines, gradients, polka-dots, and more.

The negative spaces within the glyphs are as few as possible, to facilitate coloring them in. A few of them ("V", "W", "7", "^" etc.) are a bit arduous... I recommend zooming way in while coloring them...

Pandora's Blocks is a new kind of box. A better  box. A box that contains things unheard of in the world of humans, a box that dissolves problems and anxieties and casts them unto the wind, a box that turns the words you say and the thoughts you think into ambrosia. Do the right thing and don't not not de-un-open the box. There are bad things living in there.

You must repost this message on Facebook within 30 seconds. If you don't warn at least 12 people about the dangers of pixel fonts by tomorrow, your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandma will rise from the dead and raid your kitchen. She was a master Sandwichologist employed by Sir Francis Bacon himself. Repeat, DO NOT OPEN THE BOX.

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