Pixel Font Blowout: Part 1

February 24, 2005 at 5:35 pm / Foundries, Single fonts

What’s that you say? You want to download a ton of the best tiny pixel fonts on the web? Well, screw you guys.

Oh, come on, like I would play you guys like that! Let’s get rolling. Before you download anything, you might want to read this helpful guide to pixel font use. It covers all the basics that most of you probably already know, but it can’t hurt to look it over. Now, on to the fonts:

Blogger Jason Kottke (whose site is a good example of effective pixel font usage) offers up Silkscreen. It’s as good of a place as any to start.

For a little more variety, check out some of the fonts at BitmapMania. I especially like the lowercase forms of BM Mini and BM Harry. Haha… BM.

The free offerings from pixietype are unique. Atkins and Quadrit are very well done. But they do make you fill out a (very brief) form to get download access.

Also, don’t forget that you can make your own pixel font with BitFontMaker, the web app we posted about on Monday. We have roughly a trillion more pixel sites to cover in the next few days, but don’t hesitate to let us know about your favorites.