Free 8-bit fonts

Bucket Mouse

Bucket Mouse

Active member
If you need a font, here are over 100 styled for use in 8-bit or 8-bit-styled games. They're free to use as long as the author is notified (and gets a screenshot). I did not find this until I'd already resorted to painstakingly crafting my own font...don't make my mistake!

https://damieng.com/typography/zx-origins/
 
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slobu

New member
For those uptight or just interested here is the license I find in the downloads:

## Licence

This font is part of the ZX Origins font collection Copyright (c) 1988-2020 Damien Guard.

Formal licenses are complicated and burdensome so here's the deal. These are some acceptable use examples:

1. Use it in your game (commercial or non-commercial)
2. Print something on a t-shirt
3. Use the embedded font file on your site
4. Set your favorite terminal or OS to use it

Ideally with a credit like "<fontname> font by DamienG https://damieng.com/zx-origins" *if* you have a credits section. If you don't that's fine. Either way dropping me an email at damieng@gmail.com to let me know what you used it for is appreciated.

The only unacceptable use is redistributing this font as a font. i.e. re-hosting the files on your own site or bundling it with other art assets. I have put a lot of time into these and my only reward is seeing download counts on my site which is ad-free so it seems unfair other people would re-host these files on their site and make $ from Google Adwords etc.

If you need to modify the font for your usage - either to add characters (this collection is pure ASCII + copyright + pound sign right now) or if a few are bothering you just change the credit to "Font based on <fontname> by DamienG" or something.
 
Arctic Blizzard

Arctic Blizzard

New member
Bucket Mouse said:
If you need a font, here are over 100 styled for use in 8-bit or 8-bit-styled games. They're free to use as long as the author is notified (and gets a screenshot). I did not find this until I'd already resorted to painstakingly crafting my own font...don't make my mistake!

ZX Origins

Damien Guard on software development, fonts and technology.
damieng.com damieng.com
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Thanks for the info. This is very helpful.
 
kevin81

kevin81

Well-known member
Kinda late to the party, but this is a great find! I'm definitely going to use one of these fonts for my WIP.
 
Jonny

Jonny

Well-known member
I ran a PD for NES the other day which animated a mock up boot sequence of basic using the C64 font. Really cool.
 
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