Bitroot

Note

This project is a prototype and doesn’t have a stable release yet. Design and features are subject to change.

Bitroot is a low-res blocky typeface that I put together in Aseprite, then exported it to PixelFont to generate scalable font files.

It’s a crisp look for video games and stays readable even at small sizes.

Specifications

The characters are packed into a tiny 5×10-pixel area, baseline 7 pixels down from the top! Capital letters use up the full 7-pixel height, meanwhile regular lowercases occupy a 5-pixel x-height measured from the baseline upward.

However, ascenders like b, d, f, h, k, and l stretch to match the capitals and descenders, g, j, p, q, and y drop 3 pixels below the baseline into the remaining lower space.

All the alphanumeric characters stick to a nice 5-pixel width so everything lines up perfectly. Symbols and punctuation get to be a bit more flexible depending on what looks good!

Contributing

Use imperative, properly cased commit messages (e.g., "Add glyph for ampersand").

Workflow

1. Edit bitroot-typeface.aseprite in Aseprite
2. Export updated font sheet as font-sheet.png (scale as 100%)
3. Pick the image font-sheet.png on PixelFont and import settings via pixelfont-settings.json
4. Generate the font as scalable ttf format
5. Submit PR with updated bitroot-typeface.aseprite, font files, and JSON (if modified)

Tip

Aseprite is paid software ($19.99 USD), but since the source code is available on GitHub, it can built and installed for free!

Click here for releases and instructions.

License

This font is under SIL Open Font License 1.1