A collection of recreations of fonts from classic video/computer games, all built brick-by-brick on FontStruct.
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These elegant letters appear as the original main font used in the little-known tactical SNES RPG Gemfire, or Super Royal Blood in Japan.
Ishmeria is a faithful and exact recreation of said in-game font, expanded with hundreds of diacritic variants, number variations, additional bonus characters and various dingbat symbols. And that's not everything: all Japanese hiragana and katakana characters from the original version are also included, making this one of my most extensive recreations to date.
The base font size and recommended setting for Ishmeria is 16pt and multiples of that. Use metric kerning and no additional smoothing effects for an authentic pixel performance.
Gemfire on the SNES, known as Super Royal Blood in Japan, was developed and published by Koei in 1992.
~ Ishmeria - created by Caveras after the original font used in Gemfire for the SNES. ~
This is far from the first recreation of the original Nintendo DS system font, but it certainly is one of the most comprehensive variants, including about 800 characters.
NDS12 features a vast array of diacritics, common foreign characters, full Japanese hiragana and katakana character sets, buttons, arrows, unique glyphs, and many, many more.
The font is a 1:1 rebuild based on various games, expanded with many characters that couldn't be found in any game.
The base font size and recommended setting for NDS12 is 10pt and multiples of that. Use metric kerning and no additional smoothing effects for the ultimate handheld pixel experience.
~ NDS12 - created by Caveras after the original system font of the Nintendo DS. ~
Clone of LucasArts SCUMM - Menu. Shadow of the Menu font used for two-tone effects in "Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge" by LucasArts (1991). Extra Latin Characters supplied by marioflea82. Some characters have been modified for a better presentation.
This is a cloneThis beautiful font is a recreation of an original font appearing in the SNES strategy game Romance of The Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire, released as Sangokushi IV in Japan. It's my second Koei font recreation after Ishmeria (from the game Gemfire) and I think it's a very pretty and stylish font.
The character set of Sangoku4 includes a vast array of additional diacritic variants, number variations, bonus characters, unique glyphs, and also full sets of the Japanese hiragana and katakana alphabets from the original Japanese version of the game.
I recommend to use this one with font sizes that are multiple of 16pt and avoid any font smoothing or anti aliasing methods.
~ Sangoku4 by Caveras - a font recreation based on an original font from the SNES game Romance of The Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire, developed and released by Koei in 1994. ~
This is a cloneThere are several recreations of the original PSone Final Fantasy VII font around, but none of them are either as accurate or comprehensive as this version, which also features the Japanese hiragana and katakana alphabets as well as menu numbers, special characters, and whatnot.
The base font size and recommended setting for Reactor7 is 16pt and multiples of that. Use metric kerning and no additional smoothing effects for the ultimate Final Fantasy VII experience.
Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation was developed and released by Squaresoft in 1997.
~ Reactor7 - created by Caveras after the original main text font used in Final Fantasy VII for the Sony PlayStation. ~
Having grown quite font of recreating video game pixel fonts, I did yet another one: the font used in the SNES classic Super Punch-Out!!
Quarlow is my most extensive font to date, featuring over 850 glyphs based on the characters appearing in the game. It comes with a whole hiragana & katakana set as well as a cyrillic base character set, countless added characters and all of the more common special characters, diacritic characters, etc.
The base font size and recommended setting for Quarlow is 16pt and multiples of that. Use metric kerning and no additional smoothing effects for the ultimate punch-out experience.
Super Punch-Out!! on the SNES was developed and released by Nintendo in 1994. I picked the name of the font (Quarlow) after one of the many quirky opponents you face in the game.
~ Quarlow - created by Caveras after the original font used in Super Punch-Out!! for the Super Nintendo. ~
Characters, items and overworld map icons from "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons" by Mattel Electronics (1982) for the Intellivision Home Video Game Console system, later re-released as "Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Cloudy Mountain."
One of my two favorite Intellivision games, with the otherbeing "Tron Deadly Discs" (1982).
Keymap:
A–D Adventurer Right #1–4
E–F Bat #1–2
G–H Spider Right #1–2
I–J Rat Right #1–2
K–L Demon #1–2
M–N Snake Right #1–2
O–P Dragon Right #1–2
Q–R Winged Dragon Right #1–2
S–V Arrows #1–4
W–X Blob #1–2
Y–Z Death Cloud #1–2
a–d Adventurer Left #1–4
e–f Spider Left #1–2
g–h Rat Left #1–2
i–j Snake Left #1–2
k–l Dragon Left #1–2
m–n Winged Dragon Left #1–2
o Quiver
p Ladder
q Boat
r Axe
s Key
t Crown Left Half
u Crown Right Half
v Crown Complete
w Rat Droppings
x Demon Tracks
y Animal Skull
1 Overworld Map - House/Start
2 Overworld Map - Mountains
3–4 Overworld Map - Forest #1–2
5–7 Overworld Map - River #1–3
8 Overworld Map - Vertical Fence
9 Overworld Map - Vertical Gate
0 Overworld Map - Horizontal Fence
- Overworld Map - Horizontal Gate
! Overworld Map - Three-Member Party
@ Overworld Map - Two-Member Party
# Overworld Map - One-Member Party
$ Overworld Map - Using Boat
% Overworld Map - Using Axe
^ Overworld Map - Using Key
& Overworld Map - Crown (End Game)
* Overworld Map - Cloudy Mountain
( Overworld Map - Cloudy Mountain Snow Peak
[ Overworld Map - Cloudy Mountain Cloud #1
] Overworld Map - Cloudy Mountain Cloud #2
\ Overworld Map - Cloudy Mountain Cloud #3
Another favorite computer RPG: Old English font from Betrayal In Antara, (C) 1997 Sierra On-Line. Sierra Resource File Tags: "8.fon" ; "501.fon" ; "4210.fon". Kerning is from "501.fon", which appears to be only found in Betrayal In Antara. Numerals (except 3 & 8) are from "4210.fon", found in Torin's Passage, (C) 1995 Sierra On-Line. Numerals 3 & 8 are designed by Goatmeal.
Filgaia is a monospaced sans-serif pixel font recreation based on the original font appearing in the Sony PlayStation video game Wild Arms, developed by Media Vision and released by Sony in 1996.
The character set of this font was notably expanded with many additional special characters, diacritic variants, unique glyphs, and the like, each one of them designed to match the spirit and style of the original font design.
To recreate the original in-game appearance of this font, I recommend to choose font sizes that are multiples of 11pt and avoid any anti-aliasing or other font smoothing methods. The font is named after the world that Wild Arms takes place in.
~ Filgaia by Caveras - a pixel font recreation based on an original font from the SNES video game Tales of Phantasia ~
This is a cloneClone of Sierra Font 69 fon. Solid version of the in-game dialogue font from "Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco And The Time Rippers", (C) 1991/1992 Sierra. Use it to fill in the outline version! Sierra Resource File Tag: "68.fon"
This is a clone of Sierra Font 69 fonThis is a faithful recreation of the original font used in the SNES RPGs developed by Quintet. There is already a popular font based on the game called Lunchtime Doubly So, but that one has none of the special characters used in the European localizations of the game, and also none of the original Japanese characters.
This trademark Quintet font appears in all their SNES RPGs (namely Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma), but with many little differences depending on the game at hand. Gaiatype is a recreation of the Terranigma typeface variant, to be exact, with its own spacing and character set.
Featuring all the European diacritic and extra glyphs as well as a complete set of all the hiragana and katakana characters from the original version of the game, called Tenchi Souzou in Japan, this marks my most extensive font to date with over 760 glyphs in total.
The base font size and recommended setting for Gaiatype is 16pt and multiples of that. Use metric kerning and no additional smoothing effects for the ultimate Terranigma experience.
Terranigma on the SNES, known as Tenchi Souzou in Japan, was developed by Quintet and released by Enix in 1995.
~ Gaiatype - created by Caveras after the original font used in Terranigma for the Super Nintendo. ~
This blackletter-style monospace pixel font is a recreation of the original main font from in the SNES action game ActRaiser 2.
The character set of Tanzra includes a vast array of additional diacritic variants, numbers, bonus characters, unique glyphs, and also full sets of the Japanese hiragana and katakana alphabets and other Asian glyphs from the original Japanese version of the game. Every character that doesn't pop up in the game has been designed to match the look and feel of the base characters.
I recommend to use this one with font sizes that are multiple of 15pt and avoid any font smoothing or anti aliasing methods.
~ Tanzra by Caveras - a font recreation based on the original font from the SNES game ActRaiser 2, developed by Quintet and released by Enix in 1993. ~
Large font used in numerous Atari video arcade games, 1984-1987. As the original font uses three different colors for a font-smoothing effect, I attempted to replicate it in two-color by using differently-sized squares. Not sure how well that works; as such, any suggestions are welcome. Best below 20 pt.
In-game dialogue font from Space Quest 6: Roger Wilco In The Spinal Frontier, (C) 1995 Sierra On-Line. Includes the Positive and Negative Post symbols and Sierra logo; modified / (to match \) and characters % $ [ | ] ~ by Goatmeal. Original / found in the More Latin area. Sierra Resource File Tags: "70.fon" & "71.fon"
Pixel font recreation based on every character that appears in the FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 game for the SNES.
The font is a 1:1 rebuild and appears exactly as in-game. I have also added a vast array of more common characters, diacritics, and other gylphs that don't show up in the game.
The base font size and recommended setting for RoadWC98 is 12pt and multiples of that. Use metric kerning and no additional smoothing effects for the ultimate pixel experience.
FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 on the SNES was developed by XYZ Productions and released by Electronic Arts in 1997.
~ RoadWC98 - created by Caveras after the original font used in FIFA: Road to World Cup 98 for the Super Nintendo. ~
There are various pixel fonts for the main text from the Ace Attorney games out there (like "PW Extended", "Ace Attorney", or "pwfont"), but none of them is a truly coherent or complete recreation of all the actual letters used in the original NDS games. Igiari is there to change that! This font includes over 800 characters and features a vast array of letters with diacritics as well as a near-complete set of all original Japanese hiragana and katakana characters from the Ace Attorney series.
The font is a 1:1 rebuild based on the games and appears exactly as in-game with correct spacing. I also added the game-related Borginian font symbols as well as countless of the more common characters and some gylphs that don't show up in the games.
Please note that the European games (with German and French translations) use a slightly thinner variant of this font. I may work on a European set later, but for now, this is the most comprehensive set of Ace Attorney letters you will find on the net.
Due to the inclusion of the larger Japanese characters, the base font size and recommended setting for Igiari is 16pt and multiples of that. Use metric kerning and no additional smoothing effects for the ultimate Ace Attorney pixel experience.
The Ace Attorney games for Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS were developed and released by Capcom from 2001 onward. I picked the name of the font (Igiari) after the Japanese variant of the games' trademark "Objection!" expression. The reason I rebuilt this font is that I needed the original appearance in an indie game project of my own.
~ Igiari - created by Caveras after the original font used in the Ace Attorney games for the Nintendo DS. ~
ChronoType is not the first recreation of the original Chrono Trigger font on the web, but certainly the most accurate and comprehensive you'll find.
The font is based on the complete set of the game's official and fan-translated characters and thus also features the Japanese hiragana and katakana alphabets as well as Cyrillic and Greek letters, countless additional stuff like special characters, unique glyphs, and whatnot.
The base font size and recommended setting for ChronoType is 16pt and multiples of that. Use metric kerning and no additional smoothing effects for the ultimate Chrono Trigger experience.
Chrono Trigger on the SNES was developed and published by Square in 1995.
~ ChronoType - created by Caveras after the original main text font used in Chrono Trigger for the SNES. ~