This is the font that has been used for the dialogue and for the name entry too in The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords. This is an American version of this font that it has been used from this game. It was also used for The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap that it made the font characters a bit different and the rest of them are just the same compared to the original one.
This is the Plane F font of the GS Unicode 2.0 font series. I've split this font up by plane since font files have a technical limit of 65,535 glyphs.
This font will be made up of U+0020 and U+F0000~U+FFFFD, which add up to exactly 65,535 code points.
Things that are planned but not (fully) implemented yet are italicized.
Links to planes (I'll most likely be posting updates related to this series as a whole in the Plane 0 font):
Plane 0: here
Plane 1: here
Plane 2
Plane 3
(No Unicode characters exist in Planes 4 through D as of U15.0)
Plane E: here
Plane F: [THIS FONT]
Plane 10: here
PUA assignments:
F0000~F0E6F - Kinya Syllables
F0E70~F16AF - Pikto
F16B0~F16DF - Derani
F16E0~F16FF - <reserved for future (U)CSUR allocations>
F1700~F18FF - Semtog
F1900~F19FF - sitelen pona
F1A00~F1AFF - <reserved for future (U)CSUR allocations>
F1B00~F1C3F - Shidinn
F1C40~F1FFF - <reserved for future (U)CSUR allocations>
F2000~F23FF - canIPA Extensions
F2400~F27FF - Phonetic Extensions-1
F2800~F297F - Medievalist Latin Extensions
F2980~F3BFF - Latin Extended-2
F3C00~F3FFF - Phonetic Extensions-2
F4000~F41FF - Greek Extended-2
F4200~F43FF - Cyrillic Extended-2
F4400~F44FF - Georgian Extended-1
F4500~F47FF - Latin Extended-3
F4800~F4AFF - Greek Extended-3
F4B00~F4BFF - Ancient Monograms
F4C00~F4EFF - <unassigned>
F4F00~F4FFF - Arabic Extended-1
F5000~F511F - Voynich
F5120~F513F - Cistercian Cipher
F5140~F51DF - Tironian Notes
F51E0~F51FF - <unassigned>
F5200~F53BF - Pigpen
F53C0~F5DAF - <unassigned>
F5DB0~F5DFF - Kodo Symbols
F5E00~F5FFF - Kamakawi
F6000~F603F - Lakota
F6040~F609F - Nawa
F60A0~F60FF - <unassigned>
F6100~F627F - Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended-1
F6280~F7FFF - <unassigned>
F8000~F81FF - Sylabica Extended-1
F8200~F86AF - Niji Syllables
F86B0~F88FF - Gem Language
F8900~FAFFF - <unassigned>
FB000~FB07F - Djenpa
FB080~FB0FF - <reserved for Oneiric Conscripts>
FB100~FB17F - Vinhorai
FB180~FB1FF - Sirboan
FB200~FB27F - Xiphosee
FB280~FB2FF - Minirasse [Mi,ni,rasse]
FB300~FB37F - Anemoian
FB380~FB3FF - Nihilezhxa
FB400~FB47F - Aa-Infinitio
FB480~FB4FF - Kaioloko [Kaiöloko]
FB500~FB9FF - <reserved for Oneiric Conscripts>
FBA00~FBA7F - Xiphosee Cursive
FBA80~FBFFF - <reserved for Oneiric Conscripts>
FC000~FC01F - Kanamit
FC020~FC04F - UUFO [U.U.F.O.]
FC050~FC08F - Kaotican
FC090~FC0BF - Mirror Text
FC0C0~FC0EF - Auroran
FC0F0~FC11F - Aquamarine
FC120~FC14F - Q-Block
FC150~FC17F - Supersolar
FC180~FC1AF - Voltik
FC1B0~FC1DF - Bloom
FC1E0~FC20F - Spheric
FC210~FC23F - EL [E.L.]
FC240~FC26F - Infinitum
FC270~FC29F - Coloraturan
FC2A0~FCFFF - <unassigned>
FD000~FD07F - Muric
FD080~FD09F - Plutonian
FD0A0~FD0FF - Gyorsrovas
FD100~FD14F - Bostani
FD150~FD1AF - New Mong
FD1B0~FD1EF - New Akha
FD1F0~FD22F - Akkhara Muni
FD230~FD25F - New Maori
FD0A0~FDEFF - <unassigned>
FDF00~FDFFF - <reserved for merrybot_v2>
FE000~FE01F - Raichi-1
FE020~FE02F - Raichi-2
FE030~FE06F - Orange Sheet Ideographs
FE070~FE08F - A20
FE090~FE0CF - Aereian
FE0D0~FE10F - A56
FE110~FE15F - Pargy
FE160~FE17F - Early Gerudo
FE180~FE19F - Modifier Tone Letters Extended-1
FE1A0~FE1BF - Combining Diacritical Marks Extended-2
FE1C0~FE1FF - <reserved for Erictom333>
FE200~FE3FF - Yoshiese Ideographs
FE400~FE41F - Minecraftian Supplement
FE420~FE6FF - Minecraftian
FE700~FE77F - Hylian
FE780~FE79F - Gerudo
FE7A0~FE7DF - Gerudo Presentation Forms
FE7E0~FE7FF - L8
FE800~FE87F - Legend of Zelda Symbols
FE880~FE8BF - Super Smash Bros Symbols [Super Smash Bros. Symbols]
FE8C0~FE8FF - Fantendo Smash Bros Symbols [Fantendo Smash Bros. Symbols]
FE900~FE93F - Mathematical Symbols Extended-1
FE940~FE9BF - Symbols and Punctuation Extended-2
FE9C0~FE9FF - Number Forms Extended-2
FEA00~FEB3F - Hylian Extended-1
FEB40~FEB4F - Gerudo Extended-1
FEB50~FEB5F - Gerudo Presentation Forms Extended-1
FEB60~FEB8F - Sheikah
FEB90~FEBAF - Legend of Zelda Symbols Extended-1
FEBB0~FEBCF - Super Smash Bros Symbols Extended-1 [Super Smash Bros. Symbols Extended-1]
FEBD0~FEBFF - <reserved for Erictom333>
FEC00~FEC0F - Gothic Extended-1
FEC10~FEC3F - Arabic Extended-2
FEC40~FECBF - <reserved for Erictom333>
FECC0~FECFF - Cyrillic Extended-3
FED00~FED5F - Tatar
FED60~FED7F - <reserved for Erictom333>
FED80~FEDAF - Script Gerudo
FEDB0~FEDFF - Script Gerudo Presentation Forms
FEE00~FEEFF - Mitrata Lipi
FEF00~FEF3F - Featural Minecraftian
FEF40~FEF9F - African Transitional
FEFA0~FEFFF - <reserved for Erictom333>
FF000~FF05F - Vexillology Symbols
FF060~FF0FF - Miscellaneous Technical Extended-1
FF100~FF16F - Control Pictures Extended-1
FF170~FF1FF - Segmented Display Patterns
FF200~FF27F - Number Forms Extended-3
FF280~FF28F - Dozenite Numerals
FF290~FF29F - Camp Duodecimal Numerals
FF2A0~FF2AF - Bibi-Binary Numerals
FF2B0~FF2BF - <unassigned>
FF2C0~FF2FF - Marian Sexagesimal Numerals
FF300~FF3FF - Block Elements Extended-1
FF400~FF5BF - Box Drawing Extended-1
FF5C0~FF5FF - Supplemental Arrows-1
FF600~FF6FF - Hex Byte Pictures
FF700~FF9FF - Control Pictures Extended-2
FFA00~FFABF - Miscellaneous Astronomical and Astrological Symbols
FFAC0~FFBFF - Chess Symbols Extended-1
FFC00~FFDFF - <unassigned>
FFE00~FFE1F - Adobe Compatibility Forms
FFE20~FFEFF - Apple Compatibility Forms
FFF00~FFFEF - Fragments
FFFF0~FFFFF - Plane F Specials
Additional PUA assignments can be found in the Plane 0 and (eventually) 10 fonts.
Feel free to recommend PUA assignments, though if it's a smaller block (i.e. ~256 characters or fewer), I might recommend the BMP PUA.
Also, it's more than likely I won't know every script well enough that there won't be any mistakes. If/when I make a mistake, please tell me and I'll do my best to fix it!
Recreation of the main pixel font from Nintendo's "The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap" (2004) on the Game Boy Advance.
This is the proportional variant, as used in the game's intro and dialog boxes.
A handful of characters - ™ trade mark sign (U+2122), ♪ eight note (U+266A), ❤ heavy black heart (U+2764), ▶ black right-pointing triangle (U+25B6) - had very subtle antialiasing. In this recreation, it has been removed. The tileset also includes two different sets of double quotation marks (which are not used in the game itself) - the "fatter" ones have been mapped to heavy double turned comma quotation mark ornament (U+275D) and heavy double comma quotation mark ornament (U+275E).
This font includes a full set of hiragana and katakana characters, with custom glyphs for characters with a dakuten and handakuten. The game itself also uses a series of complex kanji characters (particularly in the introduction). Some of those characters are also wider than the default 8 pixel tiles. These have not been included in this recreation.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
This is a clone of The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (Mono)Recreation of the main pixel font from Nintendo's "The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap" (2004) on the Game Boy Advance.
This is the monospaced variant, as found in the game's ROM and as used in the initial character name entry screens. In game, the font is then used proportionally - this will be provided as a separate font recreation.
A handful of characters - ™ trade mark sign (U+2122), ♪ eight note (U+266A), ❤ heavy black heart (U+2764), ▶ black right-pointing triangle (U+25B6) - had very subtle antialiasing. In this recreation, it has been removed. The tileset also includes two different sets of double quotation marks (which are not used in the game itself) - the "fatter" ones have been mapped to heavy double turned comma quotation mark ornament (U+275D) and heavy double comma quotation mark ornament (U+275E).
This font includes a full set of hiragana and katakana characters, with custom glyphs for characters with a dakuten and handakuten. The game itself also uses a series of complex kanji characters (particularly in the introduction). Some of those characters are also wider than the default 8 pixel tiles. These have not been included in this recreation.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from the japanese release of Nintendo's "Zelda no Densetsu: Yume o Miru Shima" (aka "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening", 1993) on the Game Boy.
This font includes a full set of hiragana and katakana characters. In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten are separate tiles, positioned in the line above the character they relate to. In this recreation, these characters are pre-combined into a single glyph.
Note that in the original, the "?" and "!" feature very subtle antialiasing. This has been "flattened" for this recreation.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Nintendo's cartridge re-release of "Zelda no Densetsu: The Hyrule Fantasy" (1986), renamed/numbered as "Zelda no Densetsu 1: The Hyrule Fantasy" (1994), on the Famicom.
The re-release uses that same alphanumeric characters of the North America/Europe release of "The Legend of Zelda" (1987), but otherwise all characters remain the same. Note that the dakuten is used in the initial story screen as a double-quote character (which oddly is also the case in the North America/Europe version, even though these have a separate double-quote character).
This font includes a full set of katakana characters. In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten are separate tiles, positioned in the line above the character they relate to. In this recreation, these characters are pre-combined into a single glyph.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Recreation of the pixel font from Nintendo's original "Zelda no Densetsu: The Hyrule Fantasy" (1986) on the Famicom Disk System.
This font includes a full set of katakana characters. In the game's tileset, the dakuten and handakuten are separate tiles, positioned in the line above the character they relate to. In this recreation, these characters are pre-combined into a single glyph.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
This is a clone of Zelda no Densetsu 1: The Hyrule Fantasy (CRT)Recreation of the pixel font from Nintendo's "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening" (1993) on the Game Boy.
This recreation includes the special/accented characters from the french and german releases of the game. In game, the characters with a diaeresis use an additional tile above them - in this recreation, the characters have been combined properly (and as a result, the height of the font overall is greater than 8px).
As an aside, this font was also used for the fan translation of "For frog the bell tolls" (aka "カエルの為に鐘は鳴る" / "Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru", 1992/2011).
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Updated 9 July 2022 to include additional accented uppercase characters, and the star icon.
Recreation of the large pixel font from Nintendo's "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past" (1991). This is the extended version, which includes additional accented/extended versions of characters (based on the different european releases of the game).
This is a clone of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (Big)Complete Sheikah Alphabet from Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Includes J, Q, Hyphen, Exclamation Mark, Digits, Vertical Line, Period and Question Mark.
Exact thickness, angles and spacing.
(The "Period" and "Question Mark" characters are never used in game and only appear in the game files. The "Vertical Line" character only appear in the "gyro" controls in "apparatus" shrines and is not otherwise listed in the file that list all other characters. It is not known if those characters should be considered cut/scrapped and if they are canon or not.)
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This font has been superseded by the following (it's identical but you can also change characters to their "pins" variant if you put them in "bold"):
sarinilli.deviantart.com/art/BotW-Sheikah-Font-669623758
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Updated March 5, 2017: The Hyrule Compendium in game shows that that was believed to be digits 1-5 (pins) is actually digits 0-4. Also, it shows that pins are actually in inverted colors.
Updated April 4, 2017: Added a dummy character so that a line spacing of 1.0 will not juxtapose glyphs vertically (a minimal white space will be kept).
Updated April 11, 2017: A datamining of the game reaveals that what was believed to be the "Space" and "Period" characters are actually the "Hyphen" and "Exclamation Mark". Also, the "Period" and "Question Mark" do exist in the game files but are never used in game. Source: spriters-resource.com/wii_u/thelegendofzeldabreathofthewild
Thanks to CalicoStonewolf on DeviantArt.com for providing that link!
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Initial Sources:
- james0x57.github.io/sheikah/ (They've got digit corners wrong. Digit 5 is missing and digit 0 is invalid. Digits are their "pin" variants instead of the actual symbols.)
- imgur.com/a/PnlGQ/ (For Q. Source unknown. They have errors in J, U, W, Y and hyphen.)
- neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=207210063ost207210063 (Original decipherer.)
- gamnesia.com/journals/entry/the-legend-of-zelda-breath-of-the-wild-how-to-decrypt-hylian-runes (For J.)