A collection of recreations of fonts from classic video/computer games, all built brick-by-brick on FontStruct.
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Recreation of the pixel font from Konami's "G.I. Joe" (1992).
At its core, the game is a revised and expanded version of "Devastators" (1988), and the font is almost identical - with subtly different spacing, and a few extra punctuation marks.
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
This is a clone of DevastatorsRecreation of the pixel font from Atari's "Tank 8" (1976).
Note the "Atari" logo character, mapped to "black up-pointing triangle" (U+25B2).
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
Initials used with the non-speech text in King's Quest V: Absence Makes The Heart Go Yonder!, (C) 1990 Sierra On-Line. These letters were not generated using an in-game font; they were actually pre-rendered static images within the game's art assets, used in conjunction with the Sierra text font Font.004. While the letters were centered within the 16x15 sprites, the I and J were changed to proportional spacing for use with other fonts.
To match the two-tone sprites used in the game, this version allows the user to overlay a partial letter or letters in a different color for use in games or picture/image artwork.
Initials used with the non-speech text in King's Quest V: Absence Makes The Heart Go Yonder!, (C) 1990 Sierra On-Line. These letters were not generated using an in-game font; they were actually pre-rendered static images within the game's art assets, used in conjunction with the Sierra text font Font.004. While the letters were centered within the 16x15 sprites, the I and J were changed to proportional spacing for use with other fonts.
Solid outline font used in King's Quest V: Absence Makes The Heart Go Yonder!, (C) 1990 Sierra On-Line. Sierra Resource File Tag: "font.009" and is paired with the Sierra font "font.008".
This font was used for onle single phrase in the game: "A few hours later....." (occurring twice in the floppy disk version, but only once in the CD-ROM version). Oddly enough, instead of using the outline font.009, the opening credits used the font.008 twice for a 'drop-shadow' effect...
And while they may have been intentional choices, there are several instances where the outline designs don't follow the patterns found with the majority of other glyphs (missing pixels, perhaps for legibility?). As such, the following characters:
• J O P Q R S X c j m n p q r s u v z ! ;
...have all been 'corrected' within the main set of glyphs; their original designs can be found in the More Latin section.
This is a clone of Sierra Font 008Font used in King's Quest V: Absence Makes The Heart Go Yonder!, (C) 1990 Sierra On-Line. Sierra Resource File Tag: "font.008" and is paired with the solid outline version of this font, "font.009".
The font was used for the opening credits and for a single phrase during gameplay:
• Instead of using the solid outline version font.009 for the opening credits, a drop-shadow effect was employed (recreated here in my new sample).
• It was used later in the game WITH the solid outline version font.009 for one single phrase: "A few hours later....." (occurring twice in the floppy disk version, but only once in the CD-ROM version).
Recreation of the pixel font from UPL/Taito's "Raiders5" (1985), a variation and slight expansion on "Ninja Kid" (1984).
The lowercase is not used in the game. Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
This is a clone of Ninja KidThis is the font of Newer Super Mario Bros. DS, a romhack of New Super Mario Bros. Credits to the Newer Team for making the hack and the font that goes with it. The font's internal name is 2647 Delfino. Button, smilies and such are starting from DB80 instead of E000 in the in-game font.
Recreation of the pixel font from Atari's "Cops'n Robbers" (1976). Very similar to Atari's "Night Driver" (1976), but note the difference in the "C".
This font appears to have been "borrowed" by a few subsequent games of the era, such as Exidy's "Car Polo" (1977). Note the strangely small "4".
Only the characters present in the game's tile set have been included.
This is a clone of Night Driver