Arcade Game Typography

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1. voidUpdateApr 2026
   This reminds me of the book Arcade Game Typography (https://www.counter-print.co.uk/products/arcade-game-typogra...), which looks at the history of a lot of arcade game fonts, sorted by category, and often has a full sprite sheet of the letters. I've been meaning to make my own digitised copy of all of the fonts for a while
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2. voidUpdateMar 2024
   Theres also the wonderful "Arcade Game Typography: The Art of Pixel Type" by Toshi Omigari which has pages and pages of fonts used in arcade games, sorted by style, most of which are 8x8
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3. tompagenet2May 2020
   I thought the same, but this book [0] absolutely staggered me by the creative ways people made 8 by 8 fonts

   [0]: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arcade-Game-Typography-Pixel-Type/d...

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4. erickhillDec 2019
   Or in the US: Arcade Game Typography: The Art of Pixel Type https://www.amazon.com/dp/0500021740/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_hN...
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