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IllusionSerif
Open-source pixel serif font family with ligatures and multilingual glyph support
IllusionSerif is an open-source pixel serif font created by Steven Liu. It blends retro pixel aesthetics with traditional serif structures and includes multiple weights, styles, and OpenType ligatures. It is available under the SIL Open Font License for game development, web design, and editorial projects.
What it's for
- Design retro-inspired UI text or dialogue boxes in indie games
- Style experimental headers and titles in editorial web layouts
- Create distinctive branding and logo concepts with a pixelated serif look
Features
- Includes Regular and Bold weights with Regular and Italic styles
- OpenType support for standard ligatures (fi, ffi, fl, ffl) and discretionary ligatures (ct, st, sp)
- Wide character coverage including Basic Latin, Latin-1 Supplement, Latin Extended-A, and parts of Greek, Coptic, and Cyrillic
- Distributed in TTF, OTF, WOFF, and WOFF2 formats
- Licensed under the SIL Open Font License
Pricing
Free (pay what you want on itch.io)
Details
- Type
- other
- Category
- Design
- Topic
- Typography
- Open source
- Yes
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows, Linux, Web
- For
- Game developers, graphic designers, and web typographers
- Tags
- fonts, pixel font, typography, pixel art, game assets, retro
Why it was saved
- @ruido.98: Adds an elegant, experimental feel to editorial designs and logo concepts.
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