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A character set, or simply [[tilesets|tileset]], is an image in BMP or PNG format that contains the 256 different tiles, corresponding to the [[Main:Character table|IBM Code Page 437]] (sometimes called Extended ASCII). They are used to display the main graphics. This page serves as a repository for custom tilesets made by users, including instructions on how to install them.

To use a specific tileset with Dwarf Fortress, you must perform the following steps:

## ''For [[40d:Release information/0.28.181.40d|DF 0.28.181.40d]] or older:'' open the file in an image editor and save it as a '''24-bit bitmap''' (BMP) if it isn't already in that format.

## ''For [[v0.31:Release information/0.31.01|DF 0.31.01]] or newer:'' open the file in an image editor and save it as a '''PNG'''  with ''transparency'' if it isn't already in that format.

# Move/Copy the file to the DF art directory ({{tt|.../data/art}}).

# Edit the initialization configuration file ({{tt|.../data/init/init.txt}}) to specify the tileset file to use. There are four locations that can be changed:

## Specify the tileset for a windowed display by setting the filename in the '''[FONT:''<filename>'']''' tag.

## Specify the tileset for a full-screen display by setting the filename in the '''[FULLFONT:''<filename>'']''' tag.

## Specify the tileset for a windowed graphical display by setting the filename in the '''[GRAPHICS_FONT:''<filename>'']''' tag.

## Specify the tileset for a full-screen graphical display by setting the filename in the '''[GRAPHICS_FULLFONT:''<filename>'']''' tag.

 

Once the file is saved and the required changes are made, you are ready to play DF with your new tileset!

|image=[[Image:Kein_400x125.png]]

|comments=A large 257x257 DFMA world gen map can be found [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-3278-5x5largeworldmap here.]Updated 08/06/08. Changed most text characters as well as some others to 4x4 with blackspace to avoid tiling. Most characters have been revised to be spaced out to be more distinguishable in such a small set. After seeing the dev update earlier today about increasing your view size I decided to create this small font. This has been built completely from scratch, mostly while at work today. I may be making a shaded version in the future. The first image to the right is from the Abeyverse succession game.

|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_custom_5x5.png]]

|image=[[Image:Geti_custom_6x6.png]]

|comments=A 6x6 Tileset optimised for legibility through personal use. Not shaded on most gliphs, aiming for a crisper look. Best at 2x2 pixels.

|image=[[Image:Lord Nightmare 6x6font01.png]]

|comments=Made in 5 hours on 11/5/07 (I was bored and dissatisfied with other fonts). Most glyphs are really 5&times;6, with a seperator column.

|image=[[Image:Lord Nightmare 6x6font02.png]]

|comments=Version 2.05. Updated 11/12/07 to de-fuzz uppercase letters, added serifs and clarified lowercase letters, made horizontal spacing consistent throughout character set, fixed one error in the double horizontal-left-right, single-vertical-up-down character, made exclamation points consistent, thinned out question mark and inverse question mark, sharpened sideways stemless arrows, clarified international characters, and clarified some greek letters. Since v2.0: fixed 'i' 'g', fixed Yen symbol, fixed smiley 0x01 to not have an extra line to its right, lowered the period and colon characters, fixed position of 'x'. Thanks to Markavian for ideas on how to improve the font, as well as an occasional character glyph.

|image=[[Image:Mkv_curses_480x150.png]]

|comments=The first version the tiny tileset, superceded by the version below.

|image=[[Image:Mkv_curses_480x150_v2.png]]

|image=[[Image:nobbins6x6.png]]

|image=[[Image:nobbin_ts_v2.png]]

image=[[Image:Herrbdog_7x7_tileset.gif]]

|image=[[Image:terbert_7x7.png]]

|image=[[Image:Anikki_square_8x8.png]]

There is also an upscaled [[#Anikki_2|16x16 version]] of this set available for fullscreen use below.

|image=[[Image:cheepicus_8x8.png]]

|image=[[Image:Jdpage_8x8.png]]

|comments=Modified version of the [[#Anikki|Anikki]] 8x8 tileset. Just prettifies it a bit; some characters are tweaked to make them work slightly better for one of their jobs without disturbing the rest. Others are redesigned entirely. Most importantly, dwarves were given beards.

|image=[[Image:CGA8x8thick.png]]

|image=[[Image:CGA8x8thin.png]]

|image=[[Image:LN_EGA8x8.png]]

|image=[[Image:RDE_8x8.png]]

|comments=Based on curses_640x300 and Microsoft's 8x8 Terminal font.<br/>

To use tile 255, change the value of the pillar tags in "d_init.txt" to 255. <br/>

Example: [PILLAR_TILE:'O'] becomes [PILLAR_TILE:255] .

|image=[[Image:Pastiche_8x8.png]]

|image=[[Image:Potash_8x8.png]]

|comments=I like packing as much on the screen as I can, but 8&times;8 is just too crowded for 1920&times;1080 fullscreen. I intended to make a 10&times;10 version of Pastiche, but I had to make countless little changes to maintain visual consistency between the two sizes. I finally gave up, called it a new font, and changed some more stuff just because! Like Pastiche, Potash is a pure ASCII/CP437 font, suitable for use outside of Dwarf Fortress should you happen to find yourself stuck in 1985.

|image=[[Image:Acorntileset8x8.png]]

|comments=This is the tileset used by Acorn computers, starting with the BBC Micro.  This version is as it would have appeared in 40-column modes (and shuffled a little to adapt it to CP437).  It also looks nice at double resolution. [http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=407 Download the BMP.]

|image=[[Image:yayo_c64_640x200.png]]

|comments=Name: Yayo's C64; Based on the charset of the commodore 64. It's a flat style, but it's clean and also highly readable. I recreated all the missing chars like letters with accents and symbols, trying to get a c64 style as much as possible. If it's too small, use the 16&times;16 version [[#Yayo_2|below]]. :)

|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_msx.png]]

|image=[[Image:720x225_SmoothWalls.PNG]]

|image=[[Image:720x225_SmoothWalls7.png]]

|image=[[Image:Nostalgia_720x225.png]]

|comments=Another square tileset that's usable on low resolutions, modeled after a common font used on the Nintendo Entertainment System. I also made a [[:Image:Nostalgia_1440x450_3e4a08.png|18x18 version]] to fit my 1440x900 screen, back when the aspect ratio of DF was locked. If you like your set a bit more graphical, check out [[:Image:Teeto_K_18x18.PNG|Teeto_K's version]].

|image=[[Image:DortenSolid.png]]

|image=[[Image:Curses_720x225_8d6752.png]]

|comments=There is no doubt that this tileset is old. This must be distinctly understood if anything wonderful is to come of your use of it. You may like [[List_of_user_character_sets#Dorten|Dorten's revision]] more. The following is the original description:<br>I dislike curses_640x300.bmp due to its lack of any kind of graphics for things like a bed or a barrel and the fact that it distorts my beautiful circles, so I made a similarish tileset to fix those.

|image=[[Image:Anikki_square_10x10.png]]

|image=[[Image:buddy.png]]

|image=[[Image:buddy--graphical.png]]

|image=[[Image:ddw.png]]

|comments=Based on Anikki, with some simplifications and modifications. I like Markavian's walls, so I did something similar. The bottom right tile, number 255, I use for pillars. You can set that in your d_init.txt, the line should look like [PILLAR_TILE:255]  

|image=[[Image:Paul_10x10.png]]

|image=[[Image:Potash_10x10.png]]

|image=[[Image:Taffer 10x10.png]]

|image=[[Image:Terbert_10x10.png]]

|image=[[Image:Tocky_square_10x10.png]]

|comments=I tried to make all the pictographic symbols as descriptive as possible: the only ones I've spotted that show up in odd places are the staircase symbols, '<' and '>', which are used as tags on barrel descriptions, and don't match -- but I'm willing to live with that in order to be able to tell up-stairs from down- ones. With everything else, I just tried to maximize clarity and readability and to keep them consistent. I'm really very pleased with how this set turned out.  

|image=[[Image:terminus.png]]

|image=[[Image:Alloy_curses_12x12.png]]

[[Image:cheepicus_12x12_ss.png|thumb|right|cheepicus_12x12 sample]]

|image=[[Image:cheepicus_12x12.png]]

|image=[[Image:Unknown curses 12x12 & Markvii Walls.png]]

|image=[[Image:Haberdash_curses_12x12.png]]

 

 

|image=[[Image:Herrbdog_144.png]]

|author=Herrbdog

|comments=A larger version of this tileset is available [[#Herrbdog 2|below]].

|image=[[Image:Dullard_Exponent_12x12.png]]

|image=[[Image:mkv_solidcurses_stairs_960x300.png]]

|image=[[Image:Mkv_solidcurses_960x300.png]]

|image=[[Image:Markvii.png]]

|image=[[Image:Tileset_unknown_960x300_02.png]]

|image=[[Image:Unknown_curses_12x12.png]]

|image=[[Image:nice_curses_12x12.png]]

|image=[[Image:Kren_13x13.png]]

|image=[[Image:yayo_tunur_1040x325.png]]

|image=[[Image:cheepicus_14x14.png]]

|image=[[Image:cheepicus_15x15.png]]

|image=[[Image:Talryth_square_15x15.png]]

|image=[[Image:Vidumec_15x15.png]]

|image=[[Image:Anno_16x16.png]]

|comments=Based on Anikki's 16x16 tileset, but smoothed/enhanced and with the dwarf images reworked.

|image=[[Image:Aesomatica_16x16.png]]

|image=[[Image:16x16-RogueYun-AgmEdit.png]]

|dated=2017-10-21

|comments=ASCII Edit of [[User:RogueYun|Rogue Yun]]'s tileset with diagonal walls and other edited tiles. Set your pillar tile to 255.

|image=[[Image:Anikki_square_16x16.png]]

|author=[[User:Anikki|Anikki]]

|image=[[Image:Bisasam_16x16.png]]

|image=[[Image:cheepicus_8x8x2.png]]

|image=[[Image:cheepicus_16x16.png]]

|image=[[Image:Cooz_curses_square_16x16.png]]

image=[[Image:Guybrush_square_16x16.png]]

image=[[Image:GuybrushASCII_curses_square_16x16.png]]

|image=[[Image:Herrbdog_16x16_tileset.gif]]

|image=[[Image:MRC_square_16x16.png]]

image=[[Image:Redjack17.png]]

|image=[[Image:Kai-1280x400-v2 7512b5.png]]

|image=[[Image:Kelora_16x16_diagonal.png]]

|image=[[Image:Kelora_16x16_diagonal-clouds.png]]

|image=[[Image:Kenran.png]]

|image=[[Image:Kjammer square 16x16 v02.png]]

|image=[[Image:Kjammer square 16x16 v00.png]]

|image=[[Image:Md_curses_16x16.png]]

|comments=This tileset attempts to modify the size and aspect ratio of the classic 8x12 terminal/curses font employed by many rougelikes without sacrificing the distinctive character.

|image=[[Image:Runeset_16x16.png]]

|comments= Runeset is an RSCII (Runic Standard Code for Information Interchange) font pack for Dwarf Fortress. Much more dwarfy than that American standards stuff. Best used with [[Color_scheme#Runeset Mapmaker|Runeset Mapmaker]] or [[Color_scheme#Runeset|Runeset]] color schemes.

|image=[[Image:PTTGV2tiles.png]]

|image=[[Image:Fnord 16x16.png]]

|image=[[Image:Msgothic.png]]

|image=[[Image:Raving_1280x400.png]]

|image=[[Image:16x16_sm.png]]

|image=[[Image:16x16_sb_ascii.png]]

|image=[[Image:Sapphos_square_16x16.png]]

|image=[[Image:Savok_curses_1280x400_517caa.png]]

|image=[[Image:SFE_Curses_square_16x16.png]]

|image=[[Image:Tahin_16x16_rounded.png]]

|image=[[Image:DF-Nordic_v1.png]]

|image=[[Image:Markx.png]]

|dated=20018-8-2

|image=[[Image:Tyr_1280x400.PNG]]

|image=[[Image:Winterwing_Curses_16x16_lucon.png]]

|image=[[Image:Yayo_c64_1280x400_83b157.png]]

|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_16x16.png]]

|image=[[Image:Zilk_16x16.png]]

|image=[[Image:Haowan_Curses_1440x450.png]]

|image=[[Image:Teeto_K_18x18.PNG]]

|image=[[Image:Anikki_square_20x20.png]]

|comments=Based primarily on Tocky and Plac1d. This is a scaled up version of the 10x10 tileset for fullscreen use. [http://www.anikki.com/share/df/Anikki_square_20x20.bmp Download the BMP]

|image=[[Image:Bisasam_20x20.png]]