Tileset repository

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A character set, or simply tileset, is an image in BMP or PNG format that contains the 256 different tiles, corresponding to the IBM Code Page 437 (sometimes called Extended ASCII). They are used to display the main graphics.

Installation

To install any of these tilesets, follow these steps:

1. Download the tileset via right-click-save-as on the the tileset. The tileset is just an image, so there's no separate download link. (The list is here)
2. Convert it into a 24-bit BMP file^{V0.28.181.40d} file or PNG file^v0.31.06. Do NOT just change the extension to .bmp; you must use a program like MS paint to save it as a .bmp.
3. Put it in the data/art directory of your Dwarf Fortress installation.
4. Open data/init/init.txt
5. If you want to use the tileset in fullscreen mode, locate and modify the [FULLSCREENX:800], [FULLSCREENY:600], and [FULLFONT:curses_800x600.bmp] configuration lines to match the specifications from the tileset list. The FULLFONT directive should match the filename of the tileset you downloaded. If you want to use the tileset in windowed mode, search for the [WINDOWEDX:640], [WINDOWEDY:300], and [FONT:curses_640x300.bmp] lines instead, and change them to the correct values.
6. It is also recommended you keep [BLACK_SPACE:YES] to prevent stretching of the graphics.
7. Save the .txt file, then you're ready to play!

Square tilesets

These are all the character sets with square tiles, except for the character sets with 16×16 tiles. Those are listed below. Text in square tilesets (as opposed to tilesets with shorter width) is usually more difficult to read, but the map is not distorted.

Anikki

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Anikki Dated 2008-7-27 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 native. Versions Comments Based on the original IBM CGA Character set with a lot of tweaks. The characters remain as descriptive yet universal as possible. I chose the CGA set because it is in my opinion the square set with the best readability. This set is for those who like the basic ASCII look where every pixel has meaning or (multiple meanings). Download the BMP There is also an upscaled 16x16 version of this set available for fullscreen use below.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Anikki Dated 2008-7-27 Tile Size 10×10 Resolution 800×250 native. Versions Comments Based primarily on Tocky and Plac1d's sets (which are brilliant). The characters remain as descriptive as possible with some tweaks to the font for better readability and some changes to symbols for more consistency. This set is for those who like the basic ASCII look where every pixel has meaning or (multiple meanings). Download the BMP (Note: The up and down ramps are reversed.)

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Anikki Dated 2008-7-27 Tile Size 20×20 Resolution 1600×500 native. Versions Comments Based primarily on Tocky and Plac1d. This is a scaled up version of the 10x10 tileset for fullscreen use. Download the BMP (Note: The up and down ramps are reversed.)

Alloy

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Alloy Dated 2010-12-3 - v1.1 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 native. Versions Comments Much like Hanuman's conversion, this is based on the default curses_640x300 tileset, converted to 12x12. There are no significant modifications to the tiles, smoothing, etc - just some cosmetic changes mostly to take advantage of 4 extra horizontal pixels. For people who like the original tileset's look and size but want a square version of it.

Bisasam

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Bisasam Dated 2010-05-15 Tile Size 20×20 Resolution 1600×500 (80x25 grid size); 1600×1000 (80x50 grid size) Versions Comments This is the 20x20 version of my 24x24 tileset. A DF version supporting transparent PNGs must be used. In order to use unscaled tiles, horizontal resolution must be at least 1600.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Bisasam Dated 2010-05-15 Tile Size 20×20 Resolution 1600×500 (80x25 grid size); 1600×1000 (80x50 grid size) Versions Comments This is the 20x20 version of my 24x24 tileset. Graphical tiles have been replaced by ASCII ones. A DF version supporting transparent PNGs must be used. In order to use unscaled tiles, horizontal resolution must be at least 1600.

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Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Bisasam Dated 2010-01-01 Tile Size 24×24 Resolution 1920×600 (80x25 grid size); 1920×1200 (80x50 grid size) Versions Comments Inspired by the Terminus24 tileset, I created this square 24x24 tileset. Almost all symbols have been redrawn antialiased; so a DF version supporting transparent PNGs must be used. In order to use unscaled tiles, horizontal resolution must be at least 1920.

Cheepicus

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Cheepicus Dated 2010-8-4 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments I wanted a 12x12 ASCII graphics set, sharp, with pleasant text, so I wound up making one myself from scratch. It's a little influenced by Guybrush, which I love, but after awhile the blurriness got to me. (This tileset is not entirely ASCII; I changed the equals sign to a pattern, so that stockpiles would look the way I like.)

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Cheepicus Dated 2012-5-6 Tile Size 15×15 Resolution 1200×375 Versions Comments I find the text hard to read in most other tilesets, so I made a new one. Mostly ASCII with a few graphical nods. Lower right char is for PILLAR:255 in df_init.

Ddw

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Ddw Dated 2011-03-10 Tile Size 10×10 Resolution 800×250 native Versions 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] Example.

DDR

A dwarf practicing archery. He died later.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author DDR & Others Dated 2010-9-3 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 native Versions Comments A remix of the Unknown 12x12 curses with Markvii's diagonal walls. Works quite nicely together.

Dorten

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Dorten Dated 2009-2-13 Tile Size 9×9 Resolution 720×225 Versions Comments It's improved Savok's tileset, which is changed to make walls look smooth. Plus another little differences.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Dorten Dated 2009-2-13 Tile Size 9×9 Resolution 720×225 Versions Comments Minor tweak so the 7's don't look like question marks.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Qjet Dated 2009-2-13 Tile Size 9×9 Resolution 720×225 Versions Comments Mod of Dortens super sexy 9*9 tileset, this time to provide solid backgrounds to tiles, avoids designation problems by using PNG transparency.

Gekz

Terminus Tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Gekz Dated 2010-1-08 Tile Size 11×11 Resolution 880×275 Versions Comments This works great on my EeePCs shoddy resolution of 1024x600, and this is why I made it. This is basically the Terminus font converted for use on DF. I chose this font due to its readability at a low resolutions, and soon I'll convert some of the non-letter characters into actually objects like beds and dwarves, so keep a look out for an updated version that I'll add below. This forum thread has the slightly 'graphical' test version. Quite amusing. Check there for updates.

Hanuman

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Hanuman Dated 2008-7-23 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 900×300 Versions Comments This is basically the curses_800x600.bmp file converted to 12x12. It may be slightly different but it is close enough for me. Get the .BMP here. Note: If the tileset doesn't look right played at 900x300, try changing the resolution to 966x325.

Haowan

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Haowan Dated 2007-11-2 Tile Size 18×18 Resolution 1440×450 Versions Comments An enlarged version of a square version of the default set.

Herrbdog

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Herrbdog Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments A larger version of this tileset is available below.

Jdpage

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Jdpage Dated 2010-09-15 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 native. Versions Comments Modified version of the 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.

Lord Dullard

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Lord Dullard/Exponent Dated 2009-3-30 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 native Versions Comments Adjusted by Exponent, and with new dwarf characters added. A version of the Unknown 12×12 tileset with smoothed walls. Example: Wiltedblight.

Lord Nightmare

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Lord Nightmare/IBM Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×400 Versions Comments The original IBM CGA Character set, thick variant, dumped from addresses 0x1800-0x1fff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This is the far more common 'thick' variant. Best viewed at 8:5 aspect ratio.

Lord Nightmare's 8×8 CGA tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Lord Nightmare/IBM Dated 2008-6-6 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×400 Versions Comments The original IBM CGA Character set, thin variant, dumped from addresses 0x1000-0x17ff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This is the less common 'thin' variant, which required soldering on two pins and jumpering them on the CGA card to use. Best viewed at 8:5 aspect ratio.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Lord Nightmare/IBM Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×400 Versions Comments The IBM EGA 8×8 Character set, dumped from the 6277356 IBM EGA BIOS ROM. This is ALMOST 100% IDENTICAL to the CGA thick font, but has minor modifications (23 pixels total) done to four characters: the capital 'S', the club sign, the spade sign, and the large asterisk (the one with a hole in the middle, char 0x0f, not the shift-8 one which is char 0x2a). There is no thin variant of this font. Best viewed at 8:5 aspect ratio.

Maus

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author maus Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 9×9 Resolution 720×225 Versions 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 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 Teeto_K's version.

Markavian

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Markavian Dated 2007-12-4 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments This revision is designed to work with DF version 0.27.169.33a with special tiles for stairs and ramps, as well as the changes present in the earlier version such as bones, walls, trees and swords. Available in mkv curses 12×12 and 6x6 v2.zip. As seen in the fortress of Axegear.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Markavian Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments An older revision of my square tileset, featuring more detailed symbols, with alterations to certain text characters to look more like ingame items. The walls are infilled now. Available in mkv curses 12×12 and 6x6 v2.zip. As seen in the fortress of Inkflew.

Nagidal

Nagidal's 24×24 tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Nagidal Dated 2012-06-07 Tile Size 24×24 Resolution 1920×600 (80×25 grid size); 1920×1080 (80×45 grid size) Versions Comments I love the original curses_640x300, but could not find anything like it for full HD gameplay, so I made this. There is also a non-shaded version. For further info see this forum thread.

Paul

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Paul Dated 2008-9-5 Tile Size 10×10 Resolution 800×250 for 80×25 grid size, others just multiply grid by 10. Versions Comments Custom tileset I made for my own use when the adjustable grid sizes were released for DF. Some accented letters cut slightly to allow for larger letter display. Contains several of Tocky's tiles (barrels, some trees, dimple cups, coins, slightly modified armor stand). Others are either made by me or adjusted from curses_800x600 tiles.

Pastiche

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author tejón Dated 2012-6-12 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 @ 80×25. Versions Comments A mishmash of the CGA, Acorn and C64 character fonts (and just a hint of Fixedsys), with a few pixels nudged here and there and several symbols shifted to make world maps look nicer.

Potash

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author tejón Dated 2012-6-12 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 @ 80×25. Versions Comments I like packing as much on the screen as I can, but 8x8 is just too crowded for 1920x1080 fullscreen. I intended to make a 10x10 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.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author tejón Dated 2012-6-12 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 800×250 @ 80×25. Versions Comments The "full size" version of Potash. I insist on using a square font to maintain sanity when judging sizes and distances, but I'm not a fan of how text usually looks with square glyphs -- the letters are either too wide, or spaced too far apart. I've tried balance those two flaws against each other as much as possible, and I think this font is very readable as a result. Nearly all the 10x10 glyphs have empty borders on all four sides, to prevent confusing (or just ugly) connections between adjacent tiles.

Savok

Savok's tiny, non-updated tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Savok Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 9×9 Resolution 720×225 Versions 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 Dorten's revision more. The following is the original description: 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.

Sir Henry

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Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Sir Henry Dated 2009-8-19 Tile Size 32×32 Resolution 2560×800 Versions Comments Recently I learned of a monitor displaying 2560 pixels horizontally, and I decided it needed a tileset to put to use. Taking the tileset I use (Kelora 16x16 diagonal) and doubling it, I was able to get a decent tileset. Smoothing the edges, and redoing some glyphs to get a better look (or just messing up some to bad to fix), I was able to achieve this.

Taffer

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Taffer Dated 2012-03-07 Tile Size 10×10 Resolution Looks decent at almost any resolution. Versions Comments A sharp looking, vanilla styled tileset that strives to strike a good balance between nice, attractive graphics, while avoiding graphical oddities. I find the cumulative differences from the ASCII add to the game. Feel free to leave me a note. This has turned into a graphics set, and includes alternate walls, fonts, and racial graphics.

Talryth

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Talryth Dated 2010-06-18 Tile Size 15×15 Resolution 1440×900 (96×60 grid size) 1680×1050 (112×70 grid size) Versions Comments Built from scratch, this ASCII tileset is made with two common 16:10 resolutions in mind. The odd tile size fills the above resolutions without artifacts and it gives an advantage in design, making for sharp features and equal spacing between characters. The manual anti-aliasing gives the set a nice and clean look. Transparent PNG support is needed for this one.

Teeto_K

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Teeto_K Dated 2008-10-24 Tile Size 18×18 Resolution 1440×450 Versions Comments A tileset based on Maus's 18x18 version of his "Nostalgia" tileset, however, it has been heavily revised. The entire font has been "smoothed over", and many of the symbols changed to more "graphical" representations of the items they represent. An attempt to fill the void of "graphic heavy" tilesets in the 18x18 tile-size. A special emphasis is placed on maximizing the text's readability, while still providing a "graphics enhanced" play area. Special thanks to Maus for the font, and Guybrush for the inspiration.

Terbert

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Terbert Dated 2009-6-30 Tile Size 10×10 Resolution 800×250 Versions Comments This is Terbert's First tileset

Tocky

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Tocky Dated 2007-11-15 Tile Size 10×10 Resolution 800×250 native, 800×500 for fullscreen. Versions 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.

Turnip

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Turnip Dated 2009-7-9 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments My revision of Markavian's tileset, made to be more "curvy"

Unknown

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Unknown Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments This is a tileset submitted by an unknown user from the IP address 86.43.81.125.

Unknown 12×12 v2

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Unknown Dated 2007-11-24 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 Versions Comments This is very similar to the above tileset, but has some noticeable differences. I have no idea where I got it from. It's great on a 1024x768 CRT monitor in windowed mode. I use it in a 1000x500 window with [BLACKSPACE:YES]. --JT

Vidumec

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Vidumec Dated 2013-01-30 Tile Size 12×12 Resolution 960×300 native Versions Comments This tileset is a square version of Plac1d's tileset with some modifications, like duller ground tiles and other.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Vidumec Dated 2011-09-05 Tile Size 15×15 Resolution 1440×900 (96×60 grid size) 1680×1050 (112×70 grid size) Actually looks good on any resolution Versions Comments I liked the great Talryth square 15x15 very much! However dwarves tiles were a litlle bit out of the style, so I changed them to default-like ones. Also added background so the there is no more black background which with bright ASCII was hard to my eyes. Again thanks to Talryth for his amazing job!

Xenomorph

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Xenomorph Dated 2008-8-9 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 Versions 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. Download the BMP.

Yayo

yayo's c64 Tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Yayo Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 Versions 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 16×16 version below. :)

yayo's Tunur Tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Yayo Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 13×13 Resolution 1040×325 Versions Comments Name: Yayo's Tunur; According to the language files of DF, Tunur means "style" in dwarf language. It may require a bit to get used to some symbols, but it's a very clean tileset. (It's just a bit weird. :P)

yayo's Oreslam Tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Yayo Dated 2009-09-12 Tile Size 20×20 Resolution 1920×1200 Versions Comments Name: Yayo's Oreslam; Just like the previous one, this tileset is named according to the dwarf language: or-es-lam means "Large Clear Stone". I decided to create this tileset to fit my usual screen resolution (1920x1200). I tried giving it a clean look. To use it in windowed mode try these settings in the init file: WINDOWEDX:1900, WINDOWEDY:1160, GRID:95:58.

Zaratustra

Zaratustra's 8×8 tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Zaratustra Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 or 640×400 Versions Comments The MSX and MSX2 font, shuffled around to fit the char set. Double lines were added.

Square tilesets for edited raws

If you cannot find the altered raws of a tileset for your version of Dwarf Fortress have a look at the Raw tile selector tool.

These tilesets require modified raws to work properly. Specifically, the tile numbers assigned to some objects (critters, stones, plants) need to be changed and accented characters usually need to be removed from all languages.

Crazy 8x8s

PigtailLlama's Crazy 8x8s tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author PigtailLlama Dated 2012-6-14 Tile Size 8×8 Resolution 640×200 or 640×400 Versions Comments They're a collaboration of 8x8 tiles I made, in the standard monotone style - They're great if you want to give your game a bit of a Commodore 64 feel to it, or if you're tired of vanilla dimensions. You also get a boatload of extra tiles to customize and personalize your own set! See Forum Thread for download and installation details.

Grim Fortress

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Lightrow Dated 2013-2-3 Tile Size 12×12 (also available in 9×12 Resolution 1024×768 Versions Comments I always liked the simplicity and feeling of ASCII tilesets but at the same time i really missed solid backgrounds and some interesting tiles from graphical tilesets. So my first try was to apply a solid background to all tiles of Talryth square tileset ( except few ones ), but it came out looking like a bunch of vermins swimming in a goblin's vomit... anyway i tried further and began to experiment with different base tilesets and finally made my own, using elements from tilesets of other authors ( mainly Tocky's one, big thanks to him! ). Then i have spotted Alexander's Jolly Bastion and took some ideas from him ( big thanks to Alexander too! ) like sky tiles and color. Then i applied Lee's Natural Color Scheme with modified "BLACK" value and here it is! Grim Fortress. It is pretty dark, kinda foggy and i think the name "Grim Fortress" fits well. See Official Forum Page for download and installation details.

Jolly Bastion

Jolly Bastion screenshot

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Alexander Ocias Dated 2012-3-11 Tile Size 12×12 (also available in 9×12) Resolution 1024×768 Versions Comments Dwarf Fortress looks too serious and gritty, especially when it's filled with so much fun, ☼Fun☼ and comedy. There are four main handy-dandy aspects of this mod: Injecting some more personality and brightness into the visuals; Making important stuff easier to see, smoothing over unimportant things (9x12 or 12x12 ASCII!); Delicious icon :D See Official Forum Page for download and installation details.

16×16 tilesets

The 16×16 tilesets are a subset of square character sets. 16×16 is a frequently used size, as shown by the number of tilesets in this section. This is probably because all of the best creature graphics sets use 16×16 tiles. Those alternate sets for creatures can be found at graphics sets. If your screen is too small for these, turn on BLACK_SPACE!

Aesomatica

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Aesomatica Dated 2008-11-29 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments Tileset intended to build upon Sphr's and Jackard's work, as well as others. Some tiles are original, some are variants and most are copied from various sets the author found pleasing. Notable originals include the broken bolt/ashes tiles, the ballista heads/large hills, the small hills, the ore (gear animation is pleasing, though axle animation is unimproved), ground tiles, and vermin. Also, bins look decent and up/down stairs look okay. This set looks its best with Sphr's graphics.

Anikki

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Anikki Dated 2008-7-27 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments Based on the original IBM CGA Character set with a lot of tweaks. The characters remain as descriptive yet universal as possible. I chose the CGA set because it is in my opinion the square set with the best readability. This set is for those who like the basic ASCII look where every pixel has meaning or (multiple meanings). This is a scaled up version for fullscreen use. Download the BMP

Anno

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author AbuDhabi Dated 2011-03-19 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments Based on Anikki's 16x16 tileset, but smoothed/enhanced and with the dwarf images reworked.

Bisasam

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Bisasam Dated 2010-01-11 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments This is the 16x16 version of my 24x24 tileset. A DF version supporting transparent PNGs must be used. In order to use unscaled tiles, horizontal resolution must be at least 1280.

Cooz

Cooz's Tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Cooz Dated 2009-2-28 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments v1.1 - 3px wide walls and some other tweaks. Based on Klokjammer and Marble Dice tilesets. Some tiles were taken from other sets, some were made from scratch. The aim was to keep feel of default curses font in 16×16 tileset. There's also version without shading.

Guybrush

Guybrush Tileset

the wilderness...

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Guybrush Dated 2007-11-15 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A 16×16 tileset based on the very nice Herrbdog's one, and for use with the superb Dystopian Rhetoric objects. A slightly modified version of Herrbdog's tileset is available below if you want to keep the original ASCII symbols for some objects (just do some cut & paste). It's just a little brighter and with some very slight changes. The tileset shown is a tileset with graphic objects added, for use with Fortress Mode. I recommend to have a look at the color schemes page to find your favorite color settings. The color scheme I used for the screenshots is this one.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Herrbdog, modified by Guybrush Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Here is the slightly modified version of Herrbdog's tileset which still has all the ASCII characters intact

Herrbdog

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Herrbdog Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments The 16×16 version of Herrbdog's tileset.

Inquisitor Saturn

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Inquisitor Saturn Dated 2008-5-18 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Another 16 by 16 tileset. This one is notable because of the subtle shadowing and a completely original, hand-made font.

Kaishaku

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Kaishaku Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A square 1280×400 font. Simple and legible. Converted from roarl's 16×16 nethack font, on top of super foul egg's template, extended manually and with ideas from lucida console. This is version 1, created in one morning. Screenshots available here.

Kelora

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Kelora Dated 2009-7-26 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution Versions Comments A square tileset using the diagonal wall concept from Belal and others but simplified drastically to improve the appearance. All the walls line up correctly and have consistent widths. I did not use much of the pretty but confusing art I see in many of the other sets. I tried for a while to incorporate many of these but found that with the multiple uses for most characters they were just wrong far too often to be useful. The only ones that seem to work are the dwarves which I took from Flying Mage / Guybrush. The pretty 3Dish fonts as well just seem to look muddier and be less legible. I love it and my husband has been happily playing it for months.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Kelora Dated Tile Size 16×16 Resolution Versions Comments A square tileset using the diagonal wall concept from Belal and others but simplified drastically to improve the appearance. All the walls line up correctly and have consistent widths. I did not use much of the pretty but confusing art I see in many of the other sets. I tried for a while to incorporate many of these but found that with the multiple uses for most characters they were just wrong far too often to be useful. The only ones that seem to work are the dwarves which I took from Flying Mage / Guybrush. The pretty 3Dish fonts as well just seem to look muddier and be less legible. This tileset is a copy of my first with more realistic clouds I hope.

Klokjammer

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Klokjammer Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Name: "Masked Adventurer" - after tile (0,4), where '@' used to be. A somewhat abstract version of the original curses square tileset, but with the alpha numeric characters shaped so as not to look distorted. Other symbols are either borrowed from or improved from curses, and some (including the dwarves) were created from the ground up. Alternate variations, are available here.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Klokjammer Dated 2007-10-31 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A "clean" version of the above set, one without any fancy tiles (except for the dwarves).

Marble Dice

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Marble Dice Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions 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.

Nordic Curses

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Techhead Dated 2009-3-26 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments My first attempt at a unique curses-style tileset with a Nordic Theme. Some characters have been altered.

PTTG

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author PTTG Dated 2007-11-21 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A new version! Clean, sharp, and clear. All-original, and large size for big screens! Also features coloured indicators for levers, helping to remove the guesswork. It is good stand-alone, or with my graphics set.

Random832

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author User:Random832 Dated 2009-4-22 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×800 etc Versions Comments Based on the ＭＳ ゴシック (MS Gothic) japanese font, with some gaps filled in from the VGA 8x16 font, and some other characters tweaked by hand.

Raving

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author RavingManiac Dated 2010-3-13 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A heavily modified version of Tyrving's tileset, with smoothed walls based on those from Tahin's. This tileset was made to retain the feel of the original curses in a square tileset with smoothed walls. Download the BMP.

Red Jack

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Jackard Dated 2008-7-22 Tile Size 16x16 Resolution 1280x400 Versions Comments This combines content from other tilesets with Nintendo sprites to give the game a classic dungeon look. Note: Bins are hard to see using this tileset because the "bin" tile is also used as the "up/down staircase" tile. Aesomatica and Martin improve upon this tileset making the bin tile easier to see. You may download all variations of this tileset here.

Sappho

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Sappho Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Another square font, target resolution 1280×400. This one is exactly the same as the default font except it has been made square, painstakingly edited to ensure that nothing looks squished.

Savok

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Savok Dated 2008-6-16 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Unsatisfied with any existing tileset, I decided to go about creating my own. Since I can't create from scratch, I had to take tiles from other tilesets and modify them, in an evolution-like manner, until they became how I wanted them. Since most are dramatically different from the tileset I took them from, I believe I can call them original. In the raws, change the tag [TILE:'U'] for humans to [TILE:172]. This changes both the image and corpse of humans to a unique image, which creature graphics cannot do. The elves also get a different tile, [TILE:171]. I plan to make a separate goblin symbol. If you use it and like it, please leave a message for at my talk page or at the DFFD page. This will greatly speed progress, since I won't be doing it just for myself. Note: The DFFD version is updated more frequently and has the changelist.

Super Foul Egg

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Super Foul Egg Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments The font is rough as hell and some of the characters still need attention, but it'll do for now. Since this tileset is for graphics mode I'd rather wait for more complete object support than hack in pictures and gum up the UI. Uppercase from this site

Tahin

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Tahin Dated 2007-12-28 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Based on Marble Dice's tileset, above. Smoothed corners are "rounded", which takes some getting used to but look quite nice, in my opinion. I have managed to get all of the standard "L" tiles to fit together nicely, but "T" and "+" don't quite match up. It's not a problem that comes up often, and it still doesn't look that bad, but I'll get to it eventually.

Tyrving

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Tyrving Dated 2008-2-15 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments None of the existing modifications of curses_square satisfied me, so I made my own. The bulk of it is from Klokjammer's set, with the dwarf symbols and @ taken from Sappho's. Quite a few minor alterations have been made, and I feel that it's become distinct enough to release it.

Winterwing

Lucida Console with Dystopian Rhetoric objects

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Winterwing Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Like usual, lucida console with cleartype. Creative, huh. :)

Yayo

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Yayo Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Name: Yayo's C64; The 16×16 version of Yayo's tileset.

Zaratustra

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Zaratustra Dated 2007-11-10 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Because everyone is making one.

16×16 tilesets for edited raws

If you cannot find the altered raws of a tileset for your version of Dwarf Fortress have a look at the Raw tile selector tool.

These tilesets require modified raws to work properly. Specifically, the tile numbers assigned to some objects (critters, stones, plants) need to be changed and accented characters usually need to be removed from all languages.

Belal

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Belal Dated 2009-1-9 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments Based on the Mike Mayday tileset and using angled smoothed walls as in Dorten's Tileset. I like the look of the walls for doing near circular or honeycomb layouts. Example Fort

Darkond Digs Deeper

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Darkond2100 Dated 2010-3-6 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments I like Dig Dwarfier, but I don't like their tileset so much. I fused DigDeeperNEW_16x16 with Aesomatica_16x16 to make this. I just took what I liked and put it in. I hope that others like it too! This will work with Dig Dwarfier v0.85, I am not yet aware of whether or not it will work with Dig Deeper put into vanilla.

Dwarfletter

Dwarfletter - Stockpile

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author LordZorinthrox Dated 2009-7-20 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments [here] see also Status screen - Font Foliage Ballista

Flying Mage

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Flying Mage Dated 2008-4-12 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A 16×16 tileset based on several other tilesets by various authors. I did some changes because I like some things in different ways, but the base for tileset was made by another users and for this I thankful. List of major and minor changes you can see below. And I hope you'll enjoy this. There is some tiles I really proud of :) Major changes Minor changes Some rough/smoothed/engraved stone improvement

Gold Plated

Presentation of Gold Plated (v.1)

Text preview(v.1)

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author DrD_AVEL Dated 2010-Jun-17 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments Gold Plated is updated. Improvements complete. Some tiles were redrawn and corrected. This tileset contains the best graphic tiles (in my opinion) that were collected from many other tilesets and other games; I took Lemunde's tileset as a basis (thanx a lot, Lemunde). Some of tiles were drawn by me. Many tiles were reworked and improved with some additional colours. I hope you enjoy with this tiles. ;) [Graphical version of DF2010 v0.31.08 with Gold Plated tileset|http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=2021 Graphical version of DF2010 v0.31.08 with Gold Plated tileset] [Discussion of this tileset is here|http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=49479.0 Discussion of this tileset is here]

Gold Plated (bmp-version)

Preview of Gold Plated (bmp-version)

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author DrD_AVEL Dated 2010-Apr-02 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments Gold Plated is redrawn to magenta BMP. So you can use it with versions of DF2010, that don't understand .png (v31.01). This is a preliminary version for DF2010, but it works well. Don't forget to convert this image to .bmp before use in new version. Enjoy! ;)

hermano

example

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author hermano Dated 2010-2-6 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 native. Versions Comments A tileset with colored backgrounds that keeps texts readable. It uses tiles from belal and ranting rodent. A Package for 0.31.16 (df2010) can be downloaded here. The altered raws for 40d# can be downloaded here.

Isenhertz

Isenhertz's tileset in action.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Isenhertz Dated 2008-7-14 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Impressed with the genius of using sprites as tiles, I cobbled together this tileset of my own. It uses Super Foul Egg's superb font as a base, with several sprites also found in other users' sets. Because a lot of letters are used for graphics, I suggest that you remove accented letters from names with this set. I also suggest you shift some items to other icons, such as the coniferous trees (change Pine, Cedar, Larch from 024 to 147), the turtle (change 15 to 151), and Quarry Bush leaves (change from 006 to 003). V2 now with new graphics for walls and liquids, as well as some other tweaks here and there and a first attempt at using dual-color sprites using a cyan base instead of simple greyscale. (Right now implemented for beds, wood and statues.) V1 can still be found here.

Lemunde

Lemunde's Tileset.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Lemunde Dated 2010-6-11 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments This is a modified version of Mike Mayday's/Herrbdog's tileset. It has a more textured feel to the walls and makes heavy use of the new transparency features to make some of the tiles a little more dynamic. You can view a preview map here. I recommend changing the sky settings in the init.txt file to [SKY:249:1:0:0] for a more natural look. Update June 11, 2010: Updated to work with the 31.xx versions of Mike Mayday's set. It will probably not look right using it with vanilla Dwarf Fortress.

Martin

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Martin Dated 2009-8-8 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments This is a 16x16 tileset based on Redjack and Flying Mage sets (and possible tiles taken from others that I've since lost track of - apologies). Some tiles are original or have been tweaked, mainly to provide a much more subtle background than most. A completely new character set is used to improve legibility, tweaked and anti-aliased for dark backgrounds. Download Demo fortress at DFMA

Phoebus

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Phoebus Dated 2011-04-04 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments For more information, and to download the full package, see the thread on the official forums: Phoebus' Graphic Set

Phssthpok

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Phssthpok Dated 2010-03-07 Tile Size 16×16, 24×24, 32×32 Resolution 2560×800 Versions Comments A high resolution tileset with a focus on readable text, simple shaded shapes, and plenty of negative space. Uses PNG transparency features in 40d16 and newer. Requires RantingRodent's edited raws. 32x32 version 24x24 version 16x16 version Sample Fortress

SL

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author User:SL Dated 2008-8-3 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments (Requires a download, not just the image) Art based on Flying Mage's, Guybrush's, and previous tilesets in that lineage. Uses ModBase to relocate relocatable art and de-accentify certain accented letters to reduce graphical bizarreness while still improving some art. Forum Thread Download Demo Fortress Map on the DFMA

Spreggo

The Autonomous Font in action.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Spreggo Dated 2009-2-2 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Started off inspired by Belal's diagonal support, and ended up doing almost every tile from scratch. Added different tiles for each type of stone, and new ones for ore, but the matgloss files need to be edited for that functionality(see image details).

Synergy

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Dvorovic Dated 2010-10-8 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Tileset based on DrD_AVEL's, Phoebus', Ironhand's projects. Download Demo Fortress Map on the DFMA

The-Moon

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author The-Moon Dated 2008-3-24 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments Edited Character set of mikemayday and Jackard

Tigrex

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Tigrex Dated 2009-2-22 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments This is my tileset, modified from Dorten's 2d diagonal wall set. It incorporates many original creations of mine, and I hope you like it.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Tigrex Dated 2009-4-10 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments This is a modification of the above, that takes advantage of Norse runes for a more authentic Dwarven experience. CAUTION! This tileset has little practical value, and may induce myopia, blindness, or death.

Tim's

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Timmeh Dated 2009-8-12 Tile Size 16×16 Resolution 1280×400 Versions Comments A tileset using heavily modified versions of the diagonal walls from Belal's set, a modified version of the floor from Spreggo's set, most of the furniture and objects are from Flying Mage's set, and some various other bits and pieces from other sets. Replaces the black box that normally surrounds the walls with a copy of the floor tile. Example Fort

Non-square tilesets

These tilesets are not square. Text in non-square tilesets often looks much better and is often much easier to read than in square tilesets, but square buildings do not appear square on the map.

Andux

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Andux Dated 2011-05-03 Tile Size 8×12 Resolution 640×480 Versions Comments A CP866-based version of the default curses_640x300 tileset. Note that characters 240-255 were not all updated, in order to preserve tiles required by hard-coded stuff.

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Andux Dated 2012-08-07 Tile Size 8×12 Resolution 640×480 Versions Comments A modified version of the default curses_640x300 tileset, partly inspired by the font Loki by Marcus Sterz/FaceType.

CKY

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Chinkeeyong Dated 2009-6-11 Tile Size 10×12 Resolution 800×600 Versions Comments Partially inspired by Eagle of Fire's tiles, below. Essentially, this is the default tileset with a little bevel-style shading around the edges to make it look neater. Also, I fixed the accented 'e' tails to look closer to the standard 'e'.

Coaldiamond

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Coaldiamond Dated 2010-6-18 Tile Size 8×12 Resolution 640×300 Versions Comments An update of Plac1d's tile set, now updated for DF2010. This tileset also presents an elegant solution for modifying the % tile to get good pumps, rocks, and meals. This tileset was made to serve three purposes; a) To always make text understandable, b) to make DF games more visually interesting, and c) to keep symbols simple so that the player can imagine multiple meanings for the same symbol. See the screencaps or just get the whole DF+graphics repack.

Eagle of Fire

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Eagle of Fire Dated 2007-10-30 Tile Size 10×12 Resolution 800×600 Versions Comments Designed for fullscreen. Inspired by Herrbdog's tileset, I created a shaded tileset targeting the default fullscreen 800x600 resolution. Basicaly, you have the exact same "curses" default tileset but with some shading done to the lower right of each letters and items. I've left alone everything which was related to mining or was meant to be plain, for example the smoothered tiles and the plain tiles in the demo. The reason behind that is that I didn't find much logic to have those graphics shaded as they could possibly connect on any direction on the screen, which would make the shading a little strange. Please note that this tileset is only a "beta". I might work on it again if there is enough people who like it and would like improvements. You can discuss the matter here.

Inquisitor Saturn

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Inquisitor Saturn Dated 2008-2-28 Tile Size 16×24 Resolution 1280×600 Versions Comments Designed for a double-sized window mode. Based on the default set, but more detailed and with a few custom characters. Good for those who want larger characters but enjoy the aesthetics of the default set.

Kein

Kein's Tileset

Title [[#{{{filename}}}|{{{filename}}}]] Author Kein Dated 2008-8-9 Tile Size 8×12 Resolution 640×300 Versions Comments Updated 08/09/09. Updated most characters, the biggest change is the 3d style walls. If you use my set I'd highly recommend