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Tileset repository

2008-05-20T02:55:14Z

Shaja: /* Shaja - added Terminus24 */

''You may be looking for general information on [[tilesets]] or the [[List of user graphics sets]].''

== Square tilesets ==

These are all the character sets with square tiles, except for the character sets with 16×16 tiles. Those are listed [[List_of_user_character_sets#16.C3.9716_tilesets|below]]. Text in square tilesets (as opposed to tilesets with shorter width) is usually more difficult to read, but the map is not distorted.

=== haowan ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Haowan_Curses_1440x450.png]]
|author=haowan
|size=18×18
|resolution=1440×450
|comments=An enlarged version of a square version of the default set.
}}

=== Herrbdog ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Herrbdog_144.png]]
|author=Herrbdog
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=A larger version of this tileset is available [[#Herrbdog 2|below]].
}}

=== Lord Nightmare ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:CGA8x8thick.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×400
|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.
}}

[[Image:Nightmare_cga_8x8.jpg|thumb|right|Lord Nightmare's 8×8 CGA tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:CGA8x8thin.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×400
|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.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:EGA8x8.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×400
|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 ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Nostalgia_720x225.png]]
|author=[[User:Maus|maus]]
|size=9×9
|resolution=720×225
|comments=Another square tileset that's usable on low resolutions, modeled after a common font used on the Nintendo Entertainment System. An 18x18 version for 1440x450 resolution is also [[:Image:Nostalgia_1440x450_3e4a08.png|available here]], and is really nice on a widescreen monitor. An NES palette is [[User:Maus|available here]].
}}

=== Markavian ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:mkv_solidcurses_stairs_960x300.png]]
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=This revision is designed to work with DF version 0.27.169.33a with special tiles for [[stair]]s and [[ramp]]s, as well as the changes present in the earlier version such as bones, walls, trees and swords. Available in [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/mkv_curses%2012×12%20and%206x6%20v2.zip mkv curses 12×12 and 6x6 v2.zip]. As seen in the fortress of [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-1329-axegear Axegear].
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Mkv_solidcurses_960x300.png]]
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|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 [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/mkv_curses%2012×12%20and%206x6%20v2.zip mkv curses 12×12 and 6x6 v2.zip]. As seen in the fortress of [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-800-inflew. Inkflew].
}}

=== Savok ===

[[Image:Screenshot_41ea57.png|thumb|right|Savok's tiny, non-updated tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Curses_720x225_8d6752.png]]
|author=[[User:Savok|Savok]]
|size=9×9
|resolution=720×225
|comments=Designed for both modes. 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 isn't square, so I made a similarish tileset to fix those. Note: This tileset is very old. No plans exist to update it for the new version or improve it in any way.
}}

=== Tocky ===

[[Image:Df_tock10_1.PNG|thumb|right]]
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Tocky_square_10x10.png]]
|author=[[User:Tocky|Tocky]]
|size=10×10
|resolution=800×250 native, 800×500 for fullscreen.
|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 maximise clarity and readability and to keep them consistent. I'm really very pleased with how this set turned out.
}}

=== Unknown ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Tileset_unknown_960x300_02.png]]
|author=Unknown
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=This is a tileset submitted by an unknown user on IP address 86.43.81.125. It is considered by many to be a "standard" for square sets, as it provides excellent "square" characters at a decent resolution.
}}

[[Image:Unknown_12x12.jpg|thumb|right|Unknown 12×12 v2]]
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Unknown_curses_12x12.png]]
|author=Unknown
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|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]. --[[User:JT|JT]]
}}

=== Yayo ===

[[Image:yayo_c64_640x200_screenshot.png|thumb|right|yayo's c64 Tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:yayo_c64_640x200.png]]
|author=[[User:Yayo|Yayo]]
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200
|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 [[#Yayo_2|below]]. :)
}}

[[Image:yayo_tunur_1040x325_screenshot.png|thumb|right|yayo's Tunur Tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:yayo_tunur_1040x325.png]]
|author=[[User:Yayo|Yayo]]
|size=13×13
|resolution=1040×325
|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)
}}

=== Zaratustra ===

[[Image:Zara_8x8.jpg|thumb|right|Zaratustra's 8×8 tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_msx.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200 or 640×400
|comments= The MSX and MSX2 font, shuffled around to fit the char set. Double lines were added.
}}

== 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!'''

=== Flying Mage ===

{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:Flying_Mage_square_16x16.png]]
|author=[[User:Flying Mage|Flying Mage]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 :) 
*[[:Image:Flying_Mage_square_16x16_Major_Changes.png|Major changes]] 
*[[:Image:Flying_Mage_square_16x16_Minor_Changes.png|Minor changes]]
*[[:Image:Flying_Mage_square_16x16_Stone_Type.png|Some ''rough/smoothed/engraved stone'' improvement]]
}}

=== Guybrush ===

[[Image:GuybrushScreenshot1.PNG|thumb|right|Guybrush Tileset]]
[[Image:GuybrushScreenshot2.PNG|thumb|right|the wilderness...]]

{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:Guybrush_square_16x16.png]]
|author=[[User:Guybrush|Guybrush]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A 16×16 tileset based on the very nice Herrbdog's one, and for use with the superb [[Graphics_sets#Dystopian_Rhetoric|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|color schemes page]] to find your favorite color settings. The color scheme I used for the screenshots is [[Color_Schemes#.28Yet.29_Another_scheme|this one]].}}

{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:GuybrushASCII_curses_square_16x16.png]]
|author=Herrbdog, modified by [[User:Guybrush|Guybrush]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Here is the slightly modified version of Herrbdog's tileset which still has all the ASCII characters intact
}}

=== Herrbdog ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Herrbdog_16x16_tileset.gif]]
|author=Herrbdog
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=The 16×16 version of Herrbdog's tileset. Further discussion of herrbdog's tilesets is available in the Bay 12 forums:
http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000832
}}

=== Inquisitor Saturn ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:MRC_square_16x16.png]]
|author=Inquisitor Saturn
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Another 16 by 16 tileset. This one is notable because of the subtle shadowing and a completely original, hand-made font.
}}

=== Kaishaku ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Kai-1280x400-v2 7512b5.png]]
|author=Kaishaku
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 [http://kaishaku.org/dwarfort here].
}}

=== Klokjammer ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Kjammer square 16x16 v02.png]]
|author=[[User:Klokjammer|Klokjammer]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 [[User:Klokjammer#My Tilesets|here]].
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Kjammer square 16x16 v00.png]]
|author=[[User:Klokjammer|Klokjammer]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A "clean" version of the above set, one without any fancy tiles (except for the dwarves).
}}

=== Marble Dice ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Md_curses_16x16.png]]
|author=[[User:Marble Dice|Marble Dice]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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.
}}

=== PTTG ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:PTTGV2tiles.png]]
|author=[[User:PTTG|PTTG]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 [[List of user graphics sets#PTTG|graphics set]].
}}

=== Red Jack ===

[[Image:Rj-purplemushrooms.png|thumb|right|Mushrooms look like mushrooms!]] [[Image:Rj-worldmap.png|thumb|right|The world map.]]

{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:Redjack15.png]]
|author=[[User:Jackard|Jackard]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=This combines content from other tilesets with Nintendo sprites to give the game a classic dungeon look. Some of the font has been replaced with images - this may look odd at times.

Thanks go to dyze, oRGy, and Mike Mayday.}}
[[Image:Rj-unitlist.png|thumb|right|Using the language mod helps fix these names.]]
{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:Redjack15novaried.png]]
|author=[[User:Jackard|Jackard]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=The version without varied tiles.}}

=== Sappho ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Sapphos_square_16x16.png]]
|author=Sappho
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Savok_curses_1280x400_517caa.png]]
|author=[[User:Savok|Savok]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Unsatisfied with any existing tileset, I went about creating my own. Nearly all of it is original, including the dozens of letters. This tileset was created for the old version, but the following feature could still be useful: 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. The elves also get a different tile, [TILE:171]. I've finally had enough time to play enough of the new version to see if my tileset would still work. I think it does, so I've started work on it again with an overhaul of the dwarf smilies.
}}

=== Super Foul Egg ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:SFE_Curses_square_16x16.png]]
|author=Super Foul Egg
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 [http://www.zee-3.com/pickfordbros/archive/bitmapfonts.php this site]
}}

=== Tahin ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Tahin_16x16_rounded.png]]
|author=[[User:Tahin|Tahin]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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.
}}

=== The-Moon ===

[[Image:SS_moons_square_16x16.PNG|thumb|right]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Moons_square_16x16.PNG]]
|author=[[User:The-Moon|The-Moon]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Edited Character set of [[User:mikemayday|mikemayday]] and [[User:Jackard|Jackard]]}}

=== Tyrving ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Tyr_1280x400.PNG]]
|author=[[User:Tyrving|Tyrving]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 ===

[[Image:Winterwing_Dfort-tiles-lucon.png|thumb|right|Lucida Console with Dystopian Rhetoric objects]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Winterwing_Curses_16x16_lucon.png]]
|author=[[User:Winterwing|Winterwing]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Like usual, lucida console with cleartype. Creative, huh. :)
}}

=== Yayo ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Yayo_c64_1280x400_83b157.png]]
|author=[[User:Yayo|Yayo]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Name: Yayo's C64; The 16×16 version of Yayo's tileset.
}}

=== Zaratustra ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_16x16.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Because everyone is making one.
}}

== 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 the map is distorted.

=== Eagle of Fire ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:eofshaded800x600pb9_f64ded.png]]
|author=[[User:Eagle of Fire|Eagle of Fire]]
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×600
|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 [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000645 here].
}}

=== Inquisitor Saturn ===
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:MRC_1280x600.png]]
|author=[[User:InquisitorSaturn|Inquisitor Saturn]]
|size=16×24
|resolution=1280×600
|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.
}}

=== Lord Nightmare ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:MDA8x14.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=The original IBM MDA character set, dumped from addresses 0x0000-0x0fff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This font is as would be displayed on an EGA/VGA with the 9-pixel-width mode disabled. Best for a 64:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. The MDA card did not actually support displaying the font in 8x14, but ONLY 9x14 mode, see below. Theoretically, you CAN upload this font into EGA video memory though and use it.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:MDA9x14.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=9×14
|resolution=720×350
|comments=The original IBM MDA character set, dumped from addresses 0x0000-0x0fff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This font is as would be displayed on a real MDA card (use a black/dkgreen/ltgreen palette for full monochrome effect) or on an EGA/VGA card with the 9-pixel-width mode enabled. Best for a 72:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 720x480.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:EGA8x14.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=The IBM EGA character set, dumped from the 6277356 IBM EGA BIOS ROM. This font is as would be displayed on an EGA/VGA with the 9-pixel-width mode disabled. Best for a 64:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. This font is different from the MDA version in that many characters are slightly narrower to avoid 'running into' each other, and many characters have been shifted slightly to the left.
Thanks to Zaratustra for poking me into getting this done, and for related help.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:EGA9x14.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=9×14
|resolution=720×350
|comments=The IBM EGA character set, dumped from the 6277356 IBM EGA BIOS ROM. This font is as would be displayed on an EGA/VGA with the 9-pixel-width mode enabled. Best for a 72:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. This font is actually different from the 8x14 version in that 20 characters have been replaced with the original MDA wide versions. These 'extra' wide characters are sandwiched in between the end of the 8x14 and beginning of the 8×8 font in the EGA BIOS ROM. The changed characters, in ASCII order, are: arrow-left-and-right, '"', '+', '-', 'M', 'T', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', 'm', 'v', 'w', 'ae', cent sign, yen, peseta, plus-minus, and division sign. Other than these characters, all characters are the same, with rightmost-row duplicated on the C and D rows like the MDA (though I don't actually know if this is technically correct).
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:VGA8x16.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM?
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=The original? IBM VGA 8x16 character set, (from http://madscientistroom.org/fpga/default-8x16-bram.html) as would be displayed on a VGA card with the 9-pixel-width disabled. Best for an 8:5 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. This rom has not yet been dumped from a real VGA card, and is coming from a secondary source, so it may be replaced later if I find the real font is different.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord_Nightmare-Fixedsys-02.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/Microsoft
|size=8×15
|resolution=640×375
|comments=v2.2 - (v1.0 is [[:Image:Lord_Nightmare-Fixedsys.png|here]]) - Based on Microsoft's Fixedsys font (which dates back to Windows 1.0!), Many glyphs needed redoing by hand since they were absent from the font, since it is an 'ansi' character set and not a code-page 437 one like DF expects. v2.0 Based on Microsoft's Fixedsys font. Updated new glyphs to be more consistent with the Fixedsys style. - v2.1 - update a few more glyphs, namely the integral, the infinity symbol, and the spade, and a few others I'm forgetting. - v2.2 - update the club and spade, and the music notes - v2.3 - fix the fact that 0xF9 and 0xFA were inadvertently swapped.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord_Nightmare-Fixedsys-03.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/Microsoft
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=v3.0 - changed font size to 8x16, altered glyphs to respect this. - v3.1 - fix the fact that 0xF9 and 0xFA were inadvertently swapped.
}}

[[Image:Lord_Nightmare_Freehand_screenshot_2b7d67.png|thumb|right|Freehand screenie... ooh, neat! Unreadable.]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord_Nightmare_Freehand_10x16.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare
|size=10×16
|resolution=800×400
|comments=v1.0 - A character set drawn entirely in freehand on the tablet PC... with MINIMAL EDITING! Yes, its SUPPOSED to look like that. v1.1 - fixed character 0x02 background (filled smiley), filled in the card suits, minor touch up to the comma, fix black instead of magenta on the greyscale blocks and other tweaks to them, redrew the square block (was 'too clean' before) v1.1a - fixed spade by adding 1 pixel at tip so it doesn't look like another club
}}

[[Image:Lord_Nightmare_Freehand_screenshot_2_05c04b.png|thumb|right|Freehand^2 screenie... ooh, neat! Readable. But ugly.]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord_Nightmare_Freehand^2_10x16.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare
|size=10×16
|resolution=800×400
|comments=Freehand^2, v1.2 - A heavily edited version of Freehand, now hopefully less unreadable. V1.2 is the current version, see the image link changelog/older versions.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Vintl01.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/Victor-Sirius
|size=10×16
|resolution=800×400
|comments=The Victor 9000/Sirius 1 computer character set, extracted from vintl01.chr.
}}

=== Kein ===

[[Image:Kein-curs.gif|thumb|right|Kein's Tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Kein_640x300.png]]
|author=Kein
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments=Kein's 640×300, everything completely shaded, kept mostly traditional looking.
}}

=== Lumin ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[:Image:Lumin_Graphical_1280x800.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=Lumin
|size=16×32
|resolution=1280×800
|comments=Ideas used from several others on this page. I've also added more detail and color to some objects.
}}

=== Plac1d ===

[[Image:Plac1d_640x300EZ_1.png|thumb|right|Plac1d's Tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Plac1d_640x300tileset.png]]
|author=[[User:Plac1d|Plac1d]]
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments=A tweaked version of [[#Tocky|Tocky's 10×10 tileset]] converted to 8×12. Try using this with my [[List of user graphics sets#Plac1d|graphics set]]!

[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=63 Download the .BMP]
}}

=== Sergius ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Sleroux_800x300.png]]
|author=Sergius
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×300
|comments=Mostly vanilla tileset, dwarves have graphic from intro [[Utilities#CMVPlayer|Movie]], with some tweaks (for soldiers). I find it helpful for playing (instead of happy faces).
}}

=== Shaja ===

[[Image:Shaja_10-27-09.png|thumb|right|TerminusAliased text]]
[[Image:Shaja_10-13-09.png|thumbnail|right|Terminus24 text]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[:Image:TerminusAliased_handedit_gal.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=[[User:Shaja|Shaja]]
|size=20×32
|resolution=1600×800
|comments=Alphanumerics based on Dimitar Zhekov's [http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/jimmy-en.html Terminus] font with light antialias shading added, walls and some symbols redrawn, others carried over from Thom's 20x32 tileset.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[:Image:Terminus24.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=[[User:Shaja|Shaja]]
|size=24×32
|resolution=1920×800
|comments=Revised version of my earlier Terminus 20x32 character set for 1920x800 display.
}}

=== Thom ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[:Image:Curses_24pt_cleartype_ThomModifications.PNG|Not shown due to size]]
|author=Herrbdog
|size=20×24
|resolution=1600×800
|comments=Hi res won't slow the game as it doesn't use graphics, so if your monitor can display it, go for it, really... I strongly recommend to enable blackspace in the init: [BLACK_SPACE:YES] Made from the 24pts cleartype lucida console above (from winterwing). I added some stuff (some original, some ideas taken from others tilesets). Basically I try to avoid symbols that are often seen in menus, etc. The main "problem" is the bag, because its the male symbol, but it was too good looking to not put it ;) Hope you enjoy :) . . .Note: Winterwing's tileset is now lost. --[[User:Savok|Savok]]
}}

=== UncleSporky ===

[[Image:UncleSporky_DFTiles1.png|thumb|right|UncleSporky Tileset]]
[[Image:UncleSporky_DFTiles2.png|thumb|right|UncleSporky Tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:UncleSporky_curses_800x600.png]]
|author=UncleSporky
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×300
|comments=
}}

=== Zaratustra ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_megazeux2.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=EGA font with added Megazeux modifications.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_custom800x300ca3.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×300, 800×600 (non-reccomended)
|comments=Has an appropriate [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Object_Tilesets#10x12_version object tileset for v0.23.130.23a (now outdated)].
}}

== Tiny tilesets ==

Sets smaller than 8×8. Used for playing in tiny windows, display of massive maps and perhaps videos.

=== herrbdog ===

[[Image:Herrbdog_7x7.jpg|thumb|right|herrbdog's 7x7 tileset]]
{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:Herrbdog_7x7_tileset.gif]]
|author=[[User:herrbdog|herrbdog]]
|size=7×7
|resolution=560×175
|comments=
}}

=== Lord Nightmare ===
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord Nightmare 6x6font01.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=Made in 5 hours on 11/5/07 (I was bored and dissatisfied with other fonts). Most glyphs are really 5×6, with a seperator column.
}}

[[Image:Nightmare_6x6_v2.jpg|thumb|right|Lord Nightmare's 6x6 v2]]
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord Nightmare 6x6font02.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|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 ? and inverse ?, 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.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord-Nightmare-Terminal-4x6.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/Microsoft
|size=4×6
|resolution=320×150
|comments=A DF conversion of the 4x6 variant of Microsoft's 'Terminal' Font. Note that I have left the font entirely alone other than converting it, so several glyphs are indistinguishable from one another!
}}

=== Markavian ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Mkv_curses_480x150.png]]
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=The first version the tiny tileset, superceded by the version below.
}}

[[Image:mark_6x6_v2.jpg|thumb|right|Markavian's 6x6 v2]]
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Mkv_curses_480x150_v2.png]]
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=My second version of the tiny tileset, for uber small resolution DF, with improved visibility of several symbols.
Available in [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/mkv_curses%2012x12%20and%206x6%20v2.zip mkv curses 12×12 and 6×6 v2.zip].
}}

=== Zaratustra ===
[[Image:Zara_4x6.jpg|thumb|right|Zaratustra's 4x6]]
[[Image:Zara_5x6.jpg|thumb|right|Zaratustra's 5x6]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_custom_4x6.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=4×6
|resolution=320×150
|comments=
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_custom_5x6.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=5×6
|resolution=400×150, 800×300, 800×600
|comments=
}}

[[Category:Modding]]
[[Category:Interface]]

User:Shaja

2008-05-20T02:41:59Z

Shaja: /* More character tiles */

== More character tiles ==

Got a 1920x1200 monitor.

Made a 24x32 tileset.

[[Image:Terminus24.png]]

[[Image:Shaja_10-11-30.png|thumbnail|left|Map screenshot]]

[[Image:Shaja_10-13-09.png|thumbnail|left|Text screenshot]]

 

[[User:Shaja|Shaja]] 22:35, 19 May 2008 (EDT)

== Object tiles ==

I did a few experiments last week and decided it was worthwhile to create an object tileset for myself with creature names attached to the original character tile.

For example, a hippo would be an 'H' tile with the word 'hippo' in a very tiny font above it - a small thing, but I like the end result.

There's quite a lot of creatures, though... (Actually, I just counted and came up with 237, not all of which are displayable with object tiles - somewhat manageable since I won't be doing non-default states)

Today, I decided to work on the idea a bit and see if I could come up with a quicker way to determine which tiles I need than scanning through the text files by hand.

So I looked at the format and thought, "I need a parser."

Having used pyparsing successfully for a small project I did last year (implementing a simple custom script format for a game engine), I set about getting the rules together.

After four hours of fiddling with the fiddly bits, I had a parser capable of scanning through the creature_.txt files and... not catching half of the creatures. And I hadn't even gotten to the point of hooking up the parser output to generate creature objects that I would then be able to iterate through... and... print... Hmm.

I redefined the problem, tossed the parser, and spend two minutes putting another file scanner together. Or maybe it was one minute:

<pre>
import sys
from glob import glob

creature_files = glob('creature_*.txt')

for creature_file in creature_files:
print creature_file
for line in file(creature_file).readlines():
if line.find('[CREATURE:') != -1:
print
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[NAME:') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[TILE:') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[SIZE:') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[AQUATIC]') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
print
</pre>

[[User:Shaja|Shaja]] 00:52, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

== Character tiles ==

Plans changed, of course.

Regular OS or Photoshop-rendered grey-scale antialiasing just does not look good in Dwarf Fortress when the character cell background is inverted, since the characters have only a one-bit alpha mask.

I love Consolas, but it is totally not designed for non-Cleartype rendering.

The Microsoft Glass Gauge font from Flight Simulator was ok, but was composed of too many 45 degree angles for me to really like.

After a lengthy period of casting about for a fixed-pitch font that worked at the relatively high point size I wanted, I finally found Dimitar Zhekov's [http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/jimmy-en.html Terminus] font, which looked ''almost'' right to me.

I also appropriated some characters faces that I think make nice not-quite-standard dwarves from [http://ggi.evoconcept.net/f_fonts.html The Boukagne's Font], by PRS.

So, after a lot of fiddling around in Photoshop on my PC, and Pixen on my Mac, I realized that neither PS nor Pixen worked very well for what I was doing. Good thing I found [http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/index.html GraphicsGale], which is nearly perfect.

In the end, I hand-edited every alpha character used from Terminus, adding some slight antialiasing shading towards the upper end of the brightness scale - looks much better than no antialiasing with dark cell backgrounds, but still looks pretty good with inverted colors like the Dwarf Fortress frame title.

I also redid walls and some of the symbol characters, but there are still quite a few left from the base I used, 'Curses_24pt_cleartype_ThomModifications' (which was itself based on a set by Winterwing, which I've never seen).

And here is the result:

[[Image:Shaja_10-25-48.png|thumbnail]]

[[Image:Shaja_10-27-09.png|thumbnail]]

[[Image:TerminusAliased_handedit_gal.png]]

--[[User:Shaja|Shaja]] 23:15, 27 March 2008 (EDT)

----

9 March 2008

Hello, world.

I'm working on some 20x32 character sets - an antialiased set using Consolas, and an aliased set using Microsoft's Glass Gauge font, slightly tweaked.

Why 20x32?
Because I use a 1600x1200 monitor, and none of the current fonts have quite what I like (although I am of course using other people's characters in many spots).

File:Terminus24.png

2008-05-20T02:40:24Z

Shaja: Terminus24 1920x800 character set

Terminus24 1920x800 character set

User:Shaja

2008-05-20T02:35:46Z

Shaja: 1920x800 character set

== More character tiles ==

Got a 1920x1200 monitor.

Made a 24x32 tileset.

[[Image:Shaja_10-11-30.png|thumbnail|left|Map screenshot]]

[[Image:Shaja_10-13-09.png|thumbnail|left|Text screenshot]]

 

[[User:Shaja|Shaja]] 22:35, 19 May 2008 (EDT)

== Object tiles ==

I did a few experiments last week and decided it was worthwhile to create an object tileset for myself with creature names attached to the original character tile.

For example, a hippo would be an 'H' tile with the word 'hippo' in a very tiny font above it - a small thing, but I like the end result.

There's quite a lot of creatures, though... (Actually, I just counted and came up with 237, not all of which are displayable with object tiles - somewhat manageable since I won't be doing non-default states)

Today, I decided to work on the idea a bit and see if I could come up with a quicker way to determine which tiles I need than scanning through the text files by hand.

So I looked at the format and thought, "I need a parser."

Having used pyparsing successfully for a small project I did last year (implementing a simple custom script format for a game engine), I set about getting the rules together.

After four hours of fiddling with the fiddly bits, I had a parser capable of scanning through the creature_.txt files and... not catching half of the creatures. And I hadn't even gotten to the point of hooking up the parser output to generate creature objects that I would then be able to iterate through... and... print... Hmm.

I redefined the problem, tossed the parser, and spend two minutes putting another file scanner together. Or maybe it was one minute:

<pre>
import sys
from glob import glob

creature_files = glob('creature_*.txt')

for creature_file in creature_files:
print creature_file
for line in file(creature_file).readlines():
if line.find('[CREATURE:') != -1:
print
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[NAME:') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[TILE:') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[SIZE:') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[AQUATIC]') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
print
</pre>

[[User:Shaja|Shaja]] 00:52, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

== Character tiles ==

Plans changed, of course.

Regular OS or Photoshop-rendered grey-scale antialiasing just does not look good in Dwarf Fortress when the character cell background is inverted, since the characters have only a one-bit alpha mask.

I love Consolas, but it is totally not designed for non-Cleartype rendering.

The Microsoft Glass Gauge font from Flight Simulator was ok, but was composed of too many 45 degree angles for me to really like.

After a lengthy period of casting about for a fixed-pitch font that worked at the relatively high point size I wanted, I finally found Dimitar Zhekov's [http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/jimmy-en.html Terminus] font, which looked ''almost'' right to me.

I also appropriated some characters faces that I think make nice not-quite-standard dwarves from [http://ggi.evoconcept.net/f_fonts.html The Boukagne's Font], by PRS.

So, after a lot of fiddling around in Photoshop on my PC, and Pixen on my Mac, I realized that neither PS nor Pixen worked very well for what I was doing. Good thing I found [http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/index.html GraphicsGale], which is nearly perfect.

In the end, I hand-edited every alpha character used from Terminus, adding some slight antialiasing shading towards the upper end of the brightness scale - looks much better than no antialiasing with dark cell backgrounds, but still looks pretty good with inverted colors like the Dwarf Fortress frame title.

I also redid walls and some of the symbol characters, but there are still quite a few left from the base I used, 'Curses_24pt_cleartype_ThomModifications' (which was itself based on a set by Winterwing, which I've never seen).

And here is the result:

[[Image:Shaja_10-25-48.png|thumbnail]]

[[Image:Shaja_10-27-09.png|thumbnail]]

[[Image:TerminusAliased_handedit_gal.png]]

--[[User:Shaja|Shaja]] 23:15, 27 March 2008 (EDT)

----

9 March 2008

Hello, world.

I'm working on some 20x32 character sets - an antialiased set using Consolas, and an aliased set using Microsoft's Glass Gauge font, slightly tweaked.

Why 20x32?
Because I use a 1600x1200 monitor, and none of the current fonts have quite what I like (although I am of course using other people's characters in many spots).

File:Shaja 10-13-09.png

2008-05-20T02:27:37Z

Shaja: Terminus24 text screenshot

Terminus24 text screenshot

File:Shaja 10-11-30.png

2008-05-20T02:26:47Z

Shaja: Terminus24 map screenshot

Terminus24 map screenshot

User:Shaja

2008-04-03T04:52:16Z

Shaja: A bit on object tiles

== Object tiles ==

I did a few experiments last week and decided it was worthwhile to create an object tileset for myself with creature names attached to the original character tile.

For example, a hippo would be an 'H' tile with the word 'hippo' in a very tiny font above it - a small thing, but I like the end result.

There's quite a lot of creatures, though... (Actually, I just counted and came up with 237, not all of which are displayable with object tiles - somewhat manageable since I won't be doing non-default states)

Today, I decided to work on the idea a bit and see if I could come up with a quicker way to determine which tiles I need than scanning through the text files by hand.

So I looked at the format and thought, "I need a parser."

Having used pyparsing successfully for a small project I did last year (implementing a simple custom script format for a game engine), I set about getting the rules together.

After four hours of fiddling with the fiddly bits, I had a parser capable of scanning through the creature_.txt files and... not catching half of the creatures. And I hadn't even gotten to the point of hooking up the parser output to generate creature objects that I would then be able to iterate through... and... print... Hmm.

I redefined the problem, tossed the parser, and spend two minutes putting another file scanner together. Or maybe it was one minute:

<pre>
import sys
from glob import glob

creature_files = glob('creature_*.txt')

for creature_file in creature_files:
print creature_file
for line in file(creature_file).readlines():
if line.find('[CREATURE:') != -1:
print
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[NAME:') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[TILE:') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[SIZE:') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
if line.find('[AQUATIC]') != -1:
sys.stdout.write(line)
print
</pre>

[[User:Shaja|Shaja]] 00:52, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

== Character tiles ==

Plans changed, of course.

Regular OS or Photoshop-rendered grey-scale antialiasing just does not look good in Dwarf Fortress when the character cell background is inverted, since the characters have only a one-bit alpha mask.

I love Consolas, but it is totally not designed for non-Cleartype rendering.

The Microsoft Glass Gauge font from Flight Simulator was ok, but was composed of too many 45 degree angles for me to really like.

After a lengthy period of casting about for a fixed-pitch font that worked at the relatively high point size I wanted, I finally found Dimitar Zhekov's [http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/jimmy-en.html Terminus] font, which looked ''almost'' right to me.

I also appropriated some characters faces that I think make nice not-quite-standard dwarves from [http://ggi.evoconcept.net/f_fonts.html The Boukagne's Font], by PRS.

So, after a lot of fiddling around in Photoshop on my PC, and Pixen on my Mac, I realized that neither PS nor Pixen worked very well for what I was doing. Good thing I found [http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/index.html GraphicsGale], which is nearly perfect.

In the end, I hand-edited every alpha character used from Terminus, adding some slight antialiasing shading towards the upper end of the brightness scale - looks much better than no antialiasing with dark cell backgrounds, but still looks pretty good with inverted colors like the Dwarf Fortress frame title.

I also redid walls and some of the symbol characters, but there are still quite a few left from the base I used, 'Curses_24pt_cleartype_ThomModifications' (which was itself based on a set by Winterwing, which I've never seen).

And here is the result:

[[Image:Shaja_10-25-48.png|thumbnail]]

[[Image:Shaja_10-27-09.png|thumbnail]]

[[Image:TerminusAliased_handedit_gal.png]]

--[[User:Shaja|Shaja]] 23:15, 27 March 2008 (EDT)

----

9 March 2008

Hello, world.

I'm working on some 20x32 character sets - an antialiased set using Consolas, and an aliased set using Microsoft's Glass Gauge font, slightly tweaked.

Why 20x32?
Because I use a 1600x1200 monitor, and none of the current fonts have quite what I like (although I am of course using other people's characters in many spots).

40d Talk:Graphics set repository

2008-04-03T04:21:45Z

Shaja: /* Questions: making your own set */

This would more accurately be called [[List of user graphics sets]], to match the [[List of user character sets]] page. The info about graphics sets can be merged into [[Tilesets]]. Also, it seems DR is the only one updated for the new version, does anyone care to test the others? Do they work, and if not, will they ever get updated? --[[User:Turgid Bolk|Turgid Bolk]] 02:19, 5 November 2007 (EST)

This is a message to the user "Duplex," who posted a cool little DR-style graphics update to the page: Could you please list your graphics_example.txt so I can know what dwarves are what? I'd love to implement this in the new version, unless DR publishes his work soon. Also, I think it'd be nice to have a little less boxiness to the current DR set, and was wondering if a simple dithering pass or something would make the icons appear less "boxy" and more smooth against a black background. Ideas? [[User:Schm0|Schm0]] 14:49, 11 November 2007 (EST)

I've created and added [[Template:GraphicsSet]] to match the outline of [[List of user character sets]] page. I don't know what we should do with the outdated sets. Some of the links don't work and it just looks sloppy. Should it just be deleted? [[User:Plac1d|Plac1d]] 11:40, 23 November 2007 (EST)

== 12x12 Tileset ==
Go on, someone make a 10x12 or 12x12 tileset? That way people using the default tileset, or me with my 12x12 solid curses tileset, can enjoy pretty gfx too. My screen is too small for 16x16, though I'm tempted to give the 8x10 one a go! --[[User:Markavian|Markavian]] 11:32, 18 December 2007 (EST)
:Hmmm. Personally, I find that 16x16's pixel budget is already too tight for a proper "graphic" gfx set. Anything smaller would violate what I term first principle of icon design :Icons must be distinguishable (not just different!). Anything smaller, I think I would switch to partial symbolic means. e.g. have a distinct background image (maybe a dwarf head?) denoting the race and a foreground symbol (like a pick for miners) to denote profession. I would say that I am trully interested, but I have my hands tied up right now with 16x16 which will take a looong time to approach completion. No promises, but if I need a break from 16x16, I might do a "sample" set for 12x12 (e.g. just all the major profession groups) But if you really want one badly, why not try starting a new set yourself. It's fun! -- [[User:Sphr|Sphr]] 21:32, 18 December 2007 (EST)
::ok, what I did is I took my WIP 16x16 and do a direct shrinking + sharpening. This is the result. [[Media:Sphr_dwarves_12_12.png|Sphr_dwarves_12_12.png]]. You will have to grab Veryinky's text file and modify the data there for 12x12 though. Feedback is welcome but I prob can't devote time to the 12x12 icons. The most I can do is use a semi-automated way of generating it from the 16x16 version. sorry about that. I will find time to extract out the text part and add somewhere to wiki so that we don't have to do some nasty rapidshare download (I always can't seem to download from it :( ) just for some text. Or you could just do your cut and paste directly over whatever bmp file you are using right now -- [[User:Sphr|Sphr]] 21:45, 18 December 2007 (EST)
:Thanks Sphr, I've packaged it all together into an easy to install mod: [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/sphr_mkv_12x12_graphics_v0.1.zip download (59KB)] (v0.1)
:It doesn't look bad, not at all. I'd argue 12x12 is plenty, we're spoilt with the number of pixels we have these days! Remember the first Command & Conquer? Animated infantry units had whopping 11x11 pixels. ... I look forward to your updates, my fort with only 7 dwarves doesn't give much opportunity for detail. [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/sphr_12x12_test1.png Screenshot]. --[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
::Sorry about the half-pink pixels. Thought that I got rid of those by using nearest neighbor when resizing. Hmm. yeah. It turned out better than I thought. I think it is relatively safe to say that at least the major profession groups are distinguishable. It remains to see how distinguishable the sub professions are. Guess we can only find out after we test with a much larger dwarf colony. -- [[User:Sphr|Sphr]] 11:51, 19 December 2007 (EST)
:Updated the 12x12 version. Can be found [[User:Sphr/gfx_set#12x12|here]]. I've cleaned up the transparent pixels after shrinking, but I didn't test it. Feel free to try. -- [[User:Sphr|Sphr]] 15:09, 21 December 2007 (EST)
:Thanks, those pixels look much sharper now. Have included it in v0.2 of the mod package: [[http://www.mkv25.net/showcase/df/sphr_mkv_12x12_graphics_v0.2.zip sphr_mkv_12x12_graphics_v0.2.zip]] (61.5KB)
== Text Data for manual install users ==

If the tileset is simple (1 image), it could be beneficial to follow PTTG's smart example of including the text data in the image page itself, i.e. the page you get to when you click on a wiki image created by something like: <nowiki>[[Image:PTTG16x16graph.png]]</nowiki> ) , so that users can just copy and paste the text data directly into raw/graphics. And given that the image (usually png) is available for saving, users don't have to download anything explicitly from any file hosting sites. I think it is definitely an alternative to consider esp when compared to file hosting services like rapidhshare (which I always have problem with), and although other file-hosting (esp those on personal sites) are fine, they may have stricter traffic controls.
-- [[User:Sphr|Sphr]] 04:14, 21 December 2007 (EST)

== Regarding Dystopian Qantas ==

Anybody knows what is tile for dwarves.bmp 9:4 ? The tiles above are:
<pre>
[DRUID:DWARVES:9:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
[GUILDREP:DWARVES:9:1:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
[MERCHANTBARON:DWARVES:9:2:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
[MERCHANTPRINCE:DWARVES:9:3:AS_IS:DEFAULT]

[??????:DWARVES:9:4:????:????] << this line don't exists in the text data.
</pre>
From the looks of things, it could be sheriff/captain of the guard, so I'm going to assume that until somebody kindly corrects me.

--[[User:Sphr|Sphr]] 10:23, 21 December 2007 (EST)

== graphics sets vs object tilesets ==
I was the one who renamed object tilesets to graphics sets when the wiki was migrated to the 3d version, and I'm starting to regret it. I propose renaming it back to 'object tilesets' and modifying all graphics sets links to point to that once again. [[User:Lord Nightmare|Lord Nightmare]] 17:18, 19 February 2008 (EST)
:Nah, it's fine the way it is for now. Because objects are not currently graphically supported yet, and only consist of living entities, it should rather be called 'creature tilesets'. I would wait until Toady adds '''"Core50, TILESET SUPPORT, (Future): Allow graphical tiles to be used for all game objects"''' before changing the name to anything. After that, there could be a multitude of tilesets such as 'object tilesets','creature tilesets','terrain tilesets' ect. 'Character tilesets' will be used for traditional ASCII. [[User:Plac1d|Plac1d]] 21:37, 8 March 2008 (EST)

== Questions: making your own set==
Could some one post some pointers to making your own set? I have a few questions: how do you know what tags are available to make tiles for? Does the graphics example that comes with the game include all possible race/class tags? What is the format of this file? I see for creatures it is [class:racepage:x:y:??:?Status (like undead/guard/not?)]

Is it possible to make a champion axedwarf graphic? Or will all champions of the same status look the same?

Do the characters have to have a shaded border around them? I notice most do.
[[User:Tulthix|Tulthix]] 10:48, 26 March 2008 (EDT)

:So here is a complete text document you would find in the "raw/graphics" folder for my new fake graphics set:<tt>

[DEFAULT:DUMBDWARVES:0:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT] 
[Profession:TILE_PAGE:X:Y:Color:Texture]

graphics_mygraphicsLOL «'''You'll be saving the text document as this name (graphics_mygraphicsLOL.txt) This name should match the folder name you will be using in "raw/graphics".''' 
[OBJECT:GRAPHICS]
<nowiki>------------------------------</nowiki>
below are dwarves «'''Feel free to add text anywhere outside brackets''' 
[TILE_PAGE:DUMBDWARVES] «'''This name doesn't have to match any creature name, folder name, or picture name'''
[FILE:mygraphicsLOL/sevendwarves.bmp] «'''Look at picture for file structure'''
[TILE_DIM:16:16] «'''Height:Width - Pixels per tile'''
[PAGE_DIM:5:2] «'''Width:Height - Tiles per picture''' 
[CREATURE_GRAPHICS:DWARF] «'''You must use the correct use of spelling. See below'''
[DEFAULT:DUMBDWARVES:0:0:'''ADD_COLOR''':DEFAULT]
↑ '''PTTG's graphics set is an example how this is used'''
[STANDARD:DUMBDWARVES:1:0:'''AS_IS''':DEFAULT]
↑ '''But you will most likely want to use this to keep the colors used in the picture unchanged'''
[MINER:DUMBDWARVES:2:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
↓ '''This name matches the TILE_PAGE name I made for its appropriate picture, sevendwarves.bmp '''
[CHILD:'''DUMBDWARVES''':3:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
[BABY:DUMBDWARVES:4:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
['''DEFAULT''':DUMBDWARVES:0:1:AS_IS:'''ZOMBIE'''] «'''A ZOMBIE'''
['''SWORDSMAN''':DUMBDWARVES:1:1:AS_IS:'''ZOMBIE'''] «'''A ZOMBIE with a sword'''
['''DEFAULT''':DUMBDWARVES:2:1:AS_IS:'''SKELETON'''] «'''A SKELETON'''
['''AXEMAN''':DUMBDWARVES:3:1:AS_IS:'''SKELETON'''] «'''A SKELETON with an axe'''
<nowiki>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</nowiki>
humans 
[TILE_PAGE:PUNYHUMANS]
[FILE:Other_Graphics/humans.bmp]
[TILE_DIM:16:16]
[PAGE_DIM:1:4] 
[CREATURE_GRAPHICS:HUMAN]
[DEFAULT:PUNYHUMANS:0:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
''' Notes can go here too.'''
[SWORDSMAN:PUNYHUMANS:0:1:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
['''RECRUIT''':PUNYHUMANS:0:2:AS_IS:'''ADVENTURER'''] «'''An ADVENTURER with no weapons'''
['''SWORDSMAN''':PUNYHUMANS:0:3:AS_IS:'''ADVENTURER'''] «'''An ADVENTURER with a sword'''
<nowiki>==============================</nowiki>
animals 
[TILE_PAGE:TASTYANIMALS]
[FILE:Other_Graphics/animals'''.bmp'''] «'''Pictures must be in .BMP format!'''
[TILE_DIM:16:16]
[PAGE_DIM:6:2] 
[CREATURE_GRAPHICS:DOG]
[DEFAULT:TASTYANIMALS:0:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
[CHILD:TASTYANIMALS:1:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
[ZOMBIE:TASTYANIMALS:2:0:AS_IS:ZOMBIE] «'''This is another way to make zombies...'''
[SKELETON:TASTYANIMALS:3:0:AS_IS:SKELETON] «'''...or skeletons'''
['''TRAINED_HUNTER''':TASTYANIMALS:4:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT] «'''TRAINED_HUNTER profession only works with DOG'''
['''TRAINED_WAR''':TASTYANIMALS:5:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT] «'''TRAINED_WAR profession only works with DOG'''
[CREATURE_GRAPHICS:CAT]
[DEFAULT:TASTYANIMALS:0:1:AS_IS:DEFAULT]
</tt>
[[Image:Plac1d_graphics-set_helper.png]]

<tt>'''[CREATURE_GRAPHICS:DWARF]'''</tt>
The available creatures you can create graphics for can be found in any of the ''creature_??????.txt'' documents in ''"raw/objects"''.
*Use the [CREATURE:???????] tags for the correct use of spelling for the given species.
*Only creatures with a [SIZE:??] tag can have graphics applied to them. Insects, rodents, and birds don't have these tags.
*Creatures with [AQUATIC] biome tag will not display graphics.

:The information on [AQUATIC] is either incorrect, or possibly only valid in some cases - I've been experimenting with symbolic graphics tiles and made a set for creature_large_riverlake (hadn't seen this). I have carp and tigerfish in my current map, and they both show up using the custom graphic. [[User:Shaja|Shaja]] 00:21, 3 April 2008 (EDT)

'''Professions:''' Profession listed in graphics_example.txt in "raw/graphics" is shared by CREATURE_GRAPHICS tags DWARF, HUMAN, GOBLIN, ELF, KOBOLD. Dwarves uses most of them. Humans and Goblins also uses many of those. Elves and Kobolds uses just a few. I don't know where a list is located or if even one has been created accounting the exact professions used by each race.

<tt>'''[CHILD:DUMBDWARVES:3:0:AS_IS:DEFAULT]'''</tt>
Here's how I would find this tile:
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
|-
| 0:0
| 1:0
| 2:0
| '''3:0'''
| 4:0
|-
| 0:1
| 1:1
| 2:1
| 3:1
| 4:1
|-
| 0:2
| 1:2
| 2:2
| 3:2
| 4:2
|-
| 0:3
| 1:3
| 2:3
| 3:3
| 4:3
|-
| 0:4
| 1:4
| 2:4
| 3:4
| 4:4
|}

:All champions look the same. Borders: My guess is that when a background color is too similar to that of the colors used by a character on top of it, the border helps to distinguish the two from another. Anyway, I hope this helps! [[User:Plac1d|Plac1d]] 07:39, 31 March 2008 (EDT)

User:Shaja

2008-03-28T03:15:01Z

Shaja: TerminusAliased 20x32 character set development

Plans changed, of course.

Regular OS or Photoshop-rendered grey-scale antialiasing just does not look good in Dwarf Fortress when the character cell background is inverted, since the characters have only a one-bit alpha mask.

I love Consolas, but it is totally not designed for non-Cleartype rendering.

The Microsoft Glass Gauge font from Flight Simulator was ok, but was composed of too many 45 degree angles for me to really like.

After a lengthy period of casting about for a fixed-pitch font that worked at the relatively high point size I wanted, I finally found Dimitar Zhekov's [http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/jimmy-en.html Terminus] font, which looked ''almost'' right to me.

I also appropriated some characters faces that I think make nice not-quite-standard dwarves from [http://ggi.evoconcept.net/f_fonts.html The Boukagne's Font], by PRS.

So, after a lot of fiddling around in Photoshop on my PC, and Pixen on my Mac, I realized that neither PS nor Pixen worked very well for what I was doing. Good thing I found [http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/index.html GraphicsGale], which is nearly perfect.

In the end, I hand-edited every alpha character used from Terminus, adding some slight antialiasing shading towards the upper end of the brightness scale - looks much better than no antialiasing with dark cell backgrounds, but still looks pretty good with inverted colors like the Dwarf Fortress frame title.

I also redid walls and some of the symbol characters, but there are still quite a few left from the base I used, 'Curses_24pt_cleartype_ThomModifications' (which was itself based on a set by Winterwing, which I've never seen).

And here is the result:

[[Image:Shaja_10-25-48.png|thumbnail]]

[[Image:Shaja_10-27-09.png|thumbnail]]

[[Image:TerminusAliased_handedit_gal.png]]

--[[User:Shaja|Shaja]] 23:15, 27 March 2008 (EDT)

----

9 March 2008

Hello, world.

I'm working on some 20x32 character sets - an antialiased set using Consolas, and an aliased set using Microsoft's Glass Gauge font, slightly tweaked.

Why 20x32?
Because I use a 1600x1200 monitor, and none of the current fonts have quite what I like (although I am of course using other people's characters in many spots).

Tileset repository

2008-03-28T03:02:13Z

Shaja:

== Square tilesets ==

These are all the character sets with square tiles, except for the character sets with 16×16 tiles. Those are listed [[List_of_user_character_sets#16.C3.9716_tilesets|below]]. Text in square tilesets (as opposed to tilesets with shorter width) is usually more difficult to read, but the map is not distorted.

=== haowan ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Haowan_Curses_1440x450.png]]
|author=haowan
|size=18×18
|resolution=1440×450
|comments=An enlarged version of a square version of the default set.
}}

=== Herrbdog ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Herrbdog_144.png]]
|author=Herrbdog
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=A larger version of this tileset is available [[#Herrbdog 2|below]].
}}

=== Lord Nightmare ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:CGA8x8thick.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×400
|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.
}}

[[Image:Nightmare_cga_8x8.jpg|thumb|right|Lord Nightmare's 8×8 CGA tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:CGA8x8thin.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×400
|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.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:EGA8x8.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×400
|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 ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Nostalgia_720x225.png]]
|author=[[User:Maus|maus]]
|size=9×9
|resolution=720×225
|comments=Another square tileset that's usable on low resolutions, modeled after a common font used on the Nintendo Entertainment System. An 18x18 version for 1440x450 resolution is also [[:Image:Nostalgia_1440x450_3e4a08.png|available here]], and is really nice on a widescreen monitor. An NES palette is [[User:Maus|available here]].
}}

=== Markavian ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:mkv_solidcurses_stairs_960x300.png]]
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=This revision is designed to work with DF version 0.27.169.33a with special tiles for [[stair]]s and [[ramp]]s, as well as the changes present in the earlier version such as bones, walls, trees and swords. Available in [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/mkv_curses%2012×12%20and%206x6%20v2.zip mkv curses 12×12 and 6x6 v2.zip]. As seen in the fortress of [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-1329-axegear Axegear].
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Mkv_solidcurses_960x300.png]]
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|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 [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/mkv_curses%2012×12%20and%206x6%20v2.zip mkv curses 12×12 and 6x6 v2.zip]. As seen in the fortress of [http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-800-inflew. Inkflew].
}}

=== Savok ===

[[Image:Screenshot_41ea57.png|thumb|right|Savok's tiny, non-updated tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Curses_720x225_8d6752.png]]
|author=[[User:Savok|Savok]]
|size=9×9
|resolution=720×225
|comments=Designed for both modes. 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 isn't square, so I made a similarish tileset to fix those. Note: This tileset is very old. No plans exist to update it for the new version or improve it in any way.
}}

=== Tocky ===

[[Image:Df_tock10_1.PNG|thumb|right]]
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Tocky_square_10x10.png]]
|author=[[User:Tocky|Tocky]]
|size=10×10
|resolution=800×250 native, 800×500 for fullscreen.
|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 maximise clarity and readability and to keep them consistent. I'm really very pleased with how this set turned out.
}}

=== Unknown ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Tileset_unknown_960x300_02.png]]
|author=Unknown
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|comments=This is a tileset submitted by an unknown user on IP address 86.43.81.125. It is considered by many to be a "standard" for square sets, as it provides excellent "square" characters at a decent resolution.
}}

[[Image:Unknown_12x12.jpg|thumb|right|Unknown 12×12 v2]]
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Unknown_curses_12x12.png]]
|author=Unknown
|size=12×12
|resolution=960×300
|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]. --[[User:JT|JT]]
}}

=== Yayo ===

[[Image:yayo_c64_640x200_screenshot.png|thumb|right|yayo's c64 Tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:yayo_c64_640x200.png]]
|author=[[User:Yayo|Yayo]]
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200
|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 [[#Yayo_2|below]]. :)
}}

[[Image:yayo_tunur_1040x325_screenshot.png|thumb|right|yayo's Tunur Tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:yayo_tunur_1040x325.png]]
|author=[[User:Yayo|Yayo]]
|size=13×13
|resolution=1040×325
|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)
}}

=== Zaratustra ===

[[Image:Zara_8x8.jpg|thumb|right|Zaratustra's 8×8 tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_msx.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=8×8
|resolution=640×200 or 640×400
|comments= The MSX and MSX2 font, shuffled around to fit the char set. Double lines were added.
}}

== 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!'''

=== Guybrush ===

[[Image:GuybrushScreenshot1.PNG|thumb|right|Guybrush Tileset]]
[[Image:GuybrushScreenshot2.PNG|thumb|right|the wilderness...]]

{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:Guybrush_square_16x16.png]]
|author=[[User:Guybrush|Guybrush]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A 16×16 tileset based on the very nice Herrbdog's one, and for use with the superb [[Graphics_sets#Dystopian_Rhetoric|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|color schemes page]] to find your favorite color settings. The color scheme I used for the screenshots is [[Color_Schemes#.28Yet.29_Another_scheme|this one]].}}

{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:GuybrushASCII_curses_square_16x16.png]]
|author=Herrbdog, modified by [[User:Guybrush|Guybrush]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Here is the slightly modified version of Herrbdog's tileset which still has all the ASCII characters intact
}}

=== Herrbdog ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Herrbdog_16x16_tileset.gif]]
|author=Herrbdog
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=The 16×16 version of Herrbdog's tileset. Further discussion of herrbdog's tilesets is available in the Bay 12 forums:
http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=2&t=000832
}}

=== Inquisitor Saturn ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:MRC_square_16x16.png]]
|author=Inquisitor Saturn
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Another 16 by 16 tileset. This one is notable because of the subtle shadowing and a completely original, hand-made font.
}}

=== Kaishaku ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Kai-1280x400-v2 7512b5.png]]
|author=Kaishaku
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 [http://kaishaku.org/dwarfort here].
}}

=== Klokjammer ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Kjammer square 16x16 v02.png]]
|author=[[User:Klokjammer|Klokjammer]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 [[User:Klokjammer#My Tilesets|here]].
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Kjammer square 16x16 v00.png]]
|author=[[User:Klokjammer|Klokjammer]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=A "clean" version of the above set, one without any fancy tiles (except for the dwarves).
}}

=== Marble Dice ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Md_curses_16x16.png]]
|author=[[User:Marble Dice|Marble Dice]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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.
}}

=== PTTG ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:PTTGV2tiles.png]]
|author=[[User:PTTG|PTTG]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 [[List of user graphics sets#PTTG|graphics set]].
}}

=== Red Jack ===

[[Image:Rj-purplemushrooms.png|thumb|right|Mushrooms look like mushrooms!]] [[Image:Rj-worldmap.png|thumb|right|The world map.]]

{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:Redjack15.png]]
|author=[[User:Jackard|Jackard]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=This combines content from other tilesets with Nintendo sprites to give the game a classic dungeon look. Some of the font has been replaced with images - this may look odd at times.

Thanks go to dyze, oRGy, and Mike Mayday.}}
[[Image:Rj-unitlist.png|thumb|right|Using the language mod helps fix these names.]]
{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:Redjack15novaried.png]]
|author=[[User:Jackard|Jackard]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=The version without varied tiles.}}

=== Sappho ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Sapphos_square_16x16.png]]
|author=Sappho
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Savok_curses_1280x400_517caa.png]]
|author=[[User:Savok|Savok]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Unsatisfied with any existing tileset, I went about creating my own. Nearly all of it is original, including the dozens of letters. This tileset was created for the old version, but the following feature could still be useful: 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. The elves also get a different tile, [TILE:171]. I've finally had enough time to play enough of the new version to see if my tileset would still work. I think it does, so I've started work on it again with an overhaul of the dwarf smilies.
}}

=== Super Foul Egg ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:SFE_Curses_square_16x16.png]]
|author=Super Foul Egg
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 [http://www.zee-3.com/pickfordbros/archive/bitmapfonts.php this site]
}}

=== Tahin ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Tahin_16x16_rounded.png]]
|author=[[User:Tahin|Tahin]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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. To Marble Dice: I hope you don't take offense to my using your font as a base for this one. If you want me to remove it for whatever reason, I will.
}}

=== The-Moon ===

[[Image:SS_moons_square_16x16.PNG|thumb|right]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Moons_square_16x16.PNG]]
|author=[[User:The-Moon|The-Moon]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Edited Character set of [[User:mikemayday|mikemayday]] and [[User:Jackard|Jackard]]}}

=== Tyrving ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Tyr_1280x400.PNG]]
|author=[[User:Tyrving|Tyrving]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|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 ===

[[Image:Winterwing_Dfort-tiles-lucon.png|thumb|right|Lucida Console with Dystopian Rhetoric objects]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Winterwing_Curses_16x16_lucon.png]]
|author=[[User:Winterwing|Winterwing]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Like usual, lucida console with cleartype. Creative, huh. :)
}}

=== Yayo ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Yayo_c64_1280x400_83b157.png]]
|author=[[User:Yayo|Yayo]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Name: Yayo's C64; The 16×16 version of Yayo's tileset.
}}

=== Zaratustra ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_16x16.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=16×16
|resolution=1280×400
|comments=Because everyone is making one.
}}

== 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 the map is distorted.

=== Eagle of Fire ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:eofshaded800x600pb9_f64ded.png]]
|author=[[User:Eagle of Fire|Eagle of Fire]]
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×600
|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 [http://www.bay12games.com/cgi-local/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=11&t=000645 here].
}}

=== Inquisitor Saturn ===
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:MRC_1280x600.png]]
|author=[[User:InquisitorSaturn|Inquisitor Saturn]]
|size=16×24
|resolution=1280×600
|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.
}}

=== Lord Nightmare ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:MDA8x14.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=The original IBM MDA character set, dumped from addresses 0x0000-0x0fff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This font is as would be displayed on an EGA/VGA with the 9-pixel-width mode disabled. Best for a 64:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. The MDA card did not actually support displaying the font in 8x14, but ONLY 9x14 mode, see below. Theoretically, you CAN upload this font into EGA video memory though and use it.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:MDA9x14.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=9×14
|resolution=720×350
|comments=The original IBM MDA character set, dumped from addresses 0x0000-0x0fff the 5788005 IBM Character Generator ROM. This font is as would be displayed on a real MDA card (use a black/dkgreen/ltgreen palette for full monochrome effect) or on an EGA/VGA card with the 9-pixel-width mode enabled. Best for a 72:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 720x480.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:EGA8x14.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=The IBM EGA character set, dumped from the 6277356 IBM EGA BIOS ROM. This font is as would be displayed on an EGA/VGA with the 9-pixel-width mode disabled. Best for a 64:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. This font is different from the MDA version in that many characters are slightly narrower to avoid 'running into' each other, and many characters have been shifted slightly to the left.
Thanks to Zaratustra for poking me into getting this done, and for related help.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:EGA9x14.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM
|size=9×14
|resolution=720×350
|comments=The IBM EGA character set, dumped from the 6277356 IBM EGA BIOS ROM. This font is as would be displayed on an EGA/VGA with the 9-pixel-width mode enabled. Best for a 72:35 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. This font is actually different from the 8x14 version in that 20 characters have been replaced with the original MDA wide versions. These 'extra' wide characters are sandwiched in between the end of the 8x14 and beginning of the 8×8 font in the EGA BIOS ROM. The changed characters, in ASCII order, are: arrow-left-and-right, '"', '+', '-', 'M', 'T', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', 'm', 'v', 'w', 'ae', cent sign, yen, peseta, plus-minus, and division sign. Other than these characters, all characters are the same, with rightmost-row duplicated on the C and D rows like the MDA (though I don't actually know if this is technically correct).
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:VGA8x16.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/IBM?
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=The original? IBM VGA 8x16 character set, (from http://madscientistroom.org/fpga/default-8x16-bram.html) as would be displayed on a VGA card with the 9-pixel-width disabled. Best for an 8:5 aspect ratio. The required resolution is strange, so run fullscreen with BLACK_SPACE:YES and resolution at 640x480. This rom has not yet been dumped from a real VGA card, and is coming from a secondary source, so it may be replaced later if I find the real font is different.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord_Nightmare-Fixedsys-02.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/Microsoft
|size=8×15
|resolution=640×375
|comments=v2.2 - (v1.0 is [[:Image:Lord_Nightmare-Fixedsys.png|here]]) - Based on Microsoft's Fixedsys font (which dates back to Windows 1.0!), Many glyphs needed redoing by hand since they were absent from the font, since it is an 'ansi' character set and not a code-page 437 one like DF expects. v2.0 Based on Microsoft's Fixedsys font. Updated new glyphs to be more consistent with the Fixedsys style. - v2.1 - update a few more glyphs, namely the integral, the infinity symbol, and the spade, and a few others I'm forgetting. - v2.2 - update the club and spade, and the music notes - v2.3 - fix the fact that 0xF9 and 0xFA were inadvertently swapped.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord_Nightmare-Fixedsys-03.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/Microsoft
|size=8×16
|resolution=640×400
|comments=v3.0 - changed font size to 8x16, altered glyphs to respect this. - v3.1 - fix the fact that 0xF9 and 0xFA were inadvertently swapped.
}}

[[Image:Lord_Nightmare_Freehand_screenshot_2b7d67.png|thumb|right|Freehand screenie... ooh, neat! Unreadable.]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord_Nightmare_Freehand_10x16.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare
|size=10×16
|resolution=800×400
|comments=v1.0 - A character set drawn entirely in freehand on the tablet PC... with MINIMAL EDITING! Yes, its SUPPOSED to look like that. v1.1 - fixed character 0x02 background (filled smiley), filled in the card suits, minor touch up to the comma, fix black instead of magenta on the greyscale blocks and other tweaks to them, redrew the square block (was 'too clean' before) v1.1a - fixed spade by adding 1 pixel at tip so it doesn't look like another club
}}

[[Image:Lord_Nightmare_Freehand_screenshot_2_05c04b.png|thumb|right|Freehand^2 screenie... ooh, neat! Readable. But ugly.]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord_Nightmare_Freehand^2_10x16.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare
|size=10×16
|resolution=800×400
|comments=Freehand^2, v1.2 - A heavily edited version of Freehand, now hopefully less unreadable. V1.2 is the current version, see the image link changelog/older versions.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Vintl01.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/Victor-Sirius
|size=10×16
|resolution=800×400
|comments=The Victor 9000/Sirius 1 computer character set, extracted from vintl01.chr.
}}

=== Kein ===

[[Image:Kein-curs.gif|thumb|right|Kein's Tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Kein_640x300.png]]
|author=Kein
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments=Kein's 640×300, everything completely shaded, kept mostly traditional looking.
}}

=== Lumin ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[:Image:Lumin_Graphical_1280x800.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=Lumin
|size=16×32
|resolution=1280×800
|comments=Ideas used from several others on this page. I've also added more detail and color to some objects.
}}

=== Plac1d ===

[[Image:Plac1d_640x300EZ_1.png|thumb|right|Plac1d's Tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Plac1d_640x300tileset.png]]
|author=[[User:Plac1d|Plac1d]]
|size=8×12
|resolution=640×300
|comments=A tweaked version of [[#Tocky|Tocky's 10×10 tileset]] converted to 8×12. Try using this with my [[List of user graphics sets#Plac1d|graphics set]]!

[http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=63 Download the .BMP]
}}

=== Sergius ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Sleroux_800x300.png]]
|author=Sergius
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×300
|comments=Mostly vanilla tileset, dwarves have graphic from intro [[Utilities#CMVPlayer|Movie]], with some tweaks (for soldiers). I find it helpful for playing (instead of happy faces).
}}

=== Shaja ===

[[Image:Shaja_10-25-48.png|thumb|right|TerminusAliased terrain]]
[[Image:Shaja_10-27-09.png|thumb|right|TerminusAliased text]]
{{Tileset|
|image=[[:Image:TerminusAliased_handedit_gal.png|Not shown due to size]]
|author=[[User:Shaja|Shaja]]
|size=20×32
|resolution=1600×800
|comments=Alphanumerics based on Dimitar Zhekov's [http://www.is-vn.bg/hamster/jimmy-en.html Terminus] font with light antialias shading added, walls and some symbols redrawn, others carried over from Thom's 20x32 tileset.
}}

=== Thom ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[:Image:Curses_24pt_cleartype_ThomModifications.PNG|Not shown due to size]]
|author=Herrbdog
|size=20×24
|resolution=1600×800
|comments=Hi res won't slow the game as it doesn't use graphics, so if your monitor can display it, go for it, really... I strongly recommend to enable blackspace in the init: [BLACK_SPACE:YES] Made from the 24pts cleartype lucida console above (from winterwing). I added some stuff (some original, some ideas taken from others tilesets). Basically I try to avoid symbols that are often seen in menus, etc. The main "problem" is the bag, because its the male symbol, but it was too good looking to not put it ;) Hope you enjoy :) . . .Note: Winterwing's tileset is now lost. --[[User:Savok|Savok]]
}}

=== UncleSporky ===

[[Image:UncleSporky_DFTiles1.png|thumb|right|UncleSporky Tileset]]
[[Image:UncleSporky_DFTiles2.png|thumb|right|UncleSporky Tileset]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:UncleSporky_curses_800x600.png]]
|author=UncleSporky
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×300
|comments=
}}

=== Zaratustra ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_megazeux2.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=8×14
|resolution=640×350
|comments=EGA font with added Megazeux modifications.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_custom800x300ca3.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=10×12
|resolution=800×300, 800×600 (non-reccomended)
|comments=Has an appropriate [http://archive.dwarffortresswiki.net/index.php/Object_Tilesets#10x12_version object tileset for v0.23.130.23a (now outdated)].
}}

== Tiny tilesets ==

Sets smaller than 8×8. Used for playing in tiny windows, display of massive maps and perhaps videos.

=== herrbdog ===

[[Image:Herrbdog_7x7.jpg|thumb|right|herrbdog's 7x7 tileset]]
{{Tileset|
image=[[Image:Herrbdog_7x7_tileset.gif]]
|author=[[User:herrbdog|herrbdog]]
|size=7×7
|resolution=560×175
|comments=
}}

=== Lord Nightmare ===
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord Nightmare 6x6font01.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=Made in 5 hours on 11/5/07 (I was bored and dissatisfied with other fonts). Most glyphs are really 5×6, with a seperator column.
}}

[[Image:Nightmare_6x6_v2.jpg|thumb|right|Lord Nightmare's 6x6 v2]]
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord Nightmare 6x6font02.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|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 ? and inverse ?, 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.
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Lord-Nightmare-Terminal-4x6.png]]
|author=Lord Nightmare/Microsoft
|size=4×6
|resolution=320×150
|comments=A DF conversion of the 4x6 variant of Microsoft's 'Terminal' Font. Note that I have left the font entirely alone other than converting it, so several glyphs are indistinguishable from one another!
}}

=== Markavian ===

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Mkv_curses_480x150.png]]
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=The first version the tiny tileset, superceded by the version below.
}}

[[Image:mark_6x6_v2.jpg|thumb|right|Markavian's 6x6 v2]]
{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Mkv_curses_480x150_v2.png]]
|author=[[User:Markavian|Markavian]]
|size=6×6
|resolution=480×150
|comments=My second version of the tiny tileset, for uber small resolution DF, with improved visibility of several symbols.
Available in [http://mkv25.net/showcase/df/mkv_curses%2012x12%20and%206x6%20v2.zip mkv curses 12×12 and 6×6 v2.zip].
}}

=== Zaratustra ===
[[Image:Zara_4x6.jpg|thumb|right|Zaratustra's 4x6]]
[[Image:Zara_5x6.jpg|thumb|right|Zaratustra's 5x6]]

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_custom_4x6.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=4×6
|resolution=320×150
|comments=
}}

{{Tileset|
|image=[[Image:Zaratustra_custom_5x6.png]]
|author=[[User:Zaratustra|Zaratustra]]
|size=5×6
|resolution=400×150, 800×300, 800×600
|comments=
}}

[[Category:Modding]]
[[Category:Interface]]

File:Shaja 10-27-09.png

2008-03-28T02:36:46Z

Shaja: Screenshot using TerminusAliased tileset

Screenshot using TerminusAliased tileset

File:Shaja 10-25-48.png

2008-03-28T02:35:54Z

Shaja: Screenshot using TerminusAliased tileset

Screenshot using TerminusAliased tileset

File:TerminusAliased handedit gal.png

2008-03-28T02:10:14Z

Shaja: 20x32 character tileset based on Terminus font

20x32 character tileset based on Terminus font

User:Shaja

2008-03-09T07:10:46Z

Shaja: New page: Hello, world. I'm working on some 20x32 character sets - an antialiased set using Consolas, and an aliased set using Microsoft's Glass Guage font, slightly tweaked. Why 20x32? Because I ...

Hello, world.

I'm working on some 20x32 character sets - an antialiased set using Consolas, and an aliased set using Microsoft's Glass Guage font, slightly tweaked.

Why 20x32?
Because I use a 1600x1200 monitor, and none of the current fonts have quite what I like (although I am of course using other people's characters in many spots).