Arcade Game Typography: The Art of Pixel Type | Overview

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This is a quick look at “Arcade Game Typography”, a book that collects various pixel art typefaces from the arcade era!

Arcade Game Typography: The Art of Pixel Type
by Toshi Omagari
Foreward by Kiyonori Muroga
2019, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London

Toshi Omagari:
https://tosche.net/fonts
https://twitter.com/Tosche_E

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0:00 Introduction
0:39 8x8 Monospaced
1:02 Chapters
1:15 Flipping Through the Book
1:59 Essays
2:32 Typeface Examples
3:25 Closing Thoughts
3:44 VID OVER

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