embedded-picofont

The PICO-8 font to use with embedded-graphics.

Overview

This crate provides the super tiny 4x6 font of the PICO-8 fantasy console as an embedded_graphics::fonts::Font:

Please note the PICO-8 itself only use the uppercase characters, as the lowercase chars can get really hard to read if the display is not upscaled. As such, it is advised to only use this font to display uppercase characters.

Usage

Use the text_pico macro to create a Drawable text from a string:

use embedded_picofont::{text_pico, FontPico};
let text: FontPico<u8> = text_pico!("Hello world!");

The PICO-8 also has wide characters: these can be displayed using two smaller characters in the 128..255 char range:

use embedded_picofont::{text_pico, FontPico};
let text: FontPico<u8> = text_pico!("PRESS \u{96}\u{97} TO GO BACK");

See the embedded-graphics documentation for more information on how to use this crate.

License

• The original PICO-8 font is available under the CC-0 license.
• This crate is released under the MIT License.