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A pixel font can look crisp or blurry on the web depending on sizing and setup. Practical steps for sizes, formats and readability so pixel type stays sharp.

A username from 2018, a rejected name called Phoenix Group, and a logo a 19-year-old made that still hasn't changed. The real story behind the name.

Pixel fonts are powerful and easy to misuse. A straight-talking guide to when a pixel font is the right call, and when another typeface will serve you better.

From government interfaces to streetwear lookbooks, pixel fonts have done a different job in every era. Why the category fits more than its reputation suggests.

Pixel type can make a game interface feel cohesive or quietly unusable. What keeps menus, dialogue and HUDs readable, and which license covers a shipped game.

No dramatic origin story, no calling. Just why pixel fonts became the one thing at Phoenix Dungeon worth building around, and why that's enough.

Y2K design borrows more from early interfaces than from pixels alone. Here's how to use pixel type for a Y2K look that feels current, not like a costume.

Twenty-five fonts a month through 2023 and 2024, including one named after the woman I love that never sold. What that stretch of daily font-making did to me.

Desktop, Web Font, Merchandise, App and more: our nine license tiers explained in plain English, so you buy the one you need and nothing you don't.