Pixel design - icons, fonts, tutorials, tools
Pixel design is not the latest trend, but still holds strong during the current gradiented drop shadow world. Need some nice small icons, a small pixel logo, or just want to know how to create those?
Here are all the necessary resources.
Technorati Tags: pixel, design, icon, font
Icons
- Mini Pixel Icons
Over 320 14x14 pixel site-navigation, file type, and blog-related buttons, all free to download if you provide a link back to their site. - Designload
Unlimited download for $49.95/year, 64 pixel icon collections so far, mostly OS inteface based. - Gallery 2 Web Icon Set
More than 75 free icons for the Gallery 2 web application. Released under the GNU General Public License. - Feed Icons
The now standard symbol for RSS and other feeds can be downloaded from here in various fileformats and resolutions. - GraphicPUSH Icon Packs
Free tematic mini-icon sets for blogs and web applications.
Fonts
- 04 fonts
One of the oldest freeware pixel front resource, 12 nice fonts for Mac and PC. - Bitmapmania
49 bitmap fonts for free, PC and Mac versions. Some are quite detailed and therefore larger in pixel size. - Cal Henderson's free pixel fonts
16 bitmap fonts in different styles, for PC and Mac too. - dafont bitmap section
The pixel/bitmap category on dafont features a huge selection of these, on a very usable interface with custom text preview. Most of the fonts are free, sometimes with limitations (for personal use only, charityware, etc.) - Minifonts
Commercial site with a few dozen fonts, PC and Mac. - Miniml
Four free and a lot of commercial vector-based pixel font emulations. - Orgdot
19 free 8-pixel-based fonts for PC and MAC with custom text preview. - Pixel Plant
Lots of inexpensive ($1-$2) and some free pixel fonts, recommended for flash applications too.
Tutorials, tools
- Cagedflame button tutorial
Photoshop tutorial for creating pixelated buttons. - FavIcon from Pics
Free online favicon.ico generator from uploaded pictures. - How to create pixel fonts
Cal Henderson's tutorial, with lots of screenshots (PC only). - How to create the favicon.ico file?
Short tutorial based on Adobe Photoshop. - Minifonts articles
Theory, practice, even php on-the-fly image generation techniques. - Miniml guide
Short guide on including pixel fonts to flash animations. - Pixel art tutorial
All you need to know about creating isometric pixel art in one long image. Stylish. - Pixel font usage
Photoshop tutorial on how to use and where to get pixel fonts. - Spoono Pixel Border
Photoshop tutorial for a nice pixelborder effect.
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