Face 01 / Display400
DITHER
A square pixel display for headlines, loading screens and anything that needs to arrive before it is read.
Specimen 001Pixel type foundryPorto / 2026
DITHER®
A pixel type & sprite foundry for screens that mean it.
Three display faces, a working type tester and a sprite library built on a strict grid. Pixel-perfect, not pixel-nostalgic.
01 / The facesThree tools.
Three tools.
One grid.
All three faces share an 8 px base grid and a 190-glyph set. Pick the one that matches the volume of your interface.
Face 02 / TextVariable
Read me twice.
A softer pixel text face for in-game dialogue, captions and interfaces that need to stay legible at 14 px.
Face 03 / Mono400 / 700
1010 0110
A strict single-width companion for data, timestamps and the kind of interfaces that like a little order.
02 / Type tester
Try it yourself.
Type anything. Every face is licensed for web, game and product use — no bitmap hacks required.
DITHER / live specimenLive preview
64 px
Preview updates live. 28 characters max.
MAKE IT LOUD
Face DITHER DisplaySize 64 pxCharacters 12Grid 8 px
Specimen only. Full family includes 190 glyphs, kerning pairs and variable optical sizes.
03 / Dither lab
Order out of noise.
A 4×4 Bayer matrix, four colours and zero gradients. Move the slider to see how far a pixel grid can bend.
Dither controls
Ordered dithering replaces a smooth gradient with a pattern the eye completes. Fewer colours, more careful decisions.
82%
Palette · acid / blue / paper
Bayer matrix160 × 100 px
04 / Sprite librarySmall things,
Small things,
made well.
Sixteen-by-sixteen pixel sprites, drawn on the same grid as the faces. Available as SVG, PNG and a SpriteKit atlas.
The house mark. Used at 8, 16 and 32 px.
Inventory, health and the occasional compliment.
A small, useful object. Slightly suspicious.
One liquid, two pixels of highlight, endless uses.
A diagonal that does a lot of work.
For bad ideas and good warnings.
Because every system needs one soft thing.
Straight lines, one turn, no ambiguity.
05 / Studio
Built for screens
Built for screens
that mean it.
DITHER is a two-person type and sprite practice in Porto. We make pixel tools for people who care about the difference between 8 px and 9 px.
Licensing is straightforward: free for open-source and personal work, a flat fee for commercial products, and a custom licence for games at scale.
01Type licensingOFL / commercial
02Sprite commissionsGames / brands
03Pixel design systemsProduct / web
04WorkshopsPorto / remote
Request a licence
Tell us what you are making. We reply within two working days with the right file and a fair price.