# Bitcount Single font

> Dot-matrix letters built from round dots on a grid, with five variable axes that change weight, slant and the dots themselves.

Bitcount Single is a dot-matrix display typeface by Petr van Blokland of TYPETR, in which every letter is assembled from round dots on a grid. Bitcount Single is a variable font with five axes, among them weight from Thin 100 to Black 900. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 for titles, posters and screen graphics.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Petr van Blokland
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 18 (Thin 100, ExtraLight 200, Light 300, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700, ExtraBold 800, Black 900)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 100–900, ELXP 0–100, ELSH 0–100, slnt -8–0, CRSV 0–1)
- Glyphs: 1701
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-16
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Bitcount+Single
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/bitcount-single
- Tagged for: Headlines, Posters, Retro, Tech

## About Bitcount Single

Bitcount Single is a display face made of dots: each letter is plotted on a coarse grid, the way characters appear on a matrix display or a needle printer. Weight changes the size of the dots rather than the skeleton. At Thin 100 they are pinpricks with air between them, around Regular they touch, and at Black 900 they merge into solid, lumpy strokes. The variable file has five axes: Weight from 100 to 900, Slant from 0 to −8, Cursive, and two custom ones named Element Expansion and Element Shape, each running from 0 to 100. Nine named weights, upright and slanted, give 18 styles. The font holds 1,701 glyphs in Latin and Latin Extended character sets. Petr van Blokland is credited as designer and TYPETR as manufacturer, and the license is the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 1980 The Bitcount Project Authors (https://github.com/petrvanblokland/TYPETR-Bitcount)

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Titles for games and electronic music**: Dotted letters recall arcade score boards and LED tickers, and the Black weight fills them in for a heavy logo line.
- **Departure-board and ticker graphics**: Each character sits on the same dot grid, so rows of text look like a matrix display in motion graphics.
- **Animated type**: Because weight scales the dots, animating the axis from 100 to 900 makes a word swell from points into solid letters.
- **Posters at large sizes**: At poster scale the separate dots of the Thin and Light weights become a pattern in their own right.
- **Receipts, tickets and labels as a motif**: Regular 400 gives the dotted print of a till roll for packaging or editorial illustration.

## Things to know

- **Light weights vanish when small**: Thin and ExtraLight are rows of tiny separate dots in the specimen; they need large sizes or high-resolution output to stay visible.
- **Custom axes are set by tag**: Element Expansion and Element Shape are addressed as ELXP and ELSH through font-variation-settings; both default to 0.
- **Slant comes from an axis**: There is no separate italic file. The slanted styles use the Slant axis, which goes to −8.

## FAQs

### Is Bitcount Single free for commercial use?

Yes. Bitcount Single is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows use in personal and commercial work, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions stay under the same license.

### Who designed Bitcount Single?

Bitcount Single was designed by Petr van Blokland. The font files name TYPETR as manufacturer, and the license notice refers to The Bitcount Project Authors.

### Is Bitcount Single a variable font?

Yes. Bitcount Single is a variable font with five axes: Weight (100 to 900), Slant (−8 to 0), Cursive (0 to 1), Element Expansion (0 to 100) and Element Shape (0 to 100).

### How many weights does Bitcount Single have?

Bitcount Single has nine weights, from Thin 100 to Black 900. With the slanted variants the catalogue counts 18 styles.

### Which languages does Bitcount Single support?

Bitcount Single includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, French, Spanish, Turkish, Polish and Czech.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/bitcount-single (trendhub)