# Tiny5 font

> A pixel typeface five pixels tall with proportional widths, covering Latin, Cyrillic and Greek.

Tiny5 is a pixel display typeface by Stefan Schmidt whose letters are five pixels tall and vary in width. It draws on the screens of graphing calculators and digital gadgets from the 1980s and 1990s. Tiny5 has one Regular style with 1,155 glyphs for Latin, Cyrillic and Greek and is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## Facts

- Classification: [Display](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/display)
- Designed by: Stefan Schmidt
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 1 (Regular 400)
- Variable font: No
- Glyphs: 1155
- Character sets: cyrillic, cyrillic-ext, greek, latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-05-30
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Tiny5
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/tiny5
- Tagged for: Headlines, Retro, Tech

## About Tiny5

Tiny5 is a display typeface drawn on a pixel grid in which a capital letter is five pixels high. Widths are proportional: an i takes a single column while m and w spread over several, and curves are reduced to steps and missing corners. Stefan Schmidt designed it around the idea of using as little information as possible while keeping text legible, with the displays of graphing calculators and other digital gadgets from the 1980s and 1990s as a reference. The official notes suggest it for a retro mood, for conveying minimalism and for small displays. The family has one Regular style and is not a variable font. Its 1,155 glyphs cover Latin, Latin Extended, Cyrillic and Greek. Tiny5 is published under the SIL Open Font License 1.1.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2022-2024 The Tiny5 Project Authors (https://github.com/Gissio/font_tiny5)

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

- **Retro game and gadget graphics**: Five-pixel letters reproduce the look of calculator and handheld screens from the 1980s and 1990s.
- **Titles in pixel-art projects**: Because every stroke sits on a grid, Tiny5 lines up with pixel-art illustrations when scaled by whole multiples.
- **Readouts on small displays**: The official notes mention small displays, where a five-pixel alphabet fits many characters into few rows.
- **Pixel titles in Russian or Greek**: Cyrillic and Greek alphabets are drawn on the same five-pixel grid, so a title can switch script without changing face.

## Things to know

- **Proportional, not monospaced**: Letters have different widths. Tiny5 will not align in columns the way a fixed-width pixel font does.
- **One style**: Tiny5 has a single Regular style and is not a variable font; the phrase variable-width in the official notes refers to letter widths.
- **Scale in whole steps**: The outlines are square pixels, so sizes that are multiples of the grid keep the edges sharp on screen.

## FAQs

### Is Tiny5 free for commercial use?

Yes. Tiny5 is licensed under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which permits personal and commercial use, modification and redistribution. The font cannot be sold on its own, and modified versions remain under the same license.

### Who designed Tiny5?

Tiny5 was designed by Stefan Schmidt. The copyright notice names The Tiny5 Project Authors.

### Is Tiny5 monospaced?

No. Tiny5 is a proportional pixel font: narrow letters such as i and l take less width than m or w.

### How many weights does Tiny5 have?

Tiny5 has one weight, Regular 400, with no italic.

### Which languages does Tiny5 support?

Tiny5 includes the letters needed for English and other Latin-script languages such as German, French, Polish and Turkish, as well as Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Greek.

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