Xiaoya Pixel

XiaoyaPixel

A 12px rounded pixel font, reworked from Hicc's Marumeenya for Simplified Chinese typesetting. Upstream describes it as a prototype with limited Simplified Chinese coverage so far.

Variants

Presets

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Metrics

Nominal size	12 px
Han ink box	11×11
Cap height	9
x-height	7
Max ink extents	12×12
Ascent / Descent	12 / 0
Font bounding box	16, 12, -4, 0
Spacing	Monospaced
Advance width distribution	0px×5 1px×1 2px×2 3px×1 4px×1 6px×298 8px×4 12px×9003

Nominal box 12×12 Han ink (median) 11×11 Max ink 12×12

Character coverage

Variants

Overview

Encoded characters	9,315 / 297,264	3.13%
BMP	9,307 / 62,089	14.99%
SMP	4 / 28,829	0.01%
SIP	4 / 61,513	0.01%
Private Use Areas (PUA) · BMP PUA	96 / 6,400	1.50%
Private Use Areas (PUA) · Plane 15	0 / 65,534	0.00%
Private Use Areas (PUA) · Plane 16	0 / 65,534	0.00%

General & international

International Ideographs Core (IICore)	7,035 / 9,810	71.71%
Unihan Core 2020	7,865 / 20,720	37.96%
Windows Glyph List 4	440 / 650	67.69%
Basic Latin	95 / 95	100%	✓ Complete
Latin-1 Supplement	96 / 96	100%	✓ Complete
Latin Extended-A	18 / 128	14.06%
Latin Extended-B	10 / 208	4.81%
Cyrillic Everyday Characters	66 / 97	68.04%
Greek Everyday Characters	48 / 72	66.67%
Arabic Everyday Characters	0 / 92	0.00%
Thai Everyday Characters	0 / 87	0.00%
Vietnamese Latin	84 / 186	45.16%
IBM Code Page 437	238 / 255	93.33%
Box Drawing	112 / 128	87.50%
Block Elements	20 / 32	62.50%
Powerline Symbols	0 / 41	0.00%
Braille Patterns	0 / 256	0.00%

CJK character map

CJK unified ideographs Unicode 17 7,871 / 101,996

Selected CJK, without duplicates 7,521 / 26,28128.6%

Taiwan · Common/Less-common Traditional Han5,288 / 11,151 47.4% Common 4,177 / 4,808

Mainland China · General Simplified Han4,884 / 8,105 60.3% Level 1 3,165 / 3,500

Japan · JIS X 0208 Level 12,965 / 2,965 100%

Korea · KS X 1001 unified Han4,127 / 4,620 89.3%

Traditional Han ∩ Simplified Han3,266 / 4,899

Hiragana & Katakana 171 / 171 100% Other kana 80 / 408

Hangul syllables 0 / 11,172 0% KS X 1001 syllables 0 / 2,350
Hangul Jamo, with extensions 0 / 451

Basic Bopomofo 37 / 37 100% Other Bopomofo 0 / 38

Schematic overlaps; areas are not proportional to character counts.

Explore the counts & definitions

The selected CJK total combines the four Han tables, the JIS hiragana and katakana with ー・, Hangul syllables and basic Bopomofo, counting each code point once. Jamo, compatibility Han, other kana and other Bopomofo are listed separately.

“Simp Trad Shared” counts Unicode code points shared by the Simplified and Traditional Han reference sets. Shared code points can still have different regional glyph shapes, for example through OpenType locl; coverage does not imply identical glyphs.

Unicode 17. Counts use exact code points, with no variant-form or compatibility normalization. The Han map includes the 12 unified ideographs in the compatibility block; other compatibility ideographs are listed separately. “Only” means absent from the other three reference sets.

Taiwan: the 4,808 common and 6,343 less-common character tables. Mainland China: the 8,105 standard characters in three levels. Japan: the 2,965 JIS X 0208 Level 1 kanji. Korea: the unified Han subset of KS X 1001. The small lines under Taiwan and Mainland China show the common table (4,808) and Level 1 (3,500), which the Traditional and Simplified Chinese labels are judged on. The kana figure is the 83 hiragana and 86 katakana of JIS X 0208 plus ー and ・; rare, historical, extended and halfwidth kana are listed as other kana. Basic Bopomofo is the 37 letters U+3105–3129; dialect letters and the extended block are listed as other Bopomofo.

Shared & unique characters
Shared & unique characters	Covered / total
Traditional Han ∩ Simplified Han	3,266 / 4,89966.7%
Japanese Kanji ∩ Traditional Han	2,495 / 2,495100%
Japanese Kanji ∩ Simplified Han	1,904 / 1,904100%
Korean Han ∩ Traditional Han	3,962 / 4,29492.3%
Korean Han ∩ Simplified Han	2,597 / 2,79992.8%
Traditional Han ∩ Simplified Han ∩ Japanese Kanji	1,771 / 1,771100%
Traditional Han ∩ Simplified Han ∩ Korean Han	2,555 / 2,73393.5%
Traditional Han ∩ Simplified Han ∩ Japanese Kanji ∩ Korean Han	1,698 / 1,698100%
Traditional Han ∪ Simplified Han	6,906 / 14,35748.1%
Traditional Han ∪ Simplified Han ∪ Japanese Kanji	7,243 / 14,69449.3%
Traditional Han ∪ Simplified Han ∪ Korean Han	7,029 / 14,61748.1%
Traditional Han ∪ Simplified Han ∪ Japanese Kanji ∪ Korean Han	7,313 / 14,90149.1%
Traditional Han only	562 / 4,63812.1%
Simplified Han only	1,464 / 3,02848.3%
Japanese Kanji only	284 / 284100%
Korean Han only	70 / 20733.8%

Reference tables: Unicode 17 · FontPixel

CJK character totals

CJK unified ideographs	7,871 / 101,996	7.72%
Selected CJK, without duplicates	7,521 / 26,281	28.62%

Simplified Chinese · National standards

GB/T 2312 Hanzi	4,758 / 6,763	70.35%
GB/T 2312 Level 1 Hanzi	3,340 / 3,755	88.95%
GB/T 2312 Level 2 Hanzi	1,418 / 3,008	47.14%
GBK Hanzi	7,866 / 20,923	37.59%
GB/T 12345 Traditional Hanzi	4,830 / 6,866	70.35%
GB 18030-2022 Implementation Level 3	7,871 / 88,115	8.93%
GB 18030-2022 Implementation Level 2	7,867 / 27,780	28.32%
GB 18030-2022 Implementation Level 1	7,867 / 27,584	28.52%

Simplified Chinese · Language standards

Table of General Standard Chinese Characters	4,884 / 8,105	60.26%
General Standard Chinese Characters Level 1	3,165 / 3,500	90.43%
General Standard Chinese Characters Level 2	1,527 / 3,000	50.90%
General Standard Chinese Characters Level 3	192 / 1,605	11.96%
List of Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese	3,154 / 3,500	90.11%
Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese (2500)	2,351 / 2,500	94.04%
Less Frequently Used Characters in Modern Chinese (1000)	803 / 1,000	80.30%
List of Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese	4,762 / 7,000	68.03%
Compulsory Education Chinese Character List	3,165 / 3,500	90.43%
Standard Glyph Forms for Ancient Book Printing	5,439 / 14,250	38.17%
Kangxi Radicals	0 / 214	0.00%
CJK Radicals Supplement	0 / 115	0.00%
Hanyi Simplified & Traditional Set	6,383 / 9,169	69.62%
FounderType Simplified & Traditional Set	6,546 / 9,664	67.74%

Traditional Chinese · Taiwan

Taiwan common and less-common Han (total)	5,288 / 11,151	47.42%
Standard Forms of Common National Characters	4,177 / 4,808	86.88%
Standard Forms of Less-Common National Characters	1,111 / 6,343	17.52%
Big5 All Hanzi	5,411 / 13,053	41.45%
Big5 Frequently Used Hanzi	4,466 / 5,401	82.69%
Big5 Less Frequently Used Hanzi	945 / 7,652	12.35%
Basic Bopomofo	37 / 37	100%	✓ Complete
Other Bopomofo	0 / 38	0.00%

Traditional Chinese · Hong Kong

List of Graphemes of Commonly-Used Chinese Characters	4,162 / 4,762	87.40%
Hong Kong Supplementary Character Set Hanzi	631 / 4,603	13.71%
Hong Kong Supplementary Characters in Common Use	351 / 1,102	31.85%

Japanese

JIS X 0208 Non-Kanji	524 / 524	100%	✓ Complete
JIS X 0208 Level 1 Kanji	2,965 / 2,965	100%	✓ Complete
JIS X 0208 Level 2 Kanji	3,390 / 3,390	100%	✓ Complete
JIS X 0213 Level 3 Kanji	71 / 1,260	5.63%
JIS X 0213 Level 4 Kanji	42 / 2,397	1.75%
Joyo Kanji	2,136 / 2,136	100%	✓ Complete
Kyoiku Kanji	1,026 / 1,026	100%	✓ Complete
Jinmeiyo Kanji	777 / 864	89.93%
Hiragana & Katakana (JIS X 0208, with ー・)	171 / 171	100%	✓ Complete
Hiragana	83 / 83	100%	✓ Complete
Katakana	86 / 86	100%	✓ Complete
Other kana	80 / 408	19.61%
Other Hiragana and Katakana block characters	17 / 18	94.44%
Kana extensions	0 / 327	0.00%
Halfwidth Katakana	63 / 63	100%	✓ Complete
JIS X 0201	158 / 158	100%	✓ Complete

Korean

Hangul Syllables (All Modern)	0 / 11,172	0.00%
KS X 1001 Hangul Syllables	0 / 2,350	0.00%
KS X 1001 Han (total)	4,127 / 4,888	84.43%
KS X 1001 unified Han	4,127 / 4,620	89.33%
KS X 1001 compatibility Han	0 / 268	0.00%
KS X 1001 Symbols	662 / 987	67.07%
Hangul Jamo, with extensions	0 / 451	0.00%
Hangul Compatibility Jamo	0 / 94	0.00%
Hangul Jamo · base block	0 / 256	0.00%
Hangul Jamo extensions A and B	0 / 101	0.00%

Unicode blocks(41)

Basic Latin	95 / 128	74.22%
Latin-1 Supplement	96 / 128	75.00%
Latin Extended-A	18 / 128	14.06%
Latin Extended-B	10 / 208	4.81%
IPA Extensions	1 / 96	1.04%
Spacing Modifier Letters	5 / 80	6.25%
Greek and Coptic	48 / 134	35.82%
Cyrillic	66 / 256	25.78%
Latin Extended Additional	1 / 256	0.39%
General Punctuation	59 / 111	53.15%
Currency Symbols	1 / 34	2.94%
Letterlike Symbols	12 / 80	15.00%
Number Forms	24 / 60	40.00%
Arrows	29 / 112	25.89%
Mathematical Operators	58 / 256	22.66%
Miscellaneous Technical	2 / 256	0.78%
Control Pictures	1 / 42	2.38%
Enclosed Alphanumerics	72 / 160	45.00%
Box Drawing	112 / 128	87.50%
Block Elements	20 / 32	62.50%
Geometric Shapes	19 / 96	19.79%
Miscellaneous Symbols	50 / 256	19.53%
Dingbats	12 / 192	6.25%
Supplemental Arrows-B	2 / 128	1.56%
Ideographic Description Characters	12 / 16	75.00%
CJK Symbols and Punctuation	51 / 64	79.69%
Hiragana	93 / 93	100%
Katakana	95 / 96	98.96%
Bopomofo	37 / 43	86.05%
Enclosed CJK Letters and Months	12 / 255	4.71%
CJK Compatibility	11 / 256	4.30%
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A	1 / 6,592	0.02%
CJK Unified Ideographs	7,864 / 20,992	37.46%
Private Use Area	96 / 6,400	1.50%
CJK Compatibility Ideographs	2 / 472	0.42%
Vertical Forms	3 / 10	30.00%
CJK Compatibility Forms	27 / 32	84.38%
Small Form Variants	25 / 26	96.15%
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms	165 / 225	73.33%
Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs	4 / 768	0.52%
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B	4 / 42,720	0.01%

Glyph overview

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Downloads

XiaoyaPixel-12px	BDF 178.6 KB PCF 194.9 KB
Full family BDF ZIP	xiaoya-pixel.zip 187.6 KB
Bitmap TTF	xiaoya-pixel.ttf 418.1 KB
Vector TTF (square)	xiaoya-pixel-12px-square.ttf 1.83 MB
Vector TTF (round)	xiaoya-pixel-12px-round.ttf 3.84 MB
Web font (square)	xiaoya-pixel-12px-square.woff2 375.4 KB
Web font (round)	xiaoya-pixel-12px-round.woff2 238.2 KB

Files are gzip-compressed; checksums are SHA-256.

One file with every size of this font packed in as bitmap strikes, no vector outlines. Install it and each size is there to use on any system that renders bitmap strikes.

Real outline fonts that draw every lit pixel as a square or a round dot, so they work at any point size. Square keeps the bitmap exactly as drawn; round is the same bitmap read in circles. Only the largest pixel size of each face is offered as a vector font, since outlines scale freely anyway. Faces with very large glyph counts get the square version only.

Use it on a web page

woff2 built from the vector outlines. Set a font size that is a whole multiple of the design size to keep the pixel grid crisp.

@font-face {
  font-family: "XiaoyaPixel";
  src: url("https://fontpixel.com/downloads/xiaoya-pixel-12px-square.woff2") format("woff2");
  font-display: fallback;
}
.pixel {
  font-family: "XiaoyaPixel", monospace;
}

@font-face {
  font-family: "XiaoyaPixel";
  src: url("https://fontpixel.com/downloads/xiaoya-pixel-12px-round.woff2") format("woff2");
  font-display: fallback;
}
.pixel {
  font-family: "XiaoyaPixel", monospace;
}

Author: hicchicc (患者長ひっく), DWNfonts (diaowinner)
Homepage: diaowinner.itch.io/xiaoyapixel
Repository: DWNfonts/XiaoyaPixel-Classic
Glyph count: 9,315
Category: Rounded
Scripts: Simplified Chinese (incomplete) · Traditional Chinese (incomplete) · Japanese · Latin · Latin (Western European) · Latin (Central European, incomplete) · Cyrillic (incomplete) · Greek (incomplete)
Vibes: Cute · Rounded
Source type: Bitmap source · BDF

License

OFL-1.1 SIL Open Font License 1.1

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Commercial use: Yes
Modify: Yes
Embed in documents: Yes
Embed in apps: Yes
No notice required: No or not required
No copyleft: No or not required
No renaming required: Conditional

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SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE

Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007

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License notes

The upstream Marumeenya has migrated to SIL OFL 1.1 (see https://github.com/hicchicc/x12y12pxMaruMinya ); the LICENSE file in this project's repository still carries the older 00FF custom terms, and the upstream OFL takes precedence.

License details are for reference only; the upstream original text prevails.

Build notes

Upstream https://github.com/DWNfonts/XiaoyaPixel-Classic ; based on x12y12pxMaruMinya (also catalogued here as x12y12px-maru-minya), with most glyphs auto-generated by the author's Project Rawya. The upstream page notes this is a prototype with few Simplified Chinese characters, some of which are stood in for by Traditional forms. Rasterised from TTF at its native 12px grid.