A hand-drawn pixel font for Traditional Mongolian Script, made for games.
Bichig runs top to bottom, in columns from left to right. So a dialogue box fills column by column. Walk with the arrows or the buttons, or let the hero walk alone.
Using Godot? Our free add-on godot-bichig sets bichig in columns, just like this.
Works at any size. Pixel-perfect at 16 px and its multiples: 32, 48, 64. The Mini at 12, 24, 36.
Every letter is a few strokes: tooth, bow, loop, tail. Each is one pixel thick. All meet on one column, the spine, in red here.
Inside: every letter, digit and mark of bichig, plus Latin and Mongolian Cyrillic.
Bichig letters change shape with their place in the word and their neighbours. The font does the joining for you: it follows the current Unicode model, with its own drawing for every join that needs one.
b + l + aAfter b, the horn of l stands clear of the bow.a + b + mB and a final m are one drawing: the bow runs on as the tail of m.a + m + l + aM is written whole, and the horn of l rises beside its own.a + n + · + aBefore a separated suffix, final n keeps its dot and the a tucks under it.a + sh + l + aThe two dots of sh stand clear of the horn that rises after them.e + g + m + eG joins m: the bow turns outward and comes down as the horn.The same words in each. Gege Pixel and Shahaa share one drawing: same pixels, different room between letters. The Mini is redrawn on a smaller grid.
Gege Pixel The one to reach for. Three pixels of spine between letters, so no horn or tail touches its neighbour.
Shahaa Gege Pixel, tighter: two pixels of spine between letters, so more text fits.
Mini Twelve pixels across. We're trying something even more compact and pixely. It's our most proud work yet.
Pick a font, a size and a colour.
ᠭᠡᠭᠡ ᠫᠢᠻᠰᠧᠯ ᠪᠣᠯ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠦᠨ ᠫᠢᠻᠰᠧᠯ ᠹᠣᠨ᠋ᠲ ᠶᠤᠮ᠃ ᠦᠰᠦᠭ ᠪᠦᠷᠢᠶᠢ ᠫᠢᠻᠰᠧᠯ ᠫᠢᠻᠰᠧᠯᠢᠶᠡᠷ ᠨᠢ ᠭᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠᠷ ᠵᠢᠷᠤᠭᠰᠠᠨ᠃
ᠮᠥᠷᠦᠨ ᠥᠷᠭᠡᠨ ᠨᠢ ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠤᠭᠠᠨ ᠫᠢᠻᠰᠧᠯ᠃ ᠬᠡᠮᠵᠢᠶᠡᠶᠢ ᠪᠦᠬᠦᠯᠢ ᠳᠠᠬᠢᠨ ᠲᠣᠮᠤᠷᠠᠭᠤᠯᠬᠤᠳᠤ ᠪᠦᠳᠡᠭᠢᠷᠡᠬᠦ ᠦᠭᠡᠢ᠂ ᠲᠣᠳᠤ ᠬᠡᠪᠢᠶᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠨ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠨᠠ᠃
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠦᠨ ᠦᠰᠦᠭ ᠦᠭᠡᠶᠢᠨ ᠡᠬᠢᠨ᠂ ᠳᠤᠮᠳᠠ᠂ ᠠᠳᠠᠭᠲᠤ ᠥᠭᠡᠷᠡ ᠥᠭᠡᠷᠡᠪᠡᠷ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠳᠡᠳᠡᠭ᠃ ᠠᠯᠢ ᠬᠡᠯᠪᠡᠷᠢᠪᠡᠷ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠬᠦᠶᠢ ᠹᠣᠨ᠋ᠲ ᠥᠪᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠨ ᠮᠡᠳᠡᠨᠡ᠃
ᠲᠣᠭᠯᠠᠭᠠᠮᠤᠨ ᠶᠠᠷᠢᠶᠠ᠂ ᠼᠧᠰᠧ᠂ ᠳᠠᠭᠠᠭᠠᠯᠭᠠᠪᠤᠷᠢᠶᠢᠨ ᠵᠢᠭᠰᠠᠭᠠᠯᠲᠠ᠂ ᠭᠠᠷᠴᠠᠭ ᠭᠡᠳ ᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡᠴᠡ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠷᠡᠬᠢ ᠶᠠᠮᠠᠷᠴᠤ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠪᠦᠷᠢᠳᠦ ᠲᠣᠬᠢᠷᠠᠨᠠ᠃
ᠪᠢᠳᠡ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠢᠶᠡᠨ ᠳᠡᠯᠭᠡᠴᠡ ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠷᠡ᠂ ᠲᠣᠭᠯᠠᠭᠠᠮ ᠳᠣᠲᠤᠷᠠᠴᠤ ᠠᠮᠢᠳᠤ ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠭᠠᠰᠠᠢ ᠭᠡᠵᠦ ᠬᠦᠰᠡᠭᠰᠡᠨ ᠶᠤᠮ᠃
᠑᠒᠓᠔᠕᠖᠗᠘᠙᠐
《ᠭᠡᠭᠡ ᠫᠢᠻᠰᠧᠯ》 ᠪᠡᠯᠡᠨ ᠪᠣᠯᠤᠯᠠ！ ᠲᠠ ᠲᠤᠷᠰᠢᠵᠤ ᠦᠵᠡᠬᠦ ᠦᠦ？ （᠐᠂᠕ ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠯᠪᠤᠷᠢ） ᠵᠠ᠂ ᠡᠬᠢᠯᠡᠶᠡ…
ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠪᠢᠴᠢᠭᠢᠶᠡᠷᠢᠶᠡᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠯᠠᠵᠠᠭᠠᠶᠠ᠃
Free for personal use. Anything that earns money, or is made for a business, needs a paid licence. Which one depends on how many people use the font and how big the business is. Read the licence to be sure. Your name goes on your copy.
One person, for personal use.
For a business of up to 50 people. Up to 5 work with the font.
One legal entity of up to 250 people.
More than 250 people, several legal entities, payment by invoice or bank transfer, or terms of your own.