Glyph Dither Gradient

Gradients Studio's glyph dither draws characters you choose, like 0 and 1 or @#%+, across a gradient on an ordered grid, and exports it as a JPG. Up to 16 characters in a monospaced face; the first download needs no account.

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First download free, no account · 4K on Pro, from $9 · No subscription

Palettes in type

Each card is the real render at these settings, and opens in the studio with them.

Effects: Dither
Characters: 01
Only glyphs: On
Cell size: 48px
Density: 120%
Grain: 10%

The smooth originals are free 4K wallpapers: Ember, Lavender Haze, Aurora, Midnight, Storm, Daybreak, Canopy and Abyss.

What glyph dithering is

Instead of dots, each marked cell holds a character. The gradient decides where characters appear, most densely in the transitions between colors, and the characters you type decide the texture: binary for a terminal feel, symbols for noise, your product's letters for a brand.

Two ways to use it

With Only glyphs on, the gradient stays smooth and characters float over it, like the type on a developer tool's hero. With it off, the gradient snaps to flat palette colors first, for a harder, poster-like ASCII look.

Texture, not ASCII art

Classic ASCII art picks each character by brightness, light ones for highlights. Here each cell takes a character from your set by its position, so the result reads as a texture of type rather than a picture drawn in letters. The order you type them in doesn't matter.

The settings on this page

Effects Dither, Characters 01, Only glyphs on, cell size 48 px, Density 120% and Grain 10%. Characters are drawn in Azeret Mono, the studio's monospaced face, at 90% of the cell size.

Sized for where it goes

Exact sizes and safe zones for the places a background ends up, each with examples at that shape.

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Questions

Which characters can I use?

Up to 16 characters that Azeret Mono includes: letters, digits, punctuation such as @ # % + * = / and the dots ● • ·. Block shapes and emoji are not in the font, so don't rely on them in the export.

Can I spell a word?

Not in order. Each cell takes one of your characters by its position, so letters scatter rather than form words. Use a word's letters for its texture, and set the word itself in your layout on top.

How big are the characters?

Each glyph is drawn at 90% of the cell size, so 48 px cells give characters about 43 px tall in the 4K file. The free HD download is the same picture at half the size.

Can I export a glyph dither gradient for free?

Once, with no account: an HD JPG (1920 × 1080 for 16:9) with the glyphs. 4K with the dither finish is part of Pro, $39 for 12 months, or a $9 Week Pass, both one-time payments.

Make one now

The studio opens set to this look. Shuffle until something feels right, then export.

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