Introducing Dice – A Font Inspired by the Typography Found in a Popular 1990s Party Game

If you grew up in the 2000s, you probably remember this font if you’ve played any of the original generation Mario Party games. The last time it was used was in 2007’s Mario Party DS. It was used for large-display text such as dice block rolls, coin and star transactions, timers, board and minigame title cards, minigame announcements, and other GUI elements. Only one user has released a version of the font and has specifically been used for Mario Party-related videos on YouTube.

Today, thanks to the spirit and effort of the Prophet Driller, we have decided to expand the font from its original glory to encompass all of the available glyphs, plus some new ones that were created by other fans. If you’ve spent any time playing any of the original generation Mario Party games back in the day, you’ve probably noticed this unique typography that Nintendo and Hudson Soft have put together. Now, Drillimation Systems, who have created a few proprietary typefaces for certain games in the Drillimation Danmaku Universe, is offering a new version of the typeface inspired by the classic look of this font.

This updated font, which we’ve dubbed “Dice,” synthesizes all of the old glyphs plus new ones that Mario Party fans will find unmistakably reminiscent of text they’ve seen in the older games. Even if you aren’t in the mood to pick up a custom font, we think this will be worth a look regardless of your history with the series. We’ve released two versions of the font: a standard bold version and a light version in three different widths, giving you six ways to customize your look.

Supported languages:

• English
• French
• German
• Dutch
• Spanish
• Italian
• Icelandic
• Portuguese
• Swedish
• Welsh
• Danish
• Irish (Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic)
• Basque
• Norwegian
• Finnish
• Swahili
• Q’eqchi’
• Malay
• Indonesian
• Japanese (Kana only, no kanji)

If you’d like to jump in and contribute glyphs for future versions, we have the FontForge files that we created to make this font.

About the Author

Susumu Takajima, who goes by his pen name the Prophet Driller, has been interested in Mario Party ever since he was in kindergarten when he was visiting a friend of his mother who happened to own a Nintendo 64 and the first two Mario Party games, plus a Nintendo GameCube with Mario Party 4, which has since become his favorite installment. He started collecting the games beginning with Mario Party 7 in December 2006, and he has played every game from the original up until Mario Party DS. His interest in the series declined by the time he reached junior high school when Mario Party 9 came out and was turned away from its new style of gameplay, but he was glad when 2018’s Super Mario Party returned to the original gameplay. He misses the old font that was used in the original generation games, and his interest in classic designs that stand the test of time helped bring this font to a new generation.

Download Here

The font can be downloaded from itch.io here.