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High-upm pixel font doesn't align on grid

  • April 17, 2025
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marte.lara.raf

I’m working on a pixel font with a upm of 8100, so if I put the type size at 81 it should align perfectly with Figma’s pixel grid. This worked for all my other fonts, but starting from 6500 upm there is a small misalignment on the pixel grid that increases with each letter. So the first letter aligns correctly, the second has a small difference and the third even more.

A pixel font with upm 6400 and set at size 64px aligns correctly on the grid, but a font with upm 6500 set at 65px doesn’t.

The font’s pixels align correctly on other applications, so is this a bug in Figma?

Close-up of the space between two A’s. The first A is aligned correctly, but the second A is not completely on the grid, it is slightly moved to the left.

ksn
Figmate
  • ksn
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  • May 12, 2025

Hey ​@marte.lara.raf - I know it’s been a while since this was posted, but I want to see if I can find out more.

Can I get a bit more info from you?

There were a few things you mentioned:

  • You are working with a specific pixel font, at size 81 -- is this the font featured in your screenshot? I see that the font name is marked out. Are you able to share the name of this font?
  • Is it only this specific font you have the alignment issues with? Or are there multiple pixel fonts you are using, and it always ends up misaligned? You mentioned other fonts work as expected on other applications.

Let me know - I check in on this. Thanks!

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