Standard Galactic Alphabet

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👁 Standard Galactic Alphabet.png: Infobox image for Minecraft font 'Standard Galactic Alphabet'

Date created	1990 or earlier (original script) 2011 (Minecraft font)
Creator	Tom Hall (original script) Mojang Studios (Minecraft font)
License	All rights reserved; usable under Minecraft Usage Guidelines
Download	https://archive.org/details/standard-galactic-alphabet

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The Standard Galactic Alphabet, internally referred to as alt in Java Edition, is a font used in Minecraft for text in the enchanting table. It covers the constructed script of the same name, created by American video game designer Tom Hall for the 1990-2001 Commander Keen series of games.

Definition

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This is the font used in the enchanting table's GUI when an item is able to be enchanted. When mapped to the ASCII layout, only the characters A-Z are textured. Lowercase a-z is an exact copy of the uppercase.

It references ascii_sga.png.

Supported characters

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ascii_sga.png

This is the Standard Galactic Alphabet mapped to the ASCII layout. Only uppercase and lowercase A-Z are mapped, and the uppercase and lowercase are identical.

List of characters (unordered)

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

History

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Java Edition

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Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Added the Standard Galactic Alphabet.

Bedrock Edition

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Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1			build 1				Added the Standard Galactic Alphabet.

Other

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October 3, 2017							A limited edition grass block-themed Xbox One S is released. On the console is a secret message written in the galactic alphabet, reading "never dig straight down."
March 26, 2019							VR goggles first introduced in the novel Minecraft: Woodsword Chronicles novel Into the Game! feature the engraving "Team Work" written in the language.
May 31, 2019							The Xbox easter egg is brought up in the second episode of Ten Things You Probably Didn't Know About Minecraft.
May 31, 2019							M.A.R.I.L.L.A. claims that the message actually says "Your translation software has expired, please purchase a new license_" while trying to translate it upside down.
July 6, 2021							The alphabet appears on illustrations in Minecraft: The Dragon.
January 15, 2025							The alphabet appears inscribed on the Earth Crystal in Oreo x A Minecraft Movie Experience.
March 4, 2025							Illustrations of the alphabet inscribed on the Earth Crystal appear in A Minecraft Movie Official Coloring Book.
April 4, 2025							The Standard Galactic Alphabet appears inscribed on the Earth Crystal in A Minecraft Movie.