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You can leave a row or two free for the descenders, and it doesn't look too objectionable. An 8x8 grid is plenty for a useful character set. Some examples: https://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-in-8-bits-system-fonts/ https://damieng.com/blog/2011/02/20/typography-in-8-bits-sys... There's even a couple of 6x8 ones here: https://damieng.com/blog/2014/07/20/typography-in-bits-other-english-micros https://damieng.com/blog/2014/07/20/typography-in-bits-other...