bitmap text

Text drawn from pre-made pixel images of each character rather than scalable outlines.

Bitmap text renders characters by copying small pixel images (a bitmap font) to the screen, as opposed to vector fonts that mathematically scale glyphs. It is simple and fast, ideal for UIs, debug overlays, or retro looks, and it appears as a distinct layer type in a UI renderer. The tradeoff is that it doesn't scale smoothly to arbitrary sizes.