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(NOTE: I'm aware that NitroFont has a copyleft license, whereas NitroFont Mini is left with a permissive one. Since NitroFont Mini doesn't have any samples taken from soundfonts made by Duwindu Tharinda (such as ColomboGMGS2), I don't have to change the license to a stricter one.)
NitroFont Mini is a smaller version of the NitroFont soundfont, taking up only ~5.5 MB compared to NitroFont's ~70 MB. The small filesize was achieved thanks to lower-quality samples and smaller quantities of samples overall. When it comes to drumsets, only the standard one is included, but I might add the other GS sets in the near future. I don't think that'll make NitroFont Mini a lot bigger.
NitroFont Mini has finally been updated on October 24, 2025, with the release of version 1.1, which is based on NitroFont 1.52, the version of NitroFont Mini's higher-quality sister released the same day. The previous version of NitroFont Mini, 1.0, was still based on NitroFont 1.1 and 1.1_1.
It's actually hard to think of reasons to use a lower-quality, more compact version of NitroFont, because old computers are rare nowadays. But still, if you have limited disk space or sluggish download speeds, NitroFont Mini can be a good alternative for you. NitroFont isn't completely faithful to NitroFont, but still does sound similar to the latter.
Once again, it's important to note that some free (as in "freedom") soundfonts have samples of dubious origin. So, if you notice a non-free sample in NitroFont, please let me know. I'll try to replace it as quickly as possible and do my best at preventing myself from getting into a legal situation.
Sample sources (again, if I missed someone, let me know so I can credit them):
NitroFont Mini is a smaller version of the NitroFont soundfont, taking up only ~5.5 MB compared to NitroFont's ~70 MB. The small filesize was achieved thanks to lower-quality samples and smaller quantities of samples overall. When it comes to drumsets, only the standard one is included, but I might add the other GS sets in the near future. I don't think that'll make NitroFont Mini a lot bigger.
NitroFont Mini has finally been updated on October 24, 2025, with the release of version 1.1, which is based on NitroFont 1.52, the version of NitroFont Mini's higher-quality sister released the same day. The previous version of NitroFont Mini, 1.0, was still based on NitroFont 1.1 and 1.1_1.
It's actually hard to think of reasons to use a lower-quality, more compact version of NitroFont, because old computers are rare nowadays. But still, if you have limited disk space or sluggish download speeds, NitroFont Mini can be a good alternative for you. NitroFont isn't completely faithful to NitroFont, but still does sound similar to the latter.
Once again, it's important to note that some free (as in "freedom") soundfonts have samples of dubious origin. So, if you notice a non-free sample in NitroFont, please let me know. I'll try to replace it as quickly as possible and do my best at preventing myself from getting into a legal situation.
Sample sources (again, if I missed someone, let me know so I can credit them):
- GeneralUser GS by S. Christian Collins
- Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth by William Borges (samples from Roland and Microsoft)
- Creative 1MBGM by E-mu and Creative Labs
- Creative 2MBGM by E-mu and Creative Labs
- Super Mario World/All-Stars Instruments by William Borges
- Sonivox EAS 2.00 by Sonivox
- Nintendo 64 Soundfont by Tristan Salvador Ceja Valencia
- Playersounds Compiled '23 by Playersounds
- WBS Soundfont Lite by William Borges
- MediaTek MT6276 by William Borges (samples from MediaTek)
- LG G5400 By OKI, Casio, 2003
- Nokia 5140i (Chippy bank) by Nokia
- A320U by Milton Paredes
- Smash Remix by VidBew
- Super Mario 64 by Pablo's Corner (re-distributed by Damien Reed)
- KEmulator by William Borges
- Sonivox FM by OnuteWORLD Server (samples from Sonivox)
- Mother 3 by Benisthebest2021
- Creative 4MBGM by E-mu and Creative Labs
- Sonivox EAS 1.80 by Sonivox
- Chaos V20 by an unknown user
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