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[Kumquat]

Since square is a rectangle, I'd say we're pretty much stuck with rectangular tilesets unless Toady switches the game to use hex map. 

Somehow I don't see that happening very soon.

[FearfulJesuit]

Hexagonal DF would be...

...I'm not actually sure what to say about that.

[AutomataKittay]

Hexagonal DF would be...

...I'm not actually sure what to say about that.

I want to try it out. It'd be interesting for sure!

[oven_baked]

I believe there is a built in square set, Go into your D-init and enable it!

I play with it since it's easy to read, I hate graphical sets because they are ugly and it's harder to see what things are.

[krenshala]

One thing I love about how Toady programmed DF is that the embark map adjusts what it displays based on the aspect ratio/size of the tileset you are using.  Export a map from Legends mode using a non-square tileset, then do it again using a square tileset that uses the same characters and you should see some minor differences in things, but the overall map will be the same. Genius.

Myself, I use square tilesets because I prefer square rooms to be squares on my screen.

I definitely recommend trying a non-picture tileset to everyone.  There are a number of nice ones in the tileset repository in the wiki.  The one I use when I'm not using Phoebus is the font that the Phoebus set uses so its nice and legible. I do agree about non-square tilesets being easier to read sometimes, however.  It all depends on your preferences, your monitor and your display resolution.

[sadron]

I believe there is a built in square set, Go into your D-init and enable it!

I play with it since it's easy to read, I hate graphical sets because they are ugly and it's harder to see what things are.

Ah yeah I forgot the game came with several tilesets.

[Urist McEngraver]

When I first started getting into Dwarf Fortress, my brother installed DF with Mike Mayday's tileset, so I've always used that.

I sometimes use the default tileset and Phoebus, but the default tileset wasn't quite square and confused me.

[sadron]

When I first started getting into Dwarf Fortress, my brother installed DF with Mike Mayday's tileset, so I've always used that.

I sometimes use the default tileset and Phoebus, but the default tileset wasn't quite square and confused me.

That's why I use Unknown_curses_12x12.

[pbnjoe]

When I first started getting into Dwarf Fortress, my brother installed DF with Mike Mayday's tileset, so I've always used that.

I sometimes use the default tileset and Phoebus, but the default tileset wasn't quite square and confused me.

That's why I use Unknown_curses_12x12.

Thank you very much, I've been wanting exactly what that set offers. Thank you thank you

[expwnent]

I recommend Bisasam's tileset, available on the wiki. It's just curses with a nicer font (also it's square).

[Itnetlolor]

I use square tilesets mostly for the reason that when I make square rooms, I want them to look square. Also measuring for projects or fort design is much easier with both directions balanced and equal in scale.

I only really use rectangles otherwise to make sure it looks right when recording. For example, my airship in square tilesets looks rather stubby in design; switch to rectangle, and now it fits the profile a little better in design. In a sense, I sorta also designed it to look appealing in either tileset formats.

[sadron]

When I first started getting into Dwarf Fortress, my brother installed DF with Mike Mayday's tileset, so I've always used that.

I sometimes use the default tileset and Phoebus, but the default tileset wasn't quite square and confused me.

That's why I use Unknown_curses_12x12.

Thank you very much, I've been wanting exactly what that set offers. Thank you thank you

Glad I could assist. That set was basically the ASCII set I wanted, it was pretty much identical, just square.

[pbnjoe]

Glad I could assist. That set was basically the ASCII set I wanted, it was pretty much identical, just square.

Same here, because of:

I use square tilesets mostly for the reason that when I make square rooms, I want them to look square. Also measuring for projects or fort design is much easier with both directions balanced and equal in scale.