# Text Fallback Fillers, an alternative to ASCII fallbacks

**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/text-fallback-fillers-an-alternative-to-ascii-fallbacks/24573
**Category:** The Lab
**Created:** [August 25, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/text-fallback-fillers-an-alternative-to-ascii-fallbacks/24573 "2020-08-25T21:52:43Z")
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### Author: ![int\_ua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/int_ua/32/4402_2.png) [@int\_ua](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/int_ua)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/text-fallback-fillers-an-alternative-to-ascii-fallbacks/24573/1 "2020-08-25T21:52:43Z")

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Generated tiles that contain in-game names for using when you don’t like ASCII fallbacks: [https://github.com/int-ua/CDDA-Tileset-TFF](https://github.com/int-ua/CDDA-Tileset-TFF)

 ![TFF1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/b/bf1af20560ecec84a9f17fdf4dfbbb1b1123ccdc.png)

Furniture and terrain types were not included to avoid confusion until differing styles will be worked out.

Can also be used as a boilerplate for filling a tileset.

Require Python to run CDDA `compose.py` script.

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### Author: ![int\_ua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/int_ua/32/4402_2.png) [@int\_ua](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/int_ua)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/text-fallback-fillers-an-alternative-to-ascii-fallbacks/24573/2 "2020-08-26T23:32:51Z")

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Added support for per-type backgrounds. On this image all `monster` fallbacks have the yellow blob on the background:

 ![2020-08-27-1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/5/5a7efad6eb7ee03484a8bd84a60db2e2429894e2.png)