coppercoil is right, the idea is for it to look decent, and not require alt-view & combinators or multiple tile spaces to achieve simple text.

I was just reading the latest FFF and it mentioned how the Factorio logo was designed as if it were an entity which could theoretically be built in the world, and it made me think: wouldn't it be really awesome to have all letters/numbers/symbols as placeables in game? I know there is a text-plates ...

The title should be mostly self explanatory, if you place turrets in ghost mode, they will not be placed with the rotation you give them (always facing up).

Hi, an avid Factorio lover here! I have just been learning the game's circuit system (yeah, after years!) and hooking up a gate system with my rail network which will display lights with one of 3 colours; green if the train is at the station, yellow (wish it could be orange) if the train's about to ...

Hi there! I would like to ask the devs if they would consider improvements to the Big Power Pole: These are sprited to look like pylons. I think they are a bit small for pylons, given how absolutely mahoosive they are IRL. I propose that these would be better if they have a 3x3 tile footprint, rathe...