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Getting the size right from the start is important. If your goal is just to turn an existing pixel font into a fixed width font, it's pretty easy: select all the glyphs you're going to use or use Edit > Select > Glyphs Worth Outputting, Metrics > Set Width to the maximum width, and Metrics > Center in Width to center them all.
(Strangely enough, if your em size is not a power of 2, FontForge will complain, so by default it's going to complain about the em size! You can safely ignore these warnings - you probably don't want an em size that's a power of two, unless the pixel resolution of your characters is also.) You can change the em size by choosing Element > Font Info from the menu, clicking on the General tab, and changing the value in the box, which by default is 1000. The glyph width is set on a character-by-character basis by choosing Metrics > Set Width from the menu. Pixel width = (glyph width / em size) * font size The size, in pixels, of a character in your font is given by this formula: Knowing this will allow you to get everything pixel-perfect from the beginning. One thing you need to understand right off the bat is how the final pixel size of your font will be calculated. To use an existing font, just open it with File > Open. To create a new empty font, choose File > New - this gives you freedom at the expense of making things a bit more difficult.
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Note that I'm doing this on a Linux system FontForge works on Windows and OS X, but some of the minor details might be different, so you'll have to figure those bits out yourself.Īfter you install and start FontForge, you have two choices: either use an existing font as a starting point, or create everything from scratch. We'll be using FontForge, a free font editor that's quite powerful and easy enough to use once you get the hang of it.
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Note that this tutorial is not so much about how to design the appearance of the font, but in the mechanical aspects of creating a TrueType font that can be rendered by standard text libraries. I'll then cover two options for converting bitmap strikes to outlines so that they'll be rendered correctly by other applications, with a custom shell script I wrote for this purpose that will trick FontForge into tracing pixelated outlines of your bitmaps for you. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a font, how font sizing works, how to draw glyphs by outline, and how to use the bitmap strike editor to draw your font pixel-by-pixel. An advantage to making your own font is the freedom to add whatever symbols your game requires. You may have also noticed that the & symbol is a heart. Note: Glow will usually only apply to the first line of text - see the multi-line option for more details.You'll notice that I've replaced a lot of the latin-1 character set with standard RPG symbols like swords, shields and potions. Note that very dark colours won't work here since the colour selected is an "addition" to the overall glow, so you may need to use a strong colour with this option. Select the colour you want to use with the swatch to the right. Lava, but may need some experimenting with. This can look great with some styles such as It's colour from the nearby edges of your text.
Glow: Two different glow options are available:
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It's not the same as a full 3d render, but can look good for Minecraft and some other Thisģd style: This option will change the perspective of the text to look as if it's drop shadow: The drop shadow option creates a darker shadow underneath your text.
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Textcraft lets you apply some special settings to add some wow to your text.Ĭlick the "Create" button after changing these settings to update your text.