PIXEL FONTS Which program to use?
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Printed Date: 11 September 2025 at 10:38am
Topic: PIXEL FONTS Which program to use?
Posted By: A.B. Lazer
Subject: PIXEL FONTS Which program to use?
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 10:51am
| Hi. When all text in the piece is just ENERGY, LIVES and such, drawing each letter and copying it by hand is easy. But when there's need to type something longer than a single word, it is just pain and waste of time. So I decided to make several font files. But which program to use for making a pixel font? |
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Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 11:05am
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I use http://www.math.nmsu.edu/~mleisher/Software/gbdfed/ - gbdfed . I think you have to compile it from source, and I don't know what OS you're using, but it says "It does not yet compile and run properly on Windows." ------------- |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 11:12am
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Depends one where this font is going to be used. Some programs have a built-in font editor.
-------------  "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso 
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Posted By: A.B. Lazer
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 11:13am
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Thanks. I use Win XP.
And MS Paint. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 12:15pm
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Make your own here http://www.pentacom.jp/soft/ex/font/edit.html - http://www.pentacom.jp/soft/ex/font/edit.html its awesome!!! You can also get bitmap fonts made by others. More, in the gallery's link section. ------------- |
Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 12:16pm
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That's awesome. ------------- |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 12:23pm
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Very. I've made all my 'fonts' there. Check out their gallery for other fun stuff. A great 'color blind' color one...I hear...dunno, I'm not color blind :| ------------- |
Posted By: A.B. Lazer
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 12:39pm
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Thank you. One real drawback is that with web-based application you meant to complete the whole set in one sitting and not able to change it in the future. But it looks useful and simple enough, so I'll give it a go, when will have enough time.
In links section there are only links to free fonts except http://www.iamcal.com/misc/fonts/pixfonttut/part1.php - one which, anyhow, deals with such mazochistic way of making pixel font, that almost prohibits any complex lettering. |
Posted By: A.B. Lazer
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 6:04am
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So, I tried it and prepared my usual 5 pixels-high set. Installed it ( http://desktoppub.about.com/cs/fixfonts/ht/install_fonts_w.htm - here how to do it in Windows ). Then started MS Paint. The main problem that I don't know how to overcome - spacing of letters is t o o _ w i d e. It is possible that there is no means to ajust it in MS Paint.
Here is screengrab - log of what I done until MS Paint crashed. Yes, crashed! I doubt that it deals with new font, but I never typed anything complex in MS Paint on my current machine, so I can't be shure. 
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Date Posted: 17 December 2009 at 12:52am
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