The font will then be compressed to a single file that can be easily shared with friends.All basic functions are available: Cut, Resize and Crop. If you want, you can also save it as a package. This will copy the font XML and the texture(s) to Novelty's asset library. Once that's done, you have the option to change the name and add a filter. and navigate to the FNT-file you just generated. This will bring up the bitmap font import wizard. In the File-menu, select Import assets->Bitmap fonts. Once you've generated the texture(s) and FNT-file, you chould bring up Novelty. When you're happy with how it looks, save your font. To preview the font texture(s), click Options->Visualize If the font can't fit within a texture, additional texture files will be generated. You also need to make sure that the Bit depth is set to 32 or else your font won't have any transparency.Īs for the texture size it depends on the size of the font.
There are a couple of things here that you need to consider:įirst and foremost you need to make sure that the Font descriptor is set to XML, as it's the only format that Novelty can interpret. If you click Options->Expert options or press T you get treated to even more settings. If you want your font to include letters and signs from non-latin languages make sure to set the Charset to Unicode. Most of the settings in this dialog are self-explanatory. The FTN-file holds all the information Novelty needs to find the characters in the textures.Ĭlick Options->Font settings or press F to pick a font. The tool then generates the font as one or more texture-files and an FNT-file. In the case of unicode fonts you can pick which languages to include. You select a font that's on your computer and tweak the settings to fit your needs. Using the Bitmap Font GeneratorīFG is very easy to use. Luckily there is a very good tool that makes it fast and easy and it's called Bitmap Font Generator, by Andreas Jönsson ( The tool can generate a bitmap font in a format that Novelty is capable of importing.īFG is included with Novelty, but if you want to get the latest version, read tutorials or just pay tribute to the developer you can visit the official site.
Bitmap fonts are a great way to customize your novel's look and feel, but they can be quite tedious to produce manually.
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