The manual is included with the tool, but for those who wish to take a look at it

Autofit font size for target texture size.

Use TrueType fonts directly from the file without installing them first.

Needs special shader to unpack during rendering, but saves a lot of memory

Optional packing of characters with outline into 1 channel.

Import colored images as characters, supports: bmp, jpg, tga, dds, png.

Select characters from text file, supports both UTF8 and UTF16 encoded files.

Configurable padding and spacing between characters.

Anti-aliasing, both through Windows native font smoothing and super sampling.

Needs special shader to render with, but saves a lot of memory

Option for packing 4 layers of font images into 1 32bit texture.

8bit or 32bit texture output (TGA, PNG, and DDS files).

Binary format is available for those that prefer that

Easy to use file format, either normal text file or xml files.

Support for complete Unicode 13.0 character set, as well as 8 bit OEM character sets.

Downloadsĭownload 32bit & 64bit executable for v1.14a (1.28MB, 8) Features Recommend PUPP, another free product from AngelCode. If you don't have an image viewer capable of reading TGA, PNG, or DDS files, I The program is freeware and open source, but a donation is greatly appreciated. Generates both image files and character descriptions that can be read by a game for easy This image gives you an idea about how fontopia works.This program will allow you to generate bitmap fonts from TrueType fonts. If you are using Fedora GNU/Linux, you can download the package using dnf/yum.įeel free to contact me for any issues related to the development, enhancement, bugfixes or anything Fontopia-related. You can find more about Fontopia from its home page at the GNU project site. So, you see, while vector fonts are the candy to your eyes, bitmap fonts are the backbone of screen display, simply put. Even if you don't use the terminal directly, you should know that it is there: when you boot your system, when your system administrator asks you to open the 'black window' and 'type in some lines of text' to get a problem fixed.

This is despite the fact that (from a practical point of view), bitmapped fonts are more important to the function of a computer, as they drive the way your terminal displays information to you.

Usually vector fonts (like TTF and OTF) get all the fuss and attention, while bitmap fonts (like PSF and CP fonts) get lost to the oblivion of forgetfulness.

Bitmap font editor