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Jedi Padawan
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Posted: 4th Jul 2009 07:29
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How can I make fonts?

Any ideas - this place is the best (intelligent people here only!)
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Rudolpho
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Posted: 4th Jul 2009 12:32 Edited at: 4th Jul 2009 12:32
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No, you can't.

Seriously though, what do you mean by "font"?
A bitmap font, a TrueType font, or something else?
I'm going to assume that you mean a TrueType (standard one-colour windows font accessible through most programs that use fonts when installed).
I don't know how to make them, but google for "how to make truetype font", and I'm sure you'll find plenty of tutorials.

Here's apparently an application that can create them.

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 4th Jul 2009 13:10
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If you're asking this question, I'm guessing you know too little of how typography works to make a kick-ass font anyway.

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Van B
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Posted: 4th Jul 2009 13:53
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If it's for a game then it's usually best to just make a bitmap font system, scraggle and batvink have both made really nice examples, the sort of thing you could impliment in your game really easily.

Truetype fonts are a lot more complicated, more like using a vector art package. It's not something that everyone can make a good job of, because a lot of font design is stylistic, you have to know how to make letters match in style, which is quite a rare trait. It depends on what you need, but be prepared to take a lot of time over a home made truetype font, it's not something anyone can quickly rustle up, unlike a bitmap font.


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TheComet
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Posted: 4th Jul 2009 16:25
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Quote: "If it's for a game then it's usually best to just make a bitmap font system"


And for really good fonts you can visit www.cooltext.com.


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Jedi Padawan
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Posted: 4th Jul 2009 20:01
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Allright, thanks
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