Questions tagged [pixel-fonts]

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Make dialogs compatible with "large fonts".

Which do you think are best practices for making a windows dialog compatible both with standard fonts (96 dpi) and "large fonts" setting (120 dpi) so that objects don't overlap or get cut off? BTW: Just in case it's relevant, I'm interested in doing…
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What libraries are available to help create 2D Java games for phones?

I want to begin developing 2D Java games for phones (on J2ME) therefore I'd like to know if any libraries or "engines" exist to help out in the various graphical tasks: Drawing text with pixel fonts? Drawing bitmaps for sprites with multiple frames…
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Combine several bitmaps into (TrueType) font

I have several (~200) small bitmap files with glyph images. How can I combine them to a single bitmap font file? Actually, I need a TrueType font created from these bitmaps (with no curves, smoothing, vectorization or any transformations). It's a…
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AS3: Cannot type in an input TextField with an embedded pixel font

In order to use a pixel font in my textfields, I have created a font class in the Flash IDE. Then, I created a TextField instance with the font embedded with the anti aliasing set to bitmap. I export an SWC with all those things. I created a class…
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I need a Windows-compatible, square pixel font

I'm looking for a square pixel font, preferably 8x8 pixels per character. I would like it to look something like this: ibm-style font http://dwarf.lendemaindeveille.com/images/0/0e/CGA8x8thick.png I need more or less every character shown here,…
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