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--- proton:rtfont [2012/03/21 03:20] – [How to make a new font] linuxlovelinux99
+++ proton:rtfont [2012/09/26 22:40] (current) – seth
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 ====Using RTFont====
-RTFont is class to load and blit bitmapped fonts.  It loads a custom .rtfont format which includes kerning data, the font image, colors for "color codes".  (Old school BBS people who played LORD may remember this as "Seth ANSI", it just allows you to change color easy in a text string)
+RTFont is a class to load and blit bitmapped fonts.  It loads a custom .rtfont format which includes kerning data, the font image, colors for "color codes".  (Old school BBS people who played LORD may remember this as "Seth ANSI", it just allows you to change color easy in a text string)
 Example of use:
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 For the trajan font it needs (located in RTSimpleApp/media/interface) :
   * font_trajan.fnt (kerning data and locations of each character in the bmp, output by BMFont)
-  * font_trajan_00.png (the bitmap itself, a png with alpha)
+  * font_trajan_00.png (the bitmap itself, a png with alpha)(output by BMFont)
-  * font_trajan.txt (a text file with directions for RTPack.exe on what file names to load and what color codes should do)
+  * font_trajan.txt (a text file with directions for RTPack.exe on what file names to load and what color codes should do.. you have to make this)
 BMFont is [[http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/|AngelCode's Bitmap Font Generator]], a free utility to generate bmps and data for fonts.
-RTPack.exe can be found in /shared/win/utils and can only be run on a Windows system at the moment(unless you use wine RTpack.exe -opts etc).
+RTPack.exe can be found in **/shared/win/utils**.  If you're on linux/osx, check [[proton:rtpack|here]] for info on compiling it.  (It also works using wine: RTPack.exe -opts etc).
 The command line to make this font is: