Time for action – loading AngelCode fonts

In your own game project, you will want to use a font that emphasizes your game's atmosphere. The Font Creator plugin makes it easy to create bitmap fonts from system fonts.

  1. Install a cool font into your system; for example, a free font from http://www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/.
  2. Go to Tools | Plugins, and then go to the Available Plugins tab. Choose the Font Creator plugin and click on Install. Restart the SDK.
  3. Choose File | New File | GUI | Font from the main menu. The font creator wizard opens.
  4. Select the free font and click on Next.
  5. Specify font style and size, and click on Finish. The font is saved into your project's assets/Interface/Fonts directory.
  6. Load yourCustomFont.fnt from your project directory ...

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