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Preliminary remark: for demonstration purposes, this page makes use of special characters. This wiki page is supposed to be encoded in Unicode (UTF-8), therefore, you should see all the special characters correctly. | Preliminary remark: for demonstration purposes, this page makes use of special characters. This wiki page is supposed to be encoded in Unicode (UTF-8), therefore, you should see all the special characters correctly. | ||
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=== WFN === | === WFN === | ||
'''You may | '''You may consider WFN the "official" AGS font format,''' even though historically it used to be a file format from an MS-DOS third-party tool in the mid-90's. | ||
You could also see WFN fonts as SCI fonts turned "AGS-ready". | You could also see WFN fonts as SCI fonts turned "AGS-ready". | ||
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=== How to create a 128-characters font from scratch? === | === How to create a 128-characters font from scratch? === | ||
<span style="font-size:120%; color:mediumorchid; font-weight:bold;">Radiant's Font Editor</span> | |||
That's the simplest scenario : | That's the simplest scenario : | ||
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=== A more versatile AGS-dedicated tool : Rulaman's WFN-FontEditor === | === A more versatile AGS-dedicated tool : Rulaman's WFN-FontEditor === | ||
<span style="font-size:120%; color:mediumorchid; font-weight:bold;">Rulaman's WFN-FontEditor</span> | |||
[[image:Font_Editor_Plugin_Rulaman.png|thumb|right|320px|Rulaman's WFN-FontEditor as plugin in the AGS Editor]] | [[image:Font_Editor_Plugin_Rulaman.png|thumb|right|320px|Rulaman's WFN-FontEditor as plugin in the AGS Editor]] | ||
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==== zoo977's process using 'BitFont Maker 2' ==== | ==== zoo977's process using 'BitFont Maker 2' ==== | ||
<span style="font-size:120%; color:mediumorchid; font-weight:bold;">BitFont Maker 2</span> | |||
Read [http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=53390.msg636534667#msg636534667 here]. A very comprehensive tutorial. | Read [http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=53390.msg636534667#msg636534667 here]. A very comprehensive tutorial. | ||
==== Rulaman's TtfWfnSci ==== | ==== Rulaman's TtfWfnSci ==== | ||
<span style="font-size:120%; color:mediumorchid; font-weight:bold;">Rulaman's TtfWfnSci</span> | |||
If can be found [http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=49611.0 in this forum thread] with some explanations or on a [http://selmiak.bplaced.net/stuff/AGS/TTF-Test.exe quick mirror]. | If can be found [http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=49611.0 in this forum thread] with some explanations or on a [http://selmiak.bplaced.net/stuff/AGS/TTF-Test.exe quick mirror]. | ||
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==== Calin Leafshade's "SpriteFont renderer" plugin ==== | ==== Calin Leafshade's "SpriteFont renderer" plugin ==== | ||
<span style="font-size:120%; color:mediumorchid; font-weight:bold;">Calin Leafshade's "SpriteFont renderer" plugin</span> | |||
It can be found [http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=44359.msg591862#msg591862 here]. | It can be found [http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=44359.msg591862#msg591862 here]. | ||
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==== Nirogen's FontStudio ==== | ==== Nirogen's FontStudio ==== | ||
<span style="font-size:120%; color:mediumorchid; font-weight:bold;">Nirogen's FontStudio</span> | |||
It can be found [http://www.ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=47802 here]. | It can be found [http://www.ogre3d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=47802 here]. | ||
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=== Use a GOOD text editor === | === Use a GOOD text editor === | ||
<span style="font-size:120%; color:mediumorchid; font-weight:bold;">Notepad++</span> | |||
First of all, do yourself a favour. '''Never EVER use Notepad to open a text file'''. Instead, use an editor that won't silently mess with the current encoding when you save. | First of all, do yourself a favour. '''Never EVER use Notepad to open a text file'''. Instead, use an editor that won't silently mess with the current encoding when you save. | ||
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You can even push further: what if you want to try and decode this Wiki document with a different characters page? -- that is, not the one that was intended for it? What if, without changing the actual numbers that are stored in memory, you wanted tu use "Latin 2" instead of "Latin 1" to view the page? Well you can. All you have to do is save the page as a file on your desktop, then open it with the text editor I recommended earlier (Notepad++). | You can even push further: what if you want to try and decode this Wiki document with a different characters page? -- that is, not the one that was intended for it? What if, without changing the actual numbers that are stored in memory, you wanted tu use "Latin 2" instead of "Latin 1" to view the page? Well you can. All you have to do is save the page as a file on your desktop, then open it with the text editor I recommended earlier (Notepad++). | ||
<span style="color:red;">(this section is not fully rewritten yet)</span> | |||
=== How does it apply to AGS? === | === How does it apply to AGS? === | ||