Font help

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peeves91
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Font help

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I am trying to display a timer in a corner of my screen and i need a descent sized font, but the game's default font is way too small. Can someone please point me to a bigger font? Thanks!
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Re: Font help

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There's a font-tool (either in bin or in tools) which can be used to convert any font to a bitmap font.
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Re: Font help

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I created a font, made a font variable in my program, but when I try to display the font, it throws an unhandled exception error.
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Needs more information - as first check look at the console output if it mentions any errors. Maybe it doesn't find the font for example.
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Re: Font help

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Thanks! I checked the console, and it was saying it couldn't open the .bmp file, and if it was made with the font tool, to try to open the .xml. Once I did this, the fonts are opening and displaying perfectly! Thanks again! :D :D :D
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