Font machine is a bitmap font tool for BlitzMax. This tool allows the creation and usage of great bitmap fonts in your blitzmax games.
This application consist on tree tools:
| Font Machine Module | This module lets you use the wonderful FontMachine fonts on BlitzMax. | Free |
| Tutorials | This is a package of free tutorials and rendered bitmap fonts | Free |
| Font Machine editor | This is a .net application that allows the creation of FontMachine fonts | BLIde Plus |
How to install the font machine tool:
1.- Download the font machine module here: Font machine module (new version 1.5.3 Unicode)
2.- Unrar the module source code + compiled module in your mods folder, so at the end you have the following path structure:
Blitzmax\mod\blide.mod\fontmachine.mod
3.- If using BLIde, restart BLIde with the option ‘BLIde updating modules’, so BLIde can see a new module has been installed
4.- Get the fonts package and tutorials here: Tutorial and free fonts
5.- If you want to create your own Bitmap fonts , you can check the Font Machine – Bitmap font editor DEMO or if you are a BLIde Plus user, you can get the full editor version in the customers area.
Some images showing the Font Machine module and Editor:
