BMFont Class support special characters?

bravcm

Can anybody tell me why BMFont class does not support special characters (CP1250 - šŠčČćĆžŽđĐ)???

Thanks!

atilim

BMFont (https://github.com/gideros/bmfont) doesn't support unicode characters.

But latest version of Gideros supports BMFont format natively. Just load your bitmap font with Font.new("font.fnt", "font.png") and create your TextField.

bravcm

Thanks, this works, but all chars are black! My font png file contains fancy font design ....
any idea why?

atilim

Can you attach your font file? (.fnt and .png files)

bravcm

No problem ...

bravcm

my code:
...
local font = Font.new("font/DroidSerif-BoldItalic.txt", "font/DroidSerif-BoldItalic.png")
local scoreLabel = TextField.new(font,"Hello Giderans xy šššššššššššŠčČćĆžŽđĐ!")
scoreLabel:setPosition(10, 30)
stage:addChild(scoreLabel)
...

atilim

If you open DroidSerif-BoldItalic.txt and delete "alphaChnl=0 redChnl=4 greenChnl=4 blueChnl=4" then it'll be displayed correctly.

btw, which tool did you use? because "alphaChnl=0 redChnl=4 greenChnl=4 blueChnl=4" means "white text with alpha" but apparently your text is green with some outline

bravcm

Super, works now! My procedure: first I have used Gideros Font Creator, import font and at the end add some unicode characters. After that I exported font to png file and open it in Photoshop, redesign it and overwrite generated png file. I've never modify font's txt file! I can confirm: attributes "alphaChnl=0 redChnl=4 greenChnl=4 blueChnl=4" was added to txt file by Gideros Font Creator.

atilim

whoa that's great. Gideros Font Creator adds "alphaChnl=0 redChnl=4 greenChnl=4 blueChnl=4" because it exports white text with alpha.

Also there is another option without removing "alphaChnl=0 redChnl=4 greenChnl=4 blueChnl=4". If you only add scoreLabel:setTextColor(0xffffff), it'll be again displayed correctly.

bravcm

Good to know. Thank you atilim!