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How to do common tasks in Glyph Designer

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24 Oct 2015, 20:55

Clicking on a font in the font panel on the left of the user interface will change the font being used.
Downloads & Resources
Download files and access resources for Glyph Designer

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24 Oct 2015, 20:59

As well as outputting the data as a text based file, there is also a binary based file format.
Header
The first three bytes of the header are the file identifier and are always set to 66, 77, 70 (BMF). The fourth byte is the version which is currently 3.

After the header are a number of blocks based on the tags described above.
Block type 1: info Field Size Type Pos Comment fontsize 2 int 0 bitField 1 bits 2 bit 0:smooth bit 1:unicode bit 2:italic bit 3:bold bit 4:fixedHeight bits 5-7:reservered charSet 1 uint 3 stretchH 2 uint 4 aa 1 uint 6 paddingUp 2 uint 7 paddingRight 1 uint 8 paddingDown 1 uint 9 paddingLeft 1 uint 10 spacingHoriz 1 uint 11 spacingVert 1 uint 12 outline 1 uint 13 fontName n+1 string 14 null terminated string with length n Block type 2: common Field Size Type Pos Comment lineHeight 2 uint 0 base 2 uint 2 scaleW 2 uint 4 scaleH 2 uint 6 pages 2 uint 8 bitField 1 bits 10 bits 0-6:reserved, bit 7:packed Block type 3: pages Field Size Type Pos Comment pageNames p*(n+1) strings 0 null terminated strings, each with length n Block type 4: chars Field Size Type Pos Comment id 4 uint 0+c*20 these fields are repeated until all characters have been described x 2 uint 4+c*20 y 2 uint 6+c*20 width 2 uint 8+c*20 height 2 uint 10+c*20 xoffset 2 uint 12+c*20 yoffset 2 uint 14+c*20 xadvance 2 uint 16+c*20 page 1 uint 18+c*20 chnl 1 uint 19+c*20
The number of characters in the file can be calculated by taking the size of the block and dividing it with the size of the charInfo structure, i.e. numChars = charsBlock.blockSize/20
SpriteKit
How to use Glyph Designer with SpriteKit

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12 Nov 2015, 21:55

We have released a code version of the SSBitmapFont library. This will enable developers to update the library as needed and also fixes a few problems, including tvOS compatibility.

The new source can be found in the attached project which also provides an example of using SSBitmapFont with tvOS which is why the example project is called tvOSFontTest.

This version of SSBitmapFont doesn't try to do anything clever in terms of identifying the device being used and then picking the right font size. This caused nothing but issues in the old version so this time we have left the decision on which font control file to use up to the developer

You can use this code version by simply copying in the SSBitmapFont group into your project.

tvOSFontTest.zip
Corona SDK
How to use Glyph Designer with the Corona SDK

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'bulk select characters' is not working
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Short, vertically-centered characters glued to baseline
6 Jan 2016, 10:38 • mattparkins 11 May 2016, 13:18

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11 May 2016, 13:18

To my shame I did work out what this was in the end. I had totally forgotten that the fonts in question were replacement ones - i.e., images that substituted the font. Feel free to delete this thread!
Copy, paste, edit included glyphs?
included glyphs edit paste copy • 21 Mar 2016, 18:14 • braddelcat 20 Apr 2017, 11:08

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I'm having huge problems with this feature too. The old GD1 was so easy to use since you could easily modify and edit.

New GD2 is VERY difficult to remove unwanted characters, and bulk adding does not work as intended. When pasting a string, it lumps things together instead of separating each character as a character. PLEASE give us a simple text input like the old GD1. I literally can not work with GD2, it's very very frustrating.
Glyph Designer CLI help -in not working
18 Jul 2017, 17:12 • derek.l 18 Jul 2017, 17:12

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Do I need license for cli
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Load a font that is not installed on my system using GDCL
13 Apr 2016, 14:45 • leah 7 Feb 2017, 20:51

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@Mike
Were you able to update GlyphDesigner to support fonts not installed on the users computer?
How to create an Emoji BitmapFont, or add emojis to a bitmap font
16 Dec 2016, 16:27 • gv3 16 Dec 2016, 16:27

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How to transfer license to a new computer?
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SpriteKit miss alignment problem
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Cannot apply License to Glyph Designer 2
license • 13 May 2016, 10:17 • versicularia 13 May 2016, 10:18

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13 May 2016, 10:18

Hi ya

If you can drop an email to support@71squared.com we'll get the issue sorted out for you.

Regards

Mike
Feature request: Set upper/lower case sizes independently
11 May 2016, 13:22 • mattparkins 11 May 2016, 13:22

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output png with pre-multiplied alpha?
3 Mar 2016, 15:28 • araker 3 Mar 2016, 16:20

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Hi ya

Glyph Designer version 1.9.2 or version 2 does not output PNGs with pre-multiplied alpha. Hope that helps.

Mike

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How To How to do common tasks in Glyph Designer

Downloads & Resources Download files and access resources for Glyph Designer

SpriteKit How to use Glyph Designer with SpriteKit

Corona SDK How to use Glyph Designer with the Corona SDK

Manage Subscription option missing 17 Mar 2018, 00:00 • z06 17 Mar 2018, 00:00

'bulk select characters' is not working 4 Jan 2018, 05:20 • xx9512009 4 Jan 2018, 05:20

Short, vertically-centered characters glued to baseline 6 Jan 2016, 10:38 • mattparkins 11 May 2016, 13:18

Copy, paste, edit included glyphs? included glyphs edit paste copy • 21 Mar 2016, 18:14 • braddelcat 20 Apr 2017, 11:08

Glyph Designer CLI help -in not working 18 Jul 2017, 17:12 • derek.l 18 Jul 2017, 17:12

Do I need license for cli 17 Jul 2017, 19:02 • derek.l 17 Jul 2017, 19:02

Load a font that is not installed on my system using GDCL 13 Apr 2016, 14:45 • leah 7 Feb 2017, 20:51

How to create an Emoji BitmapFont, or add emojis to a bitmap font 16 Dec 2016, 16:27 • gv3 16 Dec 2016, 16:27

How to transfer license to a new computer? 19 Aug 2016, 22:17 • newlette 19 Aug 2016, 22:17

SpriteKit miss alignment problem spritekit • 19 Jun 2016, 07:34 • hwlee2 19 Jun 2016, 07:34

Cannot apply License to Glyph Designer 2 license • 13 May 2016, 10:17 • versicularia 13 May 2016, 10:18

Feature request: Set upper/lower case sizes independently 11 May 2016, 13:22 • mattparkins 11 May 2016, 13:22

output png with pre-multiplied alpha? 3 Mar 2016, 15:28 • araker 3 Mar 2016, 16:20

How To
How to do common tasks in Glyph Designer

Downloads & Resources
Download files and access resources for Glyph Designer

SpriteKit
How to use Glyph Designer with SpriteKit

Corona SDK
How to use Glyph Designer with the Corona SDK

Manage Subscription option missing
17 Mar 2018, 00:00 • z06 17 Mar 2018, 00:00

'bulk select characters' is not working
4 Jan 2018, 05:20 • xx9512009 4 Jan 2018, 05:20

Short, vertically-centered characters glued to baseline
6 Jan 2016, 10:38 • mattparkins 11 May 2016, 13:18

Copy, paste, edit included glyphs?
included glyphs edit paste copy • 21 Mar 2016, 18:14 • braddelcat 20 Apr 2017, 11:08

Glyph Designer CLI help -in not working
18 Jul 2017, 17:12 • derek.l 18 Jul 2017, 17:12

Do I need license for cli
17 Jul 2017, 19:02 • derek.l 17 Jul 2017, 19:02

Load a font that is not installed on my system using GDCL
13 Apr 2016, 14:45 • leah 7 Feb 2017, 20:51

How to create an Emoji BitmapFont, or add emojis to a bitmap font
16 Dec 2016, 16:27 • gv3 16 Dec 2016, 16:27

How to transfer license to a new computer?
19 Aug 2016, 22:17 • newlette 19 Aug 2016, 22:17

SpriteKit miss alignment problem
spritekit • 19 Jun 2016, 07:34 • hwlee2 19 Jun 2016, 07:34

Cannot apply License to Glyph Designer 2
license • 13 May 2016, 10:17 • versicularia 13 May 2016, 10:18

Feature request: Set upper/lower case sizes independently
11 May 2016, 13:22 • mattparkins 11 May 2016, 13:22

output png with pre-multiplied alpha?
3 Mar 2016, 15:28 • araker 3 Mar 2016, 16:20