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[YetAnotherSuperhero]

Hi, I'm new here and started learning Python and libtcod (because of the The Roguelike Development Megathread)

And it's going pretty good! yay!

Anyhoo...

I'm currently making a map for the roguelike and am wondering if there is a SQUARE monospaced font I can use in gedit (I'm on Linux Mint) because that'd make constructing the map much easier.

Thanks.

[Zaerosz]

As I recall, most of the DF graphics packs use square fonts, so you could try using whatever they're using. Not sure what any of them are called, though, since I play in ASCII.

[uggi]

Not exactly square, but maybe close enough for your purposes: http://www.fonts2u.com/topaz-8.font

[MagmaMcFry]

As I recall, most of the DF graphics packs use square fonts, so you could try using whatever they're using. Not sure what any of them are called, though, since I play in ASCII.

Actually, he wants a font you can use in an editor. The DF fonts are just images that DF uses as display tilesets.



If I want to create text-format maps, I do the following:
First I draw the map in Gimp, because it's easier in Gimp. Then I convert the image to Indexed (with no more than 90 colors in the palette) and save it as an XPM image. Next, I open the XPM image in gedit and remove the unnecessary stuff around the text representation of the image. Finally, I apply a liberal dose of Perl's tr/// operator to replace the characters with those I want them to be. You can also use the "Search and replace" tool if you don't Perl, but beware, it's SLOW.

[Max White]

Curses?

[MagmaMcFry]

Curses?

Actually, he wants a font you can use in an editor. The DF fonts are just images that DF uses as display tilesets.

[Max White]

Ooh... Use graphicsGale to convert curses?

[MagmaMcFry]

Ooh... Use graphicsGale to convert curses?

I think you're missing the point here. He doesn't need a display font for his roguelike (he's probably got one already), he just wants a font, usable in editors and word processors, in which the characters are as wide as they are high. He wants to write maps for his roguelike in an editor, and if the characters in the font the editor uses are square, then square buildings and such will appear square while he's editing them.

[Max White]

Like I said, use graphicsGale to convert curses to a font. It can do that.

[MagmaMcFry]

Really? I looked all over the site and didn't find anything remotely close to that.

[mrpsbrk]

Maybe this? http://www.1001fonts.com/software-tester-7-font.html

[MagmaMcFry]

Dat necro

[My Name is Immaterial]

1684 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes and 17 seconds, to be exact.

[Egan_BW]

Now that there is impressive. Wonder if they tried reading all the threads from the start or something.

[pol]

Just in case someone else ends up here, this is what I found:

http://strlen.com/square

Which looks quite nice.