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[colorthemap]

I am starting to make a rouge like in SDL and I require a bitmap font set.  I want one of these because, if in the future, this turns into something decent I want it to be graphic modifiable.

My question:  Are there any fonts I can legally convert and distribute in my game?  Which font does dwarf fortress use?

[Levi]

Well, at the very least these ones should be good:  http://openfontlibrary.org/fonts

[colorthemap]

Thank you sir I guess I'll settle for them at present.

[colorthemap]

Now if anyone knew a way to convert these files to .bmp or .png that would be great.

[nenjin]

Load font into GIMP.

Create Image.

Type the character set.

Save image.

Crop out each individual character. Save as .jpg.

Or keep it as a sheet if you have something that can read it.

[colorthemap]

WOW I'm dumb!  Thanks for the help I'll try it.

[colorthemap]

Now I do that but it is all pixelated?  Do I do simply text tool in each tile box for all chars I need?

[qwertyuiopas]

One alternative, a font I started making long ago (the only characters I didn't make were the two dwarf faces)



I don't mind if anyone uses it, though it isn't necessarily anywhere near the greatest font ever.

[Biag]

Downloaded, because it was pretty.

To solve the pixelation problem: don't save it as a .jpg. Jpegs use some kind of weird antialiasing filter that screws up low-resolution images, like fonts or most game sprites. Save it as a .bmp, or a .png if you're feeling fancy.

[ILikePie]

Courier New, it's used in Linux terminals and whatnot, and you should already have it.

[alfie275]

Also, it's roguelike, not rougelike.

[nenjin]

Yeah, sorry. I said .jpg out of habit. Use another file format that doesn't crappify it.

[colorthemap]

Thanks for the help I think I'll use the one supplied here already by the upper poster, much better than I could ever hope to do.

[Javewa]

http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/

This tool turns any font into a bmp or png and outputs the character information into a data file (text, xml, binary). Takes a bit of effort to read the information and adjust the letters to tiles, as opposed to just square letters in a texture, but I always found it very useful.

Always make sure you have a proper license or use completely free fonts. They're not that easy to find.