bit map fonts

[Jibs]

I was wondering if someone could explain how to set up text blitter to work with bitmap fonts. No matter what font image I put in there the text is gibberish, lol.

also would be interested in making my own in photoshop. Is there a certain template to follow?

[DavidN]

If it helps to look at examples, I put together an MFA with some that I'd taken from the Amiga - http://www.clickteam.info/davidn/bitmapfonts.mfa . Have a look at their properties - two important things to remember are that the "image size" properties on one of the early tabs has to match the size of the image that you give the object, and that before you go into the test dialog where you can type letters and have them appear in the window, you have to press OK and re-open the object to ensure that all your changes have been saved.

[Jibs]

Just can't seem to figure it all out. Only thing that I can get working is the default font, lol. I may be able to work with that, and just add my letters over top of it, and then delete that layer in photoshop. Are there any other alternatives to using blitter? I'm going to be doing a lot of typewritter style text...one thing that works, and looks well is doing letter by letter framed animation...but that would take a lifetime, and a lot of hard work getting the timing right in the events..