Fantastic video! Super informative and helpful! I'll get to this point one day with my homebrew. What software were you using for making the png before reimporting to shoebox?
Almost any design software will let you do this, I was using the free version of Figma. You can use photoshop or illustrator or Inkscape or lots of other apps too
Are you still using an image for the "Led Zeppelin" on the main start screen? I ask because of how the "E"s are overlapping the nearby letters, which I imagine you couldn't replicate with Shoebox, right?
Hey Steve, I've designed my bitmap font but no matter what I do I'm not getting it displaying in MPF, I'm just editing mc_demo at the moment to test the fonts and not showing up. Can you share the current config.yaml or an example with a bitmap font? I'm guessing it is declared outside of the actual slide use, then referenced in the slide?
you'll need to add in a line to tell MPF it's a bitmap font: bitmap_font: true Have you added that? check the MPF docs for their instructions on bitmap fonts, it's explained really well there, too - let me know if continue to have issues, ok?
I'm always happy when I see a new PR notification pop up
Thanks a lot, I always learn something new!
Looking great, Steve. Looking forward to seeing this on the machine's display!
Always excited for a new video
Great vid! Good to see more video on this project! Good luck and keep going!
This game is gonna be sick. I bet chat gpt could help write your code too!
Fantastic video! Super informative and helpful! I'll get to this point one day with my homebrew. What software were you using for making the png before reimporting to shoebox?
Almost any design software will let you do this, I was using the free version of Figma. You can use photoshop or illustrator or Inkscape or lots of other apps too
Are you still using an image for the "Led Zeppelin" on the main start screen? I ask because of how the "E"s are overlapping the nearby letters, which I imagine you couldn't replicate with Shoebox, right?
Correct, I’m using images with the actual font anywhere I don’t need dynamic text. All dynamic text is using the bitmap fonts.
If I see ya at TPF I'll say hi. Unless you're looking like you don't want strangers coming up and saying hi. 🤣
Hahah yes stop me and say Hi! I'm not bringing my machine, but I'll be there with my wife!
Hey Steve,
I've designed my bitmap font but no matter what I do I'm not getting it displaying in MPF, I'm just editing mc_demo at the moment to test the fonts and not showing up.
Can you share the current config.yaml or an example with a bitmap font? I'm guessing it is declared outside of the actual slide use, then referenced in the slide?
you'll need to add in a line to tell MPF it's a bitmap font:
bitmap_font: true
Have you added that? check the MPF docs for their instructions on bitmap fonts, it's explained really well there, too - let me know if continue to have issues, ok?