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	#~~REDIRECT~~ [[OpenXcom]]		'''Font collection''' is bitmap fonts used by game engine to represent text.

			Original UFO/TFTD engine uses two font types: big ([[BIGLETS.DAT]], 16x16 pixels per character) and small ([[SMALLSET.DAT]], 8x9 pixels per character) for Battlescape and Geoscape. But OpenXcom uses four font types: FontBig, FontGeoBig, FontSmall, FontGeoSmall. All of them described in *.dat file (which is actually YAML-file). Default font collection is placed in Language folder and named simply '''Font.dat'''.

			{\|style="background:darkgray; border:1px solid dimgray;color:white" border="0" height="230" align="center" valign="bottom" cellpadding=10px cellspacing=0px
			\|+style="background:white; color:black"\|'''Font.dat''' fonts (gray background used for transparent files)
			\|-align="center"

			\| [[File:FontBig.png\|border\|none]]
			\| [[File:FontGeoBig.png\|border\|none]]
			\| [[File:FontSmall.png\|border\|none]]
			\| [[File:FontGeoSmall.png\|border\|none]]
			\|-align="center" valign="top"
			\|'''FontBig.png'''
			\|'''FontGeoBig.png'''
			\|'''FontSmall.png'''
			\|'''FontGeoSmall.png'''
			\|}


			''*.dat'' is divided in two sections: ''chars'' and ''fonts''. ''chars'' is string which contain all available characters, provided by this font collection. ''font'' section is bit more complicated:

			{\| class="wikitable" width="100%"
			! width="150"\| Value
			! width="*" \| Description
			! width="80" \| Default
			\|-
			\| '''id'''
			\| Type of charmap
			\| Should be '''FONT_BIG''', '''FONT_SMALL''', '''FONT_GEO_BIG''', or '''FONT_GEO_SMALL'''
			\|-
			\| '''image'''
			\| Relative path to PNG-file with contains actual glyphes
			\|
			\|-
			\| '''width'''
			\| Width of a character
			\|
			\|-
			\| '''height'''
			\| Height of a character
			\|
			\|-
			\| '''spacing'''
			\| Spacing between two characters.
			\|
			\|}

			Each character in PNG-file have own rectangle with ''width'' and ''height''. Characters shouldn't overlapping each other. Characters in .png-file placed by groups with 16 characters in each group and ordered accordingly ''chars'' string. So if you want find actual character in .png file, here formula:

			<code>
			y = (''<number in chars>'' div 16) * ''height''

			x = (''<number in chars>'' mod 16) * ''width''
			</code>

			Here example for default ''Font.dat'':

			<pre>
			chars: >
			!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{\|}~¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖŐŰÙÚÛÜÝÞŸßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöőűùúûüýþÿФИСВУАПРШОЛДЬТЩЗЙКЫЕГМЦЧНЯфисвуапршолдьтщзйкыегмцчнябБжЖхХъЪэЭюЮĆĘęąŁćłĄŚśźżŻŹŃńĂăȘȚșțČĎĚŇŘŠŤŮŽčďěňřšťůžЄєŒœіІїЇøØĞŞİğşıΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρστυφχψωΆΈΉΊΌΎΏάέήίόύώςΐϊĹĽŔĺľŕ∞Ёё
			fonts:
			- id: FONT_BIG
			image: FontBig.png
			width: 16
			height: 16
			spacing: 0
			- id: FONT_SMALL
			image: FontSmall.png
			width: 8
			height: 9
			spacing: -1
			- id: FONT_GEO_BIG
			image: FontGeoBig.png
			width: 5
			height: 9
			spacing: 1
			- id: FONT_GEO_SMALL
			image: FontGeoSmall.png
			width: 5
			height: 7
			spacing: 1
			</pre>


			==Customizing==
			If you want customize font you can make it as mod. During initialization OpenXcom engine searches in [[Ruleset Reference (OpenXcom)\|Ruleset]] ''fontName'' string, which by default is ''Font.dat''. You can redefine this string to another file, for example ''MyFont.dat'', and replace some ''image'' strings to your *.png-files.

			Just remember, .dat file should be placed in Language folder, and .png files are searched relative to *.dat file!


			[[Category:OpenXcom]]

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	~~'''Font collection''' is bitmap fonts used by game engine to represent text.~~		#REDIRECT [[OpenXcom]]

	Original UFO/TFTD engine uses two font types: big ([[BIGLETS.DAT]], 16x16 pixels per character) and small ([[SMALLSET.DAT]], 8x9 pixels per character) for Battlescape and Geoscape. But OpenXcom uses four font types: FontBig, FontGeoBig, FontSmall, FontGeoSmall. All of them described in *.dat file (which is actually YAML-file). Default font collection is placed in Language folder and named simply '''Font.dat'''.

	~~{\|style="background:darkgray; border:1px solid dimgray;color:white" border="0" height="230" align="center" valign="bottom" cellpadding=10px cellspacing=0px~~
	~~\|+style="background:white; color:black"\|'''Font.dat''' fonts (gray background used for transparent files)~~
	~~\|-align="center"~~

	~~\| [[File:FontBig.png\|border\|none]]~~
	~~\| [[File:FontGeoBig.png\|border\|none]]~~
	~~\| [[File:FontSmall.png\|border\|none]]~~
	~~\| [[File:FontGeoSmall.png\|border\|none]]~~
	~~\|-align="center" valign="top"~~
	~~\|'''FontBig.png'''~~
	~~\|'''FontGeoBig.png'''~~
	~~\|'''FontSmall.png'''~~
	~~\|'''FontGeoSmall.png'''~~
	\|}


	~~''*.dat'' is divided in two sections: ''chars'' and ''fonts''. ''chars'' is string which contain all available characters, provided by this font collection. ''font'' section is bit more complicated:~~

	~~{\| class="wikitable" width="100%"~~
	~~! width="150"\| Value~~
	~~! width="*" \| Description~~
	~~! width="80" \| Default~~
	\|-
	~~\| '''id'''~~
	~~\| Type of charmap~~
	~~\| Should be '''FONT_BIG''', '''FONT_SMALL''', '''FONT_GEO_BIG''', or '''FONT_GEO_SMALL'''~~
	\|-
	~~\| '''image'''~~
	~~\| Relative path to PNG-file with contains actual glyphes~~
	\|
	\|-
	~~\| '''width'''~~
	~~\| Width of a character~~
	\|
	\|-
	~~\| '''height'''~~
	~~\| Height of a character~~
	\|
	\|-
	~~\| '''spacing'''~~
	~~\| Spacing between two characters.~~
	\|
	\|}

	Each character in PNG-file have own rectangle with ''width'' and ''height''. Characters shouldn't overlapping each other. Characters in .png-file placed by groups with 16 characters in each group and ordered accordingly ''chars'' string. So if you want find actual character in .png file, here formula:

	~~<code>~~
	~~y = (''<number in chars>'' div 16) * ''height''~~

	~~x = (''<number in chars>'' mod 16) * ''width''~~
	~~</code>~~

	~~Here example for default ''Font.dat'':~~

	~~<pre>~~
	~~chars: >~~
	!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{\|}~¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖŐŰÙÚÛÜÝÞŸßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöőűùúûüýþÿФИСВУАПРШОЛДЬТЩЗЙКЫЕГМЦЧНЯфисвуапршолдьтщзйкыегмцчнябБжЖхХъЪэЭюЮĆĘęąŁćłĄŚśźżŻŹŃńĂăȘȚșțČĎĚŇŘŠŤŮŽčďěňřšťůžЄєŒœіІїЇøØĞŞİğşıΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρστυφχψωΆΈΉΊΌΎΏάέήίόύώςΐϊĹĽŔĺľŕ∞Ёё
	~~fonts:~~
	~~- id: FONT_BIG~~
	~~image: FontBig.png~~
	~~width: 16~~
	~~height: 16~~
	~~spacing: 0~~
	~~- id: FONT_SMALL~~
	~~image: FontSmall.png~~
	~~width: 8~~
	~~height: 9~~
	~~spacing: -1~~
	~~- id: FONT_GEO_BIG~~
	~~image: FontGeoBig.png~~
	~~width: 5~~
	~~height: 9~~
	~~spacing: 1~~
	~~- id: FONT_GEO_SMALL~~
	~~image: FontGeoSmall.png~~
	~~width: 5~~
	~~height: 7~~
	~~spacing: 1~~
	~~</pre>~~


	~~==Customizing==~~
	If you want customize font you can make it as mod. During initialization OpenXcom engine searches in [[Ruleset Reference (OpenXcom)\|Ruleset]] ''fontName'' string, which by default is ''Font.dat''. You can redefine this string to another file, for example ''MyFont.dat'', and replace some ''image'' strings to your *.png-files.

	~~Just remember, .dat file should be placed in Language folder, and .png files are searched relative to *.dat file!~~


	[[~~Category:~~OpenXcom]]

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	==Customizing==		==Customizing==
	If you want ~~customizing~~ font you can make it as mod. During initialization OpenXcom engine searches in [[Ruleset Reference (OpenXcom)\|Ruleset]] ''fontName'' string, which by default is ''Font.dat''. You can redefine this string to another file, for example ''MyFont.dat'', and replace some ''image'' strings to your *.png-files.		If you want customize font you can make it as mod. During initialization OpenXcom engine searches in [[Ruleset Reference (OpenXcom)\|Ruleset]] ''fontName'' string, which by default is ''Font.dat''. You can redefine this string to another file, for example ''MyFont.dat'', and replace some ''image'' strings to your *.png-files.

	Just remember, .dat file should be placed in Language folder, and .png files are searched relative to *.dat file!		Just remember, .dat file should be placed in Language folder, and .png files are searched relative to *.dat file!

Winterheart at 07:42, 17 May 2015

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	Original UFO/TFTD engine uses two font types: big ([[BIGLETS.DAT]], 16x16 pixels per character) and small ([[SMALLSET.DAT]], 8x9 pixels per character) for Battlescape and Geoscape. But OpenXcom uses four font types: FontBig, FontGeoBig, FontSmall, FontGeoSmall. All of them described in *.dat file (which is actually YAML-file). Default font collection is placed in Language folder and named simply '''Font.dat'''.		Original UFO/TFTD engine uses two font types: big ([[BIGLETS.DAT]], 16x16 pixels per character) and small ([[SMALLSET.DAT]], 8x9 pixels per character) for Battlescape and Geoscape. But OpenXcom uses four font types: FontBig, FontGeoBig, FontSmall, FontGeoSmall. All of them described in *.dat file (which is actually YAML-file). Default font collection is placed in Language folder and named simply '''Font.dat'''.

			{\|style="background:darkgray; border:1px solid dimgray;color:white" border="0" height="230" align="center" valign="bottom" cellpadding=10px cellspacing=0px
			\|+style="background:white; color:black"\|'''Font.dat''' fonts (gray background used for transparent files)
			\|-align="center"

			\| [[File:FontBig.png\|border\|none]]
			\| [[File:FontGeoBig.png\|border\|none]]
			\| [[File:FontSmall.png\|border\|none]]
			\| [[File:FontGeoSmall.png\|border\|none]]
			\|-align="center" valign="top"
			\|'''FontBig.png'''
			\|'''FontGeoBig.png'''
			\|'''FontSmall.png'''
			\|'''FontGeoSmall.png'''
			\|}


	''*.dat'' is divided in two sections: ''chars'' and ''fonts''. ''chars'' is string which contain all available characters, provided by this font collection. ''font'' section is bit more complicated:		''*.dat'' is divided in two sections: ''chars'' and ''fonts''. ''chars'' is string which contain all available characters, provided by this font collection. ''font'' section is bit more complicated:

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'''Font collection''' is bitmap fonts used by game engine to represent text.

Original UFO/TFTD engine uses two font types: big ([[BIGLETS.DAT]], 16x16 pixels per character) and small ([[SMALLSET.DAT]], 8x9 pixels per character) for Battlescape and Geoscape. But OpenXcom uses four font types: FontBig, FontGeoBig, FontSmall, FontGeoSmall. All of them described in *.dat file (which is actually YAML-file). Default font collection is placed in Language folder and named simply '''Font.dat'''.

''*.dat'' is divided in two sections: ''chars'' and ''fonts''. ''chars'' is string which contain all available characters, provided by this font collection. ''font'' section is bit more complicated:

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
! width="150"| Value
! width="*" | Description
! width="80" | Default
|-
| '''id'''
| Type of charmap
| Should be '''FONT_BIG''', '''FONT_SMALL''', '''FONT_GEO_BIG''', or '''FONT_GEO_SMALL'''
|-
| '''image'''
| Relative path to PNG-file with contains actual glyphes
|
|-
| '''width'''
| Width of a character
|
|-
| '''height'''
| Height of a character
|
|-
| '''spacing'''
| Spacing between two characters.
|
|}

Each character in PNG-file have own rectangle with ''width'' and ''height''. Characters shouldn't overlapping each other. Characters in *.png-file placed by groups with 16 characters in each group and ordered accordingly ''chars'' string. So if you want find actual character in *.png file, here formula:

<code>
y = (''<number in chars>'' div 16) * ''height''

x = (''<number in chars>'' mod 16) * ''width''
</code>

Here example for default ''Font.dat'':

<pre>
chars: >
!"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖŐŰÙÚÛÜÝÞŸßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöőűùúûüýþÿФИСВУАПРШОЛДЬТЩЗЙКЫЕГМЦЧНЯфисвуапршолдьтщзйкыегмцчнябБжЖхХъЪэЭюЮĆĘęąŁćłĄŚśźżŻŹŃńĂăȘȚșțČĎĚŇŘŠŤŮŽčďěňřšťůžЄєŒœіІїЇøØĞŞİğşıΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠΡΣΤΥΦΧΨΩαβγδεζηθικλμνξοπρστυφχψωΆΈΉΊΌΎΏάέήίόύώςΐϊĹĽŔĺľŕ∞Ёё
fonts:
- id: FONT_BIG
image: FontBig.png
width: 16
height: 16
spacing: 0
- id: FONT_SMALL
image: FontSmall.png
width: 8
height: 9
spacing: -1
- id: FONT_GEO_BIG
image: FontGeoBig.png
width: 5
height: 9
spacing: 1
- id: FONT_GEO_SMALL
image: FontGeoSmall.png
width: 5
height: 7
spacing: 1
</pre>

==Customizing==
If you want customizing font you can make it as mod. During initialization OpenXcom engine searches in [[Ruleset Reference (OpenXcom)|Ruleset]] ''fontName'' string, which by default is ''Font.dat''. You can redefine this string to another file, for example ''MyFont.dat'', and replace some ''image'' strings to your *.png-files.

Just remember, *.dat file should be placed in Language folder, and *.png files are searched relative to *.dat file!

[[Category:OpenXcom]]