Hello,

I've noticed that with a char height of 24 px the Asian glyphs are sometimes hard to identify, while the normal letters are way too big.

Maybe another option would be nice: "adjust size to visual detail" - though that would need some mathematical calculations based on the pixels.

Another solution might be a widget for the unicode blocks, where you define a scaling value (e.g. the chinese symbols with factor = 2.0 -> 200%).

So, next to the unicode blocks there is already this checkbox where you decide whether to include this block. Next to it could be a number field with default value of 1.0 (100%) and the user would be able to change that number.

Both solutions would take the Size (px) (Line Height) as a suggestion for the biggest glyphs in the output image:

32 px Size means: chinese symbols with 32 px (which is 200%), and normal letters with 16 px (which is 100%).

Your tool is very cool!

Here is an example of what I did with Bitmap Font Creator in conjunction with GIMP - with just some clicks here and there:

http://www.lostplanets.de/pics/fonttest11_outline_with_alpha_option_inverted_with_gimp.png (9.4 MB, 4096x4096)

http://www.lostplanets.de/pics/fonttest11_outline_with_alpha_option_inverted_with_gimp_grey.png (7.1 MB grey version)

So your tool is really useful, the problem is the fonts. None I've seen so far supports all Asian glyphs or full unicode.

This font gives around 20,000 glyphs of the > 100,000 glyphs that unicode comprises. A good start, but not perfect.

Maybe I will need to use a mixture of several fonts -

another idea for improvement: Make mixture of several fonts possible via Bitmap Font Creator! :-)

Yes, you're right, but I guess it would be easier to implement the idea with the factor number fields into the GUI and config files.

Another idea might be: Create a Font-Merge-Tool that iterates over a collection of .fnt files and their according image files.

I imagine that to be quite easy to achieve, I could even try to do it on my own in my spare time.

The whole topic is very complex.

I just stumbled into font wonderland and wanted it all. But there are many things to consider (things like licensing).

I guess it will stay a dream of me, to support the full unicode in 3d software with only creative commons fonts.

The goal of supporting all living languages is more in reach, but Asian languages give me headaches.

Maybe I will need to make even further compromises like "All non-asian languages and ASCII signs".