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Font editor Fontana - finaly released! (Announce)

posted by SuperIlu , Berlin, Germany, 09.06.2025, 22:26

> > nice work!
> > Does it support GRX fonts (as used by libgrx/mgrx and allegro) as well?
>
> No, it doesn't. Is it worth to start it support? And does somewhere exist
> the file format specification?

I did write a (faulty) converter from TTF and BDF to GRX
https://github.com/SuperIlu/GrxFntConv?tab=readme-ov-file

Best thing I found was the actual font writer from mgrx (I did use the source directly which is LGPLd):
https://www.fgrim.com/mgrx/

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Complete thread:

• Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - Laaca, 08.06.2025, 02:00 (Announce)
  • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - alexfru, 09.06.2025, 07:00
  • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - alexfru, 09.06.2025, 07:01
    • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - alexfru, 09.06.2025, 07:02
      • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - alexfru, 09.06.2025, 07:03
        • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - alexfru, 09.06.2025, 07:05
    • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - Laaca, 09.06.2025, 12:32
      • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - alexfru, 10.06.2025, 05:51
  • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - SuperIlu, 09.06.2025, 16:14
    • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - Laaca, 09.06.2025, 22:00
      • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - SuperIlu, 09.06.2025, 22:26
        • Font editor Fontana - finaly released! - Laaca, 09.06.2025, 22:52