[App] Rockbox font convertor

iwantanimac · #1 (**permalink**) October 30th, 2006, 07:27 AM

ROCKbox Font Convertor
BYO fonts for the Open Source Jukebox Firmware.

..:: DETAILS, LINKS AND UPDATES NOW ON THE ROCKBOX WIKI ::..
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/vie...xFontConvertor

After reading the thread about converting fonts in this post, i decided to code a batch file to do the work for me. This is the result, the Rockbox font convertor. It ain't in any way pretty, as it's all in command prompt, but it does the job and does it well and pretty damn fast, too.

More information and a slightly more technical discussion of this can be found at the Rockbox Forums, [Here]

The Wiki page contains all the links and details you should need. See it [Here]

If not, feel free to ask a question here or at the thread on the Rockbox forums. That thread has so far had more technical discussion, but it's up to you.

Cheers Guys,
iwantanimac

iwantanimac · #2 (**permalink**) November 2nd, 2006, 05:15 AM

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Denny · #3 (**permalink**) November 2nd, 2006, 12:59 PM

It is great lol. Only just noticed this though since i only look at the H300's rockbox section usually.

I cant seem to get it working however. It starts coverting and then just says at each section 'otf3bdf is not recognised....' same with convbdf.

Say i want to convert VERDANA.TTF, thats in the same directory as the .bat etc, what exaclty would i enter into the command prompt window?

idumea · #4 (**permalink**) November 3rd, 2006, 11:21 AM

Does it work for "full unicode" fonts? I need cyrillic support for some of my tracks, and some of the fonts ive made with convbdf haven't kept these characters...

fettesEuter · #5 (**permalink**) November 3rd, 2006, 03:38 PM

Really nice Idea. I'll trie it out this evening and give you a feedback...

Snappy · #6 (**permalink**) November 3rd, 2006, 04:27 PM

Great little app
Works fine for me

iwantanimac · #7 (**permalink**) November 4th, 2006, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by idumea

Does it work for "full unicode" fonts? I need cyrillic support for some of my tracks, and some of the fonts ive made with convbdf haven't kept these characters...

I'm pretty sure it works! At least it worked perfectly on the Credits screen (As long as the original font had those characters) And with Rinocerose (I cant be bothered with the alt codes) so yeah, hopefully.

Is drag and drop working for anyone?

If anyone has any ideas for it, that would be great, and if anyone know how to implement any of the features i have listed, that would be awesome, too. Drag 'n drop is really bugging me.

iwantanimac · #8 (**permalink**) November 4th, 2006, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Denny

It is great lol. Only just noticed this though since i only look at the H300's rockbox section usually.

I cant seem to get it working however. It starts coverting and then just says at each section 'otf3bdf is not recognised....' same with convbdf.

Say i want to convert VERDANA.TTF, thats in the same directory as the .bat etc, what exaclty would i enter into the command prompt window?

Code:

makefont VERDANA.TTF

That's all! Not sure why you would get that error tho...

iwantanimac · #9 (**permalink**) December 13th, 2006, 12:25 AM

anyone made any good looking fonts with this? Can anyone post a screenshot?

dmanbuhnik · #10 (**permalink**) December 24th, 2006, 11:46 PM

this is excellent!
finally i can use hebrew with some nice fonts
thank u!
maybe i will have the time later to take some pictures

iwantanimac · #11 (**permalink**) December 25th, 2006, 11:10 PM

No problem! glad you like it.

Judge · #12 (**permalink**) January 15th, 2007, 10:50 AM

Thanks for this! As you can see in my thread that gave you the idea to make this program I couldn't figure out how to get a working font. You saved me. A million times thanks. I didn't see this until now because I never browse the general rockbox forum, just the H3xx forum, my bad. Your program actually works, and it's easy to use as well, a great accomplishment IMO.

I was finally able to convert a few fonts to the proper fnt filetype rockbox recognises. Unfortunately, most fonts came out rather ugly when faced with the compression needed to be used in rockbox. However, I think one font came out rather nice, and as of now it's my standard font.

It's a truetype font I found while browsing fonts in OpenOffice. It's called Bitstream Vera Serif Bold (I am using the standard Bitstream Vera Serif (not bold) as well, but the bold one looks a little bit nicer IMO).

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Originally Posted by iwantanimac

anyone made any good looking fonts with this? Can anyone post a screenshot?

Here's a screenshot of the font in action:

Looks good no? Great wps as well!

iwantanimac · #13 (**permalink**) January 17th, 2007, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Judge

Thanks for this! As you can see in my thread that gave you the idea to make this program I couldn't figure out how to get a working font. You saved me. A million times thanks. I didn't see this until now because I never browse the general rockbox forum, just the H3xx forum, my bad. Your program actually works, and it's easy to use as well, a great accomplishment IMO.

I was finally able to convert a few fonts to the proper fnt filetype rockbox recognises. Unfortunately, most fonts came out rather ugly when faced with the compression needed to be used in rockbox. However, I think one font came out rather nice, and as of now it's my standard font.

It's a truetype font I found while browsing fonts in OpenOffice. It's called Bitstream Vera Serif Bold (I am using the standard Bitstream Vera Serif (not bold) as well, but the bold one looks a little bit nicer IMO).

Wow, thanks for the feedback! Glad I could help you out. My main concern in making this was that it was rather difficult to do it on your own - and it was a bit complicated, so that's why i made it.

I think now that people have commented I'll try to tweak the setup so that it looks a bit better. As i said before I could really use someone with some DOS scripting know-how to help me out with this. a GUI is something i think now would just be unnecessary, unless someone really wants it.

WurzelTomas(CZ) · #14 (**permalink**) January 20th, 2007, 05:18 AM

I can't run it

Judge · #15 (**permalink**) January 20th, 2007, 05:32 AM

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Originally Posted by WurzelTomas(CZ)

I can't run it

Are you trying to run it in MS-DOS? Just put the program in a folder, put the font you want to convert in the same folder. Then navigate to the folder in MS-DOS and say makefont <font you want to convert>, for example: makefont bimini.ttf

iwantanimac · #16 (**permalink**) January 22nd, 2007, 05:03 AM

I don't realy see how i can make it more obvious...

Anyone think a GUI is worth the extra effort, space and memory requirement?

BiGRED84 · #17 (**permalink**) January 27th, 2007, 08:02 PM

ok, i have no idea how to use this, sorry for bugging anyone

iwantanimac · #18 (**permalink**) January 30th, 2007, 01:24 AM

not sure how to make it any simpler...

Judge · #19 (**permalink**) January 30th, 2007, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by BiGRED84

ok, i have no idea how to use this, sorry for bugging anyone

Look two posts above yours, I explained it there. If you have more precise questions, please ask.

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Originally Posted by BiGRED84 in another thread

i found the program, but when i try to type something, i closes out after i hit a key

Don't click on the program itself. Open MS-DOS instead, and navigate to the folder you put the program in. Do you know how to do that with MS-DOS? Then put the file you want to convert in the same folder and say: makefont <the file you just put in the folder>, e.g. makefont times.ttf

fadetoblack · #20 (**permalink**) January 30th, 2007, 06:20 AM

it doesn't work on my computer, too.
i got the two files at the top of this page, saved them in a folder, the font i wanna convert in the same folder, too. then i did that ms dos stuff, but its not working..

could anyone convert a font for me? i'd mail him the file..
it's a great font: james' hetfield's handwriting..