pdfontconv

Converts TTF, OTF and WOFF2 fonts into .fnt files for use on the PlayDate

Made by Frozen Fractal. Source code and documentation on GitHub.

Font settings

Output PNG

Background is informational only; actual output is transparent. Red: glyph bounding box from input font. Blue: negative tracking (overlap with previous character). Blue + green: extent of character drawn.

Sample text

Rendering by browser:

Rendering on PlayDate:

Due to the way characters are overlapped using negative tracking, there may be some blank space at the beginning and/or end of the text rendered on the PlayDate.

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