HOW TO MAKE A PINBALL MACHINE: Bitmap Fonts

[@alexhetherington8028]

I'm always happy when I see a new PR notification pop up

[@stefku76]

Thanks a lot, I always learn something new!

[@ExpressoMechanicTV]

Looking great, Steve. Looking forward to seeing this on the machine's display!

[@NeonNijahn]

Always excited for a new video

[@BAwesomeDesign]

Great vid! Good to see more video on this project! Good luck and keep going!

[@mathaeis]

Are you still using an image for the "Led Zeppelin" on the main start screen? I ask because of how the "E"s are overlapping the nearby letters, which I imagine you couldn't replicate with Shoebox, right?

[@thepinballroom]

Correct, I’m using images with the actual font anywhere I don’t need dynamic text. All dynamic text is using the bitmap fonts.

[@NeonNijahn]

This game is gonna be sick. I bet chat gpt could help write your code too!

[@Ky1ebasa_Pinball]

Fantastic video! Super informative and helpful! I'll get to this point one day with my homebrew. What software were you using for making the png before reimporting to shoebox?

[@thepinballroom]

Almost any design software will let you do this, I was using the free version of Figma. You can use photoshop or illustrator or Inkscape or lots of other apps too

[@GoodwinsPlace]

Hey Steve, I've designed my bitmap font but no matter what I do I'm not getting it displaying in MPF, I'm just editing mc_demo at the moment to test the fonts and not showing up. Can you share the current config.yaml or an example with a bitmap font? I'm guessing it is declared outside of the actual slide use, then referenced in the slide?

[@thepinballroom]

you'll need to add in a line to tell MPF it's a bitmap font: bitmap_font: true Have you added that? check the MPF docs for their instructions on bitmap fonts, it's explained really well there, too - let me know if continue to have issues, ok?

[@willierants5880]

If I see ya at TPF I'll say hi. Unless you're looking like you don't want strangers coming up and saying hi. 🤣

[@thepinballroom]

Hahah yes stop me and say Hi! I'm not bringing my machine, but I'll be there with my wife!