Tutorial 1

How to create a simple OKF font without post processing.

In this tutorial you will learn how to quickly generate an OKF font from a TrueType font.

The resulting font will be monochrome, of the color selected in the 'Fonts format' dialog box. It's not really a problem if you use the OKF Font Engine to render the font, as this library allows you to change the color of the font at run-time.

1. Open GPFontMaker.

2. Select the font properties (name, size, color, weight, ...),  using the toolbar or the 'Fonts format' and 'Fonts properties' dialog boxes.

3. Select Font \ Charset \ Set menu option to define the character set of the font.

4. Select Font \ Export menu option or press F6 or click Export font toolbar button to open the 'Export font' dialog box.

5. Specify the filename for the new OKF font to generate. GPFontMaker generates a default filename that should be unique for your font and is calculated from the font properties selected in step 2. The default filename length is always 8.3 characters, that way you can copy the font directly in your GP32 SMC card.
If you want, you can also generate the C source files by checking the appropriated checkboxes.

6. Click OK to generate the OKF font and eventually the C source file(s).

7. That's all!