A simple low-resolution pixel font editor for creating fonts to be used in retro applications, microcontrollers, and other low-resource environments.
A pretty roughly put-together tool of convenience at the moment.
- python3
- pygame
There is a framework to adapt the internal grid format to various input/output formats if modules are written for them. Currently supported are:
- C header file constants
Currently, options are only available on the command line:
python -m dotbydot -of OUTFILE [-if INFILE] [-z ZOOM] [-pz PZOOM] [-is INSIZE [INSIZE ...]] [-os OUTSIZE [OUTSIZE ...]] [-v] [-ib INBPP] [-ob OUTBPP] [-ie INENDIAN] [-oe OUTENDIAN] [-ii ININTERLACE] [-oi OUTINTERLACE]
-of OUTFILE,--outfile OUTFILE- Specify path of output file to write.
-if INFILE,--infile INFILE- Specify path of input file to read.
-z ZOOM,--zoom ZOOM- Zoom pixels in editor area.
-pz PZOOM,--pzoom PZOOM- Zoom pixels in preview area.
-is INSIZE [INSIZE ...],--insize INSIZE [INSIZE ...]- Comma-separated input dimensions (e.g. 8, 8 for 8x8 pixels.Defaults to trying to determine from infile.
-os OUTSIZE [OUTSIZE ...],--outsize OUTSIZE [OUTSIZE ...]- Comma-separated output dimensions (e.g. 8, 8 for 8x8 pixels.Defaults to 8x8.
-v,--vertical- Write output as columns of rows, rather than rows of columns.
-ib INBPP,--inbpp INBPP- Output BPP. Defaults to trying to determine from infile.
-ob OUTBPP,--outbpp OUTBPP- Output BPP. Defaults to 1 (monochrome).
-ie INENDIAN,--inendian INENDIAN- Assume LSB-first format in input file.
-oe OUTENDIAN,--outendian OUTENDIAN- Write MSB-first format in output file.
-ii ININTERLACE,--ininterlace ININTERLACE- Assume even lines in top half and odd lines in the bottom in input files.
-oi OUTINTERLACE,--outinterlace OUTINTERLACE- Place even lines in top half and odd lines in the bottom in output files.