FontAtlasTool
A simple font atlas tool to create bitmap and SDF font atlases. FontAtlasTool outputs a JSON manifest file which is easy to parse and contains all the information required to render the font.
Command line usage
# [<optional arguments>]
./fontAtlasTool -in <path to .ttf file> -size <font size> [-maxCodepoint <max unicode codepoint included> -type <sdf or bitmap>]Manifest format
{
"atlas": "Roboto-Regular_12_bitmap.png", //Relative atlas image path
"characters": [ // array of glpyh objects
{
"a": 128, // Advance in design units (usually 1/64th pixel)
"bx": 0, // Bearing X
"by": 0, // Bearing Y
"c": 8198, // Codepoint
"i": 376, // Glyph Index
"sx": 208, // Atlas Start X
"sy": 235, // Atlas Start Y
"ex": 208, // Atlas End X
"ey": 235 // Atlas End Y
}
],
"face": "Roboto", // Font family name
"font": "Roboto-Regular.ttf", // Relative ttf path
"width": 305, // Width of atlas image
"height": 276, // Height of atlas image
"retina": false, // Is this atlas for a retina display
"retina_scale": 0, // Either 0 or 2
"size": 12, // Font size
"type": "bitmap" // Atlas type, either bitmap or sdf
}