{"repo":"a740g/VGA-Font-Editor","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/a740g/VGA-Font-Editor","clone":"git clone https://github.com/a740g/VGA-Font-Editor.git","description":"A VGA ROM font editor & library for QB64-PE","language":"QuickBASIC","stars":19,"topics":["font","game-development","qb64","qbasic","quickbasic","retro","vga","cross-platform","qb64-pe","qbasic64"],"license":"MIT","category":"game-templates","readme_excerpt":"VGA FONT EDITOR This is a cross-platform editor and library for VGA ROM fonts. This has code for rendering text using a loaded font. The source code is written in QB64-PE and works natively without using any third party libraries. FEATURES - No dependency on third party libraries - Everything is statically linked (no shared library dependency) - Easy plug-&-play API optimized for demos & games - Cross-platform (works on Windows, Linux & macOS) - Editor supports selecting and editing using the mouse USAGE - Clone the repository to a directory of your choice - Open Terminal and change to the directory using an appropriate OS command - Run git submodule update --init --recursive to initialize, fetch and checkout git submodules - Open VGAFontEditor.bas in the QB64-PE IDE and press F5 to compile and run - To use the library in your project add the Toolbox64 repositiory as a Git submodule API FAQ What can I do with this? - Anything you want! You may use the file format or sourcecode for embedded, retro, game projects and more. This does not require you to have DOS or any old PC hardware. All code here is written for modern hardware. The font file format is super simple and the text rendering code is straightforward and clean. With very little effort, the rendering code can be ported to your favorite programming language and library. There are many example fonts in the fonts directory. I honestly do not know the orginal souces of these and highly recommend you to create your own fon","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/a740g","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/a740g/VGA-Font-Editor/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}