{"id":124,"date":"2005-01-03T00:00:05","date_gmt":"2005-01-02T22:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matosimi.websupport.sk\/atari\/?p=124"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:40:51","slug":"atari-fontmaker-v11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/matosimi.websupport.sk\/atari\/2005\/01\/atari-fontmaker-v11\/","title":{"rendered":"Atari FontMaker v1.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a cross-platform utility for designing Atari fonts on your PC. It supports graphics modes 0 and 12 (or codes 2 and 4 in the Display List). I tried to make the interface as user-friendly as possible, giving you quick one-click access to functions like rotating, flipping, and shifting your characters. There\u2019s also a preview area at the bottom where you can test out your font\u2014just arrange the characters to draw a picture or see how your words look in-game.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">The first version was thrown together back in August 2003. A few weeks later, I updated the character editing logic (shoutout to RASTER for the tip). By January 2005, I rolled out version 1.1 with some solid new features, thanks to feedback from Dely\/TQA:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"1\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Edit two character sets<\/b> at the same time.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Save fonts separately<\/b> or bundled together as a 2048-byte &#8220;dualfont.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Expanded the view window<\/b> to 8 lines. You can now toggle the font for each specific line by clicking the line number\u2014super handy for 2&#215;2 fonts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,3,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Right-click any character<\/b> in the view window to jump straight into editing it.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,4,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">New view file format (*.vf2)<\/b> for saving your workspace, though it still plays nice with old files.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1,5,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1,5,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">A completely overhauled saving system.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">You can grab Atari FontMaker over on its <a href=\"http:\/\/matosimi.websupport.sk\/atari\/atari-fontmaker\/\">main page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/matosimi.websupport.sk\/atari\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/fontmaker1_1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-125\" title=\"fontmaker1_1\" src=\"http:\/\/matosimi.websupport.sk\/atari\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/fontmaker1_1-255x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/matosimi.websupport.sk\/atari\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/fontmaker1_1-255x300.png 255w, http:\/\/matosimi.websupport.sk\/atari\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/fontmaker1_1.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a cross-platform utility for designing Atari fonts on your PC. 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