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+Utility create texture atlas with placed bitmap chars.
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+Support : [gamedev.ru forum theme](http://www.gamedev.ru/projects/forum/?id=133540) (russian)
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+Yet another bitmap font generator.
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+Current state: alpha
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+Program features that make it outstanding comparing to other programs:
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+* distrubution method (MIT License)
+* cross-platform support ( Qt, Freetype )
+* many settings (functionality is based on FontBuilderBeta )
+* extensibility - as a consequence of the distribution method
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+why re-inventing the wheel?:
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+* All existing realizations lack something, I haven't found a program that has everything I need
+* To learn Qt
+* To kill a week's time for a  handicraft or to write one export class? (it could eventually be useful for someone )
+* In the distant future to conquer the world
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+what is there?:
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+* scanning of fonts folder
+* parameters of generation
+* bitmap export to png, tga formats, user bitmap formats support
+* description file export in a couple of formats
+* 2 types of packing into bitmap (line, box layout)
+* font image preview
+* loading of edited bitmap
+* saving the whole working session
+* font view testing (both original bitmap and edited)
+* kerning support
+* selection of characters set from the char map
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+what next?:
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+* export of font description into the formats of popular game frameworks (CEGUI,HGE,PopCapFramework)
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+why here?:
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+* create export into your description formats, share it, use it
+* testing, suggestions on functionality expansion
+* code review ( how to make this or that better under Qt)
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+![screen1](http://www.gamedev.ru/files/images/54213_1274102379_screen.jpg)
+![screen2](http://www.gamedev.ru/files/images/screen1.jpeg)