SpriteFontPlus

You can integrate SpriteFontPlus into your project using one of two methods depending on your framework:

1. NuGet (MonoGame only)

Use the NuGet package manager to install SpriteFontPlus.

2. Source Code (MonoGame and FNA)

To use the source directly, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Run git submodule update --init --recursive in the root folder.
3. Add src/SpriteFontPlus.MonoGame.csproj (for MonoGame) or src/SpriteFontPlus.FNA.csproj (for FNA) to your solution.

Note: If using FNA, ensure your folder structure matches the project expectations.

To build the project locally:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Execute git submodule update --init --recursive to initialize submodules.
3. Open one of the solutions located in the build folder.

You can generate a SpriteFont at runtime from a TrueType Font (.ttf) file using the TtfFontBaker.Bake method. This method requires the font bytes, a font size, texture dimensions, and an array of CharacterRange values to include.

Once baked, use CreateSpriteFont(GraphicsDevice) on the result to produce the final SpriteFont object.

	25,
	1024,
	1024,
	new[]
	{
		CharacterRange.BasicLatin,
		CharacterRange.Latin1Supplement,
		CharacterRange.LatinExtendedA,
		CharacterRange.Cyrillic
	}
);

SpriteFont font = fontBakeResult.CreateSpriteFont(GraphicsDevice);

To load a font created with AngelCode BMFont, use the BMFontLoader.Load method. This requires the font data (as a string) and a function that maps file names to streams (to allow the loader to find associated texture files).

Note: Currently, only XML formats with a single texture are supported.

using (var stream = TitleContainer.OpenStream("Fonts/test.fnt"))
{
	using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
	{
		fontData = reader.ReadToEnd();
	}
}

SpriteFont font = BMFontLoader.Load(fontData, name => TitleContainer.OpenStream("Fonts/" + name), GraphicsDevice);