McBitFont

McFLY's Bit Font and Image Editor

Download in the Releases section!

Library example instructions to implement to STM32 code: mctext

Features:

• Generate a project based on a font installed in the system
• Basic pixel manipulations: shift, flip, invert, etc...
• Import an image
• Save / Load your project for later edits
• Export as a C array in different formats
• Import from text C array
• Export to a PNG image showing all the characters in a table
• Test your font in special dialog

Requires:

• Windows 7+
• .NET 9

Some basic hints on the interface:

• Mouse 1 to mark a pixel black
• Mouse 2 to mark a pixel white
• Drag the mouse holding a button to draw pixels
• Hold middle mouse button to drag the canvas
• Hold Shift to constrain painting horizontally
• Hold Ctrl to constrain painting vertically
• Mouse Scroll to scroll up and down
• Shift + scroll to scroll left and right
• Crtl + scroll to zoom
• Alt + Scroll to change painting brush size
• When Rectangle selection tool is active hold Ctrl+Alt to temporary disable it to be able to draw

Important:

Since v2.0 new save file format is implemented. You can use McBitFont v1.7 to convert old saved files to the new format.

Screenshots:

Main window

New project dialog

Font test dialog

Export dialog

Import Image dialog

Code Shift dialog

Font PNG export example

Frame screenshot dialog