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lotw

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« on: April 11, 2004, 07:35:00 AM »
QUOTE (Billy The Fisherman @ Apr 11 2004, 12:46 PM)
Sorry if this has been posted already - I did search but couldn't find anything.  How do you create xpr fonts for use in a unleash x skin im doing?

You need a special program that converts TTF fonts to XPR font, the problem is that file is part of the MS XDK.  It is called font builder and you can see if you can find it in the normal places, IE XBins.
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BenJeremy

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« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2004, 07:51:00 AM »
FontBundle

Look for it under MXM's tools in Xbins.

It's really a two step process, which is tied together using a small GUI.
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2004, 03:24:00 PM »
I have used FontBundle to make a few different fonts, but none of them show up in my skin.  Am I doing something wrong?  I am using FontBundle just like it says in the readme.  Normally I would not bother you fine folks but I cannot find any info on this.  

When I use the font I have made in my skins, any text that uses that font does not appear on the screen.  If the default font appeared then I could assume that the skin was not finding the font (i.e. I had mistyped the font name in the xml, or something like that), but that is not what happens.  If I use an xpr font that I got elsewhere (Xbox_Book_11.xpr) the text shows up, but if I use any fonts I have built with FontBundle nothing shows.  I can use Xbox_Book_11 for the Menu Text and my own font for the InfoText, and in that case the menu shows but the info does not.  Very strange.  I hope I have explained the situation clearly. Thanks for any help.
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« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2004, 02:17:00 AM »
I checked the .tga file and I can read the letters clearly.  They appear as white text on a black background.

This is quite a weird problem.
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« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2004, 02:26:00 AM »
I wish this font making thing would work for me.  I have all these nice skins I have made, but the fonts look the same in all of them. sad.gif
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lotw

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« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2004, 06:18:00 AM »
QUOTE (Twilight @ Apr 15 2004, 12:50 PM)
I also have the same problem with fonts i make.......they dont show in my skins but i can see the font in unleashx´s file manager.

does anyone have any ideas of what could be wrong?

Do you have the fonts being used in the XML code?

For example, the info text should have a line like this:
<InfoFont>fontname.xpr</InfoFont>

For the menu it should be (somewhere in the menu area)
<Font>fontname.xpr</Font>
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« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2004, 06:44:00 AM »
I know that I used the proper tags because if I neglected to put the font tag in the skin.xml, the default font(s) would appear.  In this case, however, any text that uses my custom font does not appear on screen.  It's quite a mystery.
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« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2005, 02:37:00 PM »
This may be an obvious one but you do have the font file(s) in the same folder (at root level in it) as your skin, right?
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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2005, 12:11:00 AM »
yeap.
Still have a prob cause i didnt find the app in xbins...
FontBundle it is right...
Looking around so far .

thnx anway.
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« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2005, 12:22:00 AM »
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/XBOX/apps/dashboards/mediaxmenu/_accessories/FontBundle.rar
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« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2005, 06:57:00 AM »
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Trostik

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« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2005, 01:51:00 AM »
ok m8s im realy sorry 2 bother u ...
i have done some translating work and now ...
ive got the skin with the hebrew
have taken the english.xml file and translated it 2 hebrew in all the needed places
so now wth?

have the skin instaled in the c:/skins
and the hebrew.xml in c:/

still not geting enithing ,,,
mabe i have 2 change something?

pls help
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Trostik

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« Reply #12 on: August 15, 2005, 05:39:00 AM »
BUMP

help some one...

just point me in the right direction


pls
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