https://github.com/bastienleonard/playdate-font-converter

Generates Playdate font files from local fonts.
https://github.com/bastienleonard/playdate-font-converter

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Generates Playdate font files from local fonts.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bastienleonard/playdate-font-converter
• Owner: bastienleonard
• Created: 2025-12-09T01:58:15.000Z (6 months ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-12-19T05:51:09.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-12-22T01:44:05.433Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: font, playdate
• Language: Rust
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• Size: 3.91 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Playdate font converter

Generates [Playdate font

files](https://sdk.play.date/3.0.1/Inside%20Playdate.html#C-graphics.font) from

a local font file and a size.

## Dependencies

* Rust: https://rust-lang.org/tools/install/

* SDL3: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases

## Usage example

Run this at the root of the project:

```

$ cargo run /usr/share/fonts/noto/NotoSans-Regular.ttf 20

Wrote NotoSans-Regular-20-table-19-28.png

Wrote NotoSans-Regular-20.fnt

```

To load the font in your Playdate game:

```

local font, err = playdate.graphics.font.new('NotoSans-Regular-20')

if err then

    error(err)

end

```