My intention was to simply use them as reference for creating a second independant version. Not modifying the originals. I can fully understand the reasoning behind keeping them hidden.

It's really just this functionality that I'm hoping for, regardless of where it some from.

Those settings are all exposed and accessible, while Set SpriteFont Image and Character Set are not... It seems brutally inefficient to have to add extra SpriteFonts for every language/alphabet ( english, arabic, thai, chinese, russian, etc) * number of styles ( artistic style, single colour, multi-colour, serif, sans-serif, etc)

For my specific application, all of my fonts use characters that exists within an 8x8 pixel grid, as all of my projects replicate old 8 and 16 bit aesthetics, but even if using hi-res fonts for a more modern look, I still think there's value in those elements being available for use during runtime. And while I don't actually use all that much text myself, having that functionality seems like it should be a no brainer unless there's some other factor playing into preventing it.

Is there a technical reason that prevents this from being feasible or effective as a method of use?

The alternative is to have a separate SpriteFont plugin for every font style, language, etc, and then replace all instances in engine with the appropriate SpriteFont... which seems highly inefficient, time-consuming to set up, and kinda silly to have to do, frankly...

I'm looking to add:

- Load Image from URL, so that I can swap Fonts on the fly, not just for style but also accessibility and language purposes

- Set Character Set - this would allow being able to accommodate other languages more easily by allowing quick character set swapping on the fly

Now this said, I don't know how the official plugin is doing things, so it may not be possible for some technical reason that I'm unaware of, however it seems more like an oversight then an exclusion.

Thoughts? I have opened an official suggestion here

construct3-21h2.ideas.aha.io/ideas/C321H2-I-170

I think there's a lot of value to be added here for anyone interested in creating their own fonts as well as wanting to accommodate things like accessibility and language options in-game

Hey all,

Just wondering where the plug-in and behaviour files are stored in the downloaded version of C3. I'd like to try making a duplicate Spritefont plugin and see about tinkering with some extensions on it, using the Sprite plugin as potential reference. Any ideas where the files might be?

Thanks in advance,

Brent

Hey all,

Just wondering if there are any official channels for submitting a feature request for consideration, or if it's a case of just making a thread on it and hoping people notice it lol

Thanks,

Brent

I'm having this issue as well, I'm guessing no solution has been found yet?

That's my current workaround, it mostly just seems like an odd limitation in the SpriteFont object. The Text object is undesirable as I do all my games at 240p and most webfonts just don't look good at that size. I prefer to stylize and design my own fonts around the specific game anyway (in combination with a "system font" that I use in everything). I'm curious if the functionality is possible, even if the use may be impractical...

Hey all,

First off, apologies if this is answered elsewhere... I've been searching for a while now and haven't found anything.

My question is:

Is it possible to set a new SpriteFont Image and accompanying Character Set on the fly?

The goal is for me to swap out different alphabets based on user-selected languages. The text content swaps out fine of course, but I'd really rather not have to have a new SpriteFont in the game for every different alphabet I may end up needing access to. Granted, I'm a long way off of any language other than English being used, but I'd like to build in this kind of accessibilty potential at the beginning, rather than later... So if its not possible out of the box, is it something I can tinker with in the plugin's code? I'm happy to make a duplicate plugin and play around with it, I just thought I'd ask first.

Thanks in advance,

Brent