When using bitmap fonts, it is necessary to create fonts of different text sizes. Otherwise, we'll run into the following issue:
As you might notice from the preceding screenshot, the text is crisp for small text (1), but for a large title (3), it becomes aliased, blurry, and looks terrible. So, we need bigger fonts for larger text sizes. In this section, we'll create three different fonts of typical sizes.
Follow these steps to create the standard definition font used for small text. Open Font Maker by navigating to NGUI | Open | Font Maker.
Configure Font Maker as follows:
Perform the following steps:
Make sure Type (1) is set to Generated Bitmap.
Click on the Source button (2) of Font Maker:
Note
After selecting the font, click anywhere in an empty area of the Font Maker window to refresh it and update the selection.
Set Size (3) to 30.
Set the Characters set to...