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Manually creating font images

How to create font images manually without ItemsAdder

Some servers may require font images to be created manually for various reasons, for example:
  • you don't want ItemsAdder to manage the fonts
  • you want to use a custom namespace and custom font name for some custom characters
  • you want to manage them on your own

Creating a custom character

{
"file":"image_test.png",
"chars":[
"\uE250"
],
"height":8,
"ascent":9,
"type":"bitmap"
}
As you can see I created a json configuration entry, this is the list of settings for my custom font image.
Now you have to add it to the default.json file: assets/minecraft/font/default.json.
To do so you have to add it into the "providers" attribute.
{
"providers":[
{
"file":"image_test.png",
"chars":[
"\uE250"
],
"height":8,
"ascent":9,
"type":"bitmap"
}
]
}
If you have more entries you have to add a , after the previous entry, for example:
{
"providers":[
{
"file":"image1.png",
"chars":[
"\uE233"
],
"height":8,
"ascent":9,
"type":"bitmap"
},
{
"file":"image_test.png",
"chars":[
"\uE250"
],
"height":8,
"ascent":9,
"type":"bitmap"
}
]
}

Using a customized json file name

By using a customized json font file you can separate the default font characters from your custom characters.
To do so you just have to create a new json and call it whatever you want, for example my_font.json.
The complete path will be: assets/minecraft/font/my_font.json.
This feature only works on Minecraft 1.16+

Using a customized json namespace

If you want to further organize your pack you can use a customized namespace for your font file.
To do so you have to create a folder inside assets folder and use it instead of minecraft folder.
The complete path will be (for example): assets/your_namespace/font/my_font.json.
This feature only works on Minecraft 1.16+

Showing the customized namespace/font name in-game

If you customized the font namespace and/or the font name you have to use a special syntax to show your images in-game.
Example if you set both custom namespace and custom font name:
/tellraw @a [{"text":"Test message!","font":"your_namespace:my_font"}]
Example if you set only custom font name:
/tellraw @a [{"text":"Test message!","font":"my_font"}]
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