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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