Time for action – creating a bitmap font using Glyph Designer

First of all, we will need to download and install Glyph Designer. Go to http://71squared.com/glyphdesigner to download and install the Glyph Designer application.

We're going to create three different fonts:

• A font for the "You win!" label that will appear when you win the game

• A font for the "You lose!" label that will appear when you lose the game

• A font for points that will float out of the bird when we hit it with the arrow

Let's start with the font for the "You win!" label:

1. Open the Glyph Designer application and save the empty project anywhere you like. Name the project WinFont.GlyphDesigner.

2. Select the Chalkduster font from the list of fonts on the left.

   Tip

   You can start typing Chalkduster in the search area at the top of the fonts list to save time searching for the font.

3. Set the size of the font at the bottom to 64. You can use the slider or type the font size by hand, which is much faster.

4. On the right-hand side of Glyph Designer...