Bitmap Font Writer for Macs?

Hey all,

I'm new to Graphic design on Mac's (I'd previously been using Windows Vista on a Dell laptop). I had been using a Bitmap Font Writer on my Dell while using photoshop for an older Nintendo game font that cannot work using TT fonts. However, in switching over to my Mac I've come to find that no such bitmap font writer exists. Is there one out there that I'm not aware of? Is there a simpler solution to this rather than switching to the dell when I need the font?

Thanks in advance!

CobeSlice

what format are the bitmap fonts output to?

I usually use the program listed above to save them as a .png or .jpg file and then I use photoshop to extract them from the background and place the full text as a layer on the image. The useful thing about the Bitmap Font Writer is that it creates the words for me so that I dont have to cut and paste each individual character.

try this. it's the website we used for Typography class to create fonts

try this. it's the website we used for Typography class to create fontshttp://www.fontlab.com/photofont/bitfonter/

I appreciate the advice, but there has to be an easier way to do it than spending $500.00 USD on a program I'm not sure can do what I need.

bmglyph

you can give a try to bmglyph (bmGlyph - bitmap font generator for OSX)