Writing a Guide to SDF Fonts (opens in new tab)

(redblobgames.com)

122 pointschunkles27d ago11 comments

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adzm27d ago

The article in question, https://www.redblobgames.com/articles/sdf-fonts/ is really neat as well, especially the interactive demonstrations

socalgal226d ago

That seems off a little. Here's GPU accelerated vector text, in perspective where as the article claims no

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/...

iTokio26d ago

Indeed, but the author left a note:

> there are newer GPU-accelerated font rendering systems that use the vectors. I have not yet explored these.

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amitp26d ago

Thanks!

bob102927d ago

Valve originally devised this technique in 2007:

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/valve/2007/SIGGRAPH2007...

amitp26d ago

I originally had that near the top but in one of the rewrites I moved the papers to the end — https://www.redblobgames.com/articles/sdf-fonts/#appendix

jjkaczor26d ago

Oh thank-you for the reminder to check Amit's site again! (been following since the BBS and SolarRealms days...)

bananaboy26d ago

I’m always pleasantly surprised when I’m reminded that he and his brother made SRE and BRE. I love hearing that folks from those days are still making great things.

eviks25d ago

Tangential: given the lack of hinting, is it possible to achieve high quality results for small fonts, are there any examples/comparisons to actual fonts (that also can have bad quality hinting, so real comparison to well/poorly hinted fonts would be interesting)?

mcraiha26d ago

Are there any games that use SDF for 2D character (player, enemies, objects etc.) rendering?

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11 comments

adzm27d ago

The article in question, https://www.redblobgames.com/articles/sdf-fonts/ is really neat as well, especially the interactive demonstrations

socalgal226d ago

That seems off a little. Here's GPU accelerated vector text, in perspective where as the article claims no

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/...

iTokio26d ago

Indeed, but the author left a note:

> there are newer GPU-accelerated font rendering systems that use the vectors. I have not yet explored these.

1 more reply

amitp26d ago

Thanks!

bob102927d ago

Valve originally devised this technique in 2007:

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/valve/2007/SIGGRAPH2007...

amitp26d ago

I originally had that near the top but in one of the rewrites I moved the papers to the end — https://www.redblobgames.com/articles/sdf-fonts/#appendix

jjkaczor26d ago

Oh thank-you for the reminder to check Amit's site again! (been following since the BBS and SolarRealms days...)

bananaboy26d ago

I’m always pleasantly surprised when I’m reminded that he and his brother made SRE and BRE. I love hearing that folks from those days are still making great things.

eviks25d ago

mcraiha26d ago

Are there any games that use SDF for 2D character (player, enemies, objects etc.) rendering?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse