bmGlyph App Reviews

The app does everything I would want in a font app for Cocos2d. Its great to adjust the settings, colors, and sizes… Then see it appear immediately in my app next time it runs. Unfortunately, it crashes every time I try to save my settings. I was able to Save As once to another name, but youll go crazy trying to save it after the first time. Best to write down all the values each time and hope for the best.

I have been looking at this application and finally decided to use it instead of Heiro because of the need for HD graphics. The interface was a little bit confusing at first, but with in 5 min got the hang of it and it works great.

This is a really good tool for bitmap fonts conversion on the Mac. Its definitely worth the price if you need this kind of thing. The only issue Ive had is that certain font variations from font books dont show up. Theres only the standard Italic, Bold, etc.. options even if the font uses different styles. You have to import each style as a separate font on your system.

For the cost, for the functionality, for the quality. I love it. (Taking away one of the stars because its becoming a huge pain since bmglyph wont save in the correct file names for ipadhd.) One feature it could use now the new iPad is out is letting me manually set the file extension for HD. Cocos2d 1.1beta2 uses: iPhone: .png iPhone Retina: -hd.png iPad: -ipad.png iPad Retina: -ipadhd.png I find myself having to go in and rename the files & manually editing the produced font.

After wasting a lot of time with Hiero and deciding I didnt want to pay $30 for this apps competition, I bought bmGlyph. There are little UI things that make it seem a bit sloppy, but in the end, it has the features I need and produces good results. Worth the money.

When I first bought this app I was trying to make a sprite sheet of a couple thousand Japanese characters I needed for my game. The first version I bought crashed and locked up when I tried to make a sprite sheet with so many characters. However, I sent an email to the author who was relatively responsive and actually fixed several of the issues I mentioned. Now the app works perfectly for what I need to do. Its not flawless but, the support is decent and it can handle large character sets. I would now recommend this app.

The export to Sparrow feature is currently broken. It does not export XML but instead a plain text file, making the bitmap export absolutely useless for Sparrow and Starling. Dont sell broken software in the app store. Especially, when its a very crucial feature.

thank you dev, I needed this program to make my fonts for my upcoming iOS game. well worth the price

Even works well with EZGUI in Unity!

Use this app very lot. Its very usefully. Please, add multiline for preview mode.

bmGlyph takes all the hassle out of decorating and rasterizing fonts. The app receives regular updates and the developer is quick to respond to support questions and bug reports.

Great app. Worth the $10. Im an iOS developer and this is exactly what I needed to use for my apps. One of very few apps I actually went out of my way to write a review for and as a fellow developer I appreciate the work you put into it.

very nice work.

dont waste your time with BMFont anymore…. This one just work and have all the bells and whistles.

Couple of things would like to see better: 1) The biggest need for improvement is a more determinate handling of the actual characters in the current texture, enabling users to _toggle_ character sets, not just "add" them. This would allow users to, in one-click, to add _or remove_ an entire character set. Any custom characters added manually, outside of selected character sets, could be simply grouped under a Custom Entries button to toggle. Otherwise, just try to use this app 1 week after adding 10 character sets and see if you can remember which characters were added previously just by looking. GOOD LUCK!! :) 2) the Select a character set dialog is just terrible, heres why: a) It uses odd, unconventional naming of character sets -- why not use the same as Apple? Thats what we users are used to, so dont try to be all different and special there, just do what users expect. b) None of the character sets have any additional country information, so you basically have to become expert in all the various languages around the world to know that Japanese language characters are called something else in the app. c) There are over 40 character set entries and yet theres no search? (!) d) Entries are not sorted alphabetically; with that many entries, there needs to be _SOME_ form of organization to be useful. So combine a) b), c) & d) and yeah GOOD LUCK finding what you need! As-is requires constant scrolling, trying to decipher the unconventional naming of character sets… Clearly the list needs work! :) 3) Last thing, though minor, the icons, color choices for the inspector views, and overall look & feel are just awful; what is this, Windows 3.1? Please update the appearance for this century, thanks :( Other than those bits for improvement, good tool; gets the job done!

I chose this over Glyph Designer because it did what I needed for 1/4 of the price. I am using it to design bitmap fonts for a Corona SDK app and it works great. The only problem Ive had is that sometimes when I change the "File Name" field on the Publish screen, the change doesnt stick and I have to open the file in a text editor to change the value.

Great app, lots of options and features, easy to use

Absurdly easy to use. Price is amazing for the amount of time this saves.