Skinning Lemonboy: Font

[chickendung]

I downloaded the JoJo SDL timings copy of Lemonboy which does show some improvement over previous releases, but the sound is still bad.
Anyway, I decided I would make a little nostalgic theme for the application:
about.png:

menu.png/menus.png:

selector.png:

Besides the selector having issues with pink pixels showing up(which should be transparent), I am having trouble with finding another font file at 582 x 29 that is simply black and white characters. I have tried overlapping the characters in the original and then deleting the background(but keeping the black tics), but the new characters seem to absorb some of the pink coloring when I fill in the new background and it shows up in the final product. Therefore, I think it would be best if I just got a new font file in the correct dimensions, perhaps typewriter font, or something else that resembles the Game Boy style. However, if there is a way to make fonts into an dimension such as the one used for Lemonboy, then it would be great if you would point me in the right direction. Thanks!

Also, feedback on the theme would be great!

 

[juanvvc]

Your theme is really nice. Some comments:

- You don't need to show my name in the about screen since it is not "my" emulator any more. Use your name for the art and Jojo/Pickle as authors.
- "pink line" in selector.png: actually, the color in the upper-left corner is the transparent color, no matter whether it is pink, yellow or blue. In my Gp2x your selector.png works fine, no pink line is shown.
- Font: the transparent color for the font file is also the upper-left corner. Characters must have a height of 14 pixels and any number of pixels for width. Any font with a height of 12 pixels will work, but remember using two additional pixels in vertical space for a total of 14 pixels. There are two font colors, dark and bright. That's an image of 28 lines and an additional line for widths for a total of 29 pixels. This last line marks with a black pixel the start of each character. Characters are all ASCII from ASCII 32 to ASCII 95 (both included) and an additional character for a directory icon.

A quick example with a Sans font (spaces between letters need some ajustements):

 

[chickendung]

Your theme is really nice. Some comments:

- You don't need to show my name in the about screen since it is not "my" emulator any more. Use your name for the art and Jojo/Pickle as authors.
- "pink line" in selector.png: actually, the color in the upper-left corner is the transparent color, no matter whether it is pink, yellow or blue. In my Gp2x your selector.png works fine, no pink line is shown.
- Font: the transparent color for the font file is also the upper-left corner. Characters must have a height of 14 pixels and any number of pixels for width. Any font with a height of 12 pixels will work, but remember using two additional pixels in vertical space for a total of 14 pixels. There are two font colors, dark and bright. That's an image of 28 lines and an additional line for widths for a total of 29 pixels. This last line marks with a black pixel the start of each character. Characters are all ASCII from ASCII 32 to ASCII 95 (both included) and an additional character for a directory icon.

A quick example with a Sans font (spaces between letters need some ajustements):

Thanks for the feedback and the example! That is just what I needed. I'll change the about picture and the font and post the update. I'm glad you like the theme! I was thinking about doing a few Game Boy Pocket themes as well, a few different colors.

 

[chickendung]

Here is the final version:
http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/wiz.cgi?0,0,0,0,50,254

Thanks to Juanvvc for the font help!

EDIT: Not REALLY the final version. It will take a while until the update is accepted. I fixed all of the glitches I noticed after uploading it the first time...