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+There are two tools available for creating fonts for irrlicht, both are supported.
+
+oldFontTool:
+ only works in Windows, creates a simple image file containing all data for displaying fonts.
+ Those file contain no alpha informations and are limited in their character set.
+ use the IrrFontTool.exe file in this directory.
+
+newFontTool:
+ a more sophisticated font tool supporting alpha channels, anti aliasing,
+ different character sets, vector fonts and other operating systems than
+ just windows. It will create multiple image files and an .xml file
+ containing meta information for the generated font.
+ You can find it as FontTool.exe in the /bin directory. \ No newline at end of file