[!WARNING] This port from 3.x is still "Work in Progress". Some things may not work properly, a few things may break over time.

TextureFont for Godot 4.2+

TextureFont is an addon for Godot that allows creating fonts from textures from directly within the editor. This addon adds a new TextureFont resource that defines how each character is mapped to the texture(s). These resources can be used anywhere a font is expected (Such as Label, Button, TextEdit, etc.). They allow for fancier, more colorful, or more retro-looking fonts over the standard formats.

Although not up-to-date, the original guide should suffice as a point of reference. However, it shouldn't be too hard to figure out. What you do need to know for starters:

• Enable this addon in the Project Setting's "Plugins" tab;
• Navigate to the File System dock, right click and select "New Resource...";
• Look up and pick "TextureFont". Once it has been created, select it;
• Congratulations! The Texture Font editor is now open. O joy of creation.

Credit to @ElectronicBlueberry for the original addon. This port was initially tailored specifically to my project. However, I feel like the public would benefit from it as well.

Notable differences currently include:

• Image scale and interpolation are disabled.
  • A better, more dynamic solution may be added in the future.

[!NOTE] This port uses a very hacky solution to use a placeholder texture temporarily whenever a TextureFont is saved in the editor, to avoid massive data bloat. This causes Git to report false changes and may also cause a few errors on save. This is not avoidable in 4.2, but should be addressed from 4.3 forward (see https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/82254).