Original Creatures Font for C3/DS
Written onThe trouble with working on a secret Creatures project is keeping it a secret! I originally planned to hold off on the release until the end of the week, but once everything looked like it was working, there was no need to delay. I am pleased to present the Original Creatures Font for C3/DS! This nifty set of image files replaces the existing font in Creatures 3 and/or Docking Station with the familiar font from Creatures 1 and Creatures 2! Quite a perfect fit for playing with C1toDS or C2toDS with more original elements!
Some may wonder how I went about transferring over the font, since there is no way to open up the font file in Creatures 1 or Creatures 2. I started with some screenshots, and created hundreds of bitmaps from there. The only special characters in the original font were a few punctuation marks. Does this mean that the new font isn’t able to handle special characters? Nope! I went ahead and recreated every character to match it up with what was already existing in the standard C3/DS font. And after creating 224 image files for one of the font images, I repeated the process all over again for the different colors. It was actually quite fun and challenging!
Download the C3/DS Original Creatures Font
Please be aware that this font is quite different, and isn’t for everyone. It is smaller and thinner, and is copied directly from Creatures 1. There are a couple of slightly altered lowercase letters, and those with long tails (g, p, q, and y) are aligned a bit differently. I tried making the characters taller… And that was just a mess!
Anyone who would like to use this new font is advised to test it out in a new world before deciding whether to use it. It takes some getting used to, although it’s a nice change from the very thick and industrial type of font normally found in C3/DS. Feel free to share your opinions! Did you try it out and enjoy it, or was it a disaster? All feedback is welcome!
You know, I should have figured there was some connection between the secret project and your forum topic at CCaves asking about fonts.
I’m not certain if I’ll try this myself yet, but I will say that I approve of it. It’s nifty.
I hadn’t actually intended to do much of anything once I learned what was involved with converting the font over, but then I got started and couldn’t stop. My forum topic was also one of the reasons I couldn’t wait any longer… Seemed a little too obvious! Ha ha!
Glad you approve! I’ll be the first one to say that it’s not as easy to read, even though it’s the same size as what was presented in C1 & C2. I take no offense if not too many people try it out: This was a great exercise to get me back into spriting again. I also despised the C3/DS font for awhile, and this will be a nice change of pace!
Love it or hate it: Hopefully this download will be kind of neat!