Question about fonts...

I have a question that's been nagging me for a while...and now that I'm building my actual game interface it's become quite critical.

I realise I can't just use a windows font for my game (which would be stupid and ugly), nor can I download one off of some website and use it in my commercial project. I need a unique, custom font for my project, yet I have no idea how to get one made.

I can't do it myself since I have neither the tools, nor artistic talent. So, what I'm asking is what would be the best way to go about getting one made. Perhaps there are people here on Blitzbasic.com that can do it? It seems like font building just isn't as common a talent as say, coding or making music.

Have a look at:

http://www.aenigmafonts.com/


which you can use in your commercial project for free. Under his FAQ there's an answer about what software he uses as well should you decide to have a go yourself at some time in the future.

Regards.

yeah basically be careful about what you include with your game. Some fonts are allowed to be used for personal AND commercial use (but these are rarer), others are free for personal use only but say in their FAQ to contact the author (presumeably so they can charge you, or maybe just so that they know what it's being used for), and others are not free for commercial or personal use. Then there's the whole "if you make a bitmap font from the font you can use it freely because you are not distributing the TTF code, which is copyright, you are distributing the image of the font instead, which cannot be copyright" issue...

Thanks for the info guys! I think I can probably find something cool to use on there, and as long as it says in black and white it's free for commercial use...well, I feel comfy with that.

Fonts are free... cotrolling the use of fonts is censorship...

OR

You can use FCP Font Creator Program...

It's all about the vectors!