ImprovedFont for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

This repository contains the ImprovedFont font for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 from the Phobos project.

Draft status: this project is currently a draft and is under discussion.

Structure

The font is built from PNG images located in the src directory.

ra2fnt binaries for different platforms are located in the ra2fnt directory.

Build

Use the scripts in the scripts directory:

./scripts/build.sh

scripts\build.bat

.\scripts\build.ps1

The build output is game.fnt in the repository root.

CI/CD

GitHub Actions are configured for:

• CI: Build validation on every push and pull_request.
• CD: Automatic GitHub Release publishing when a tag matching v* is pushed.

To publish a new release:

git tag v1.0.0
git push origin v1.0.0

Release assets:

• game.fnt
• game.fnt.sha256
• ImprovedFont-<tag>.zip

Where to get ra2fnt

You can download ra2fnt from the releases of this repository: https://github.com/Belonit/ra2fnt

Credits

• Kerbiter#3128 (Metadorius)
• wiktorderelf#6546
• Uranusian#0653 (Thrifinesma)