BZCC Font Tool

Build and tune replacement fonts for Battlezone: Combat Commander from a Windows GUI.

What it does

BZCC Font Tool turns a desktop font into a Battlezone-compatible font asset while exposing the rendering controls that usually require repetitive trial and error.

The tool can render the game character set from a selected font and lets you adjust pixel size, anti-aliasing, stroke, sharpening, contrast, brightness, color, size offset, and letter spacing before export.

Quick start

Requirements: Windows, Python 3, PyQt5, FreeType bindings, and Pillow.

pip install PyQt5 freetype-py Pillow
python bz2_font_tool.py

The application stores UI preferences through Qt settings, so the working setup survives between sessions.

Highlights

• visual font selection and preview;
• game-oriented bitmap rendering for character codes 1–255;
• anti-aliased or monochrome rendering;
• adjustable stroke, size offset, and letter spacing;
• brightness, contrast, sharpening, and color controls;
• safe font-name sanitization for generated output;
• one-file Python application that is easy to inspect and modify.

Repository

Path	Purpose
bz2_font_tool.py	complete application and rendering pipeline
README.md	project overview and usage
SUPPORT.md	optional support methods

Project network

Part of the broader SAIPEN / vacterro project ecosystem.

Author hub · SAIPEN HQ · SAIPEN Core · ZAICODE · FastPrompter · SAIPEN Community

For reproducible bugs and durable feature requests, use GitHub Issues.

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