Heroes of Might and Magic Fonts

Hey Everyhero (Enroth stylish english? )

I was annoyed about having a pixeled H2 font for Lands of Enroth, so I searched again (now in 2017, my previous search was 2 years ago) and found a funny Erathia font!!! hahahaha
Erathia Font -discussion: http://www.celestialheavens.com/forum/10/9229
Erathia Font -download: http://www.vault.acidcave.net/file.php?id=75
And so, I was wondering if there were an Enroth alphabet somewhere...
Didn't found it. Anyway, let's go back to the real topic!

To prevent the pixelised pixelisated pixed pixies (ok, only pixies exist for my English dictionary.. xD), I started to make again the Heroes II Font.
So, first, I make it pixelised, kind of just copying the BMP files of the game, as "I don't know who" did it before.
After I finish it, I plan to make it not pixelised.

So, actually I am at this point:

Screenshot:

I need to check all little letters, and fix some caps letters too.
+ adding a maximum of others languages style, to make this font being able to be used in any European language.

When it will be done, and then ready for the "no-pixies" version, I will make it open for copy in FontStruct, so if whoever wants to try to make some letters it could help me. (seems It will be hours for each letters, to make each one perfect..)

I plan to stamp it as "Lands of Enroth", not really as GodRage one. By the way, there is some empty utf8 characters, where (if many people helps out) we can write the name of each hero whom worked on it.

Why can't we just use 2 filters like me?

Hmmm with filters, making it as a HQ font... it seems difficult (maybe with a professional Font editor program it's easy?..)
But it's certainly the best way for images actually.

If I apply these to x10 resolution pixel font and then size it down a bit It would probably be a very good quaility, still not perfect though

I see what you mean, and I agree it's a smart way to do it.
I will keep it in mind, but right now I will try with Font struct's website.
But, hmm if you can try a "Heroes of Might and Magic II" in such sizes :
x2 x4 x8
it could give me a much better idea of the accuracy of this technique. But background must be transparent...

I think it is very, very good effect for couple of minues of work (note that any artifacts like rounding or partial invisibility of # for example are here because of wrong filter settings and resolution and probably can be avoided).
Also note that anything below original will have more smoothed lines like seen in first screen:

Resolution x1 (from your screen)

Spoiler:

Original resolution x10 Quarter of original resolution x2,5

Thank you for your work
Yeah, for couple minutes it's a great result.
Your x10 (but it's x2, right? ^^)... all the letter lost they courbes. And I think that whatever the filter/programs it won't make soft lines as accurate as my aim.
But the x1 one is really great!

Good job, I will be waiting for this I was looking for such font some time ago, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

Oh, sorry! It's not x10 but x2,5

Forgot that I have cut it in size to make a gif for the forum :p



It can make for a better base for the HQ font, I can do all signs in your preferred resolution, just let me know

Ok we can give a try



Previous screen was somehow not the "real size",
the font is originally in 11px.



So maybe if you can make a x10 of this one:

so it would be 110px, it would be good... but even a 330px (x30) could be good for some usage, I think about making a big wallpaper...


edit:
By the way, this is the Font file as it is right now:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmiEqIIKci0OeGSyh680uANV_3s
it's 96 Ko.
The Homm2big.tff I use is 560 Ko but has problem with the œ letter... So anyway I must make it again... It's going to take ages in fact. xD But it's fun. :p

Every sign here (imgur seem to eat my alpha channel on large images)


Text x30, Signs x10 this time

Thank you for this beautiful Heroes of Might and Magic II !

For me, this sould become the "Homm2 Ragoon Font".
It reminds me the Homm2 Original Font, but also reminds the pixel shapes hahaha

Hmmm...
Yeah, it can be used to make an other Homm2 Font.
Just need the program...Font forge?.. Maybe Photoshop can make a Font? I don't know... But I will continue to concentrate on HeroesII Font with fontstruct . (an I don't hold any Font program actually xD)

I finished my pixed Heroes2 Font.
http://fontstruct.com/fontstructions/show/1088376/heroes2-pixed
Almost all latin characters are inside. No extra languages. But still, there is some letters that I saw for the first time and so didn't made them; I prefer that if you use it and see a missing letter, you tell me what letter is missing, hen I will do it.

Thaks! Beauty! But erathian font is not redable. Only decoration.
How about font from title Heroes I and II? Do you know any free program to convert bmp to ttf? How to do it?

For the HQ version, I finally used FontForge ... Because with Font struct it would be 10 times longer to make...

Actually I did all the little letters (without accents), and a part of BIG ones.
--(Broken image link in 2022)--
As you see, the 12px size looks really fine. (some letters don't ^^)
But on 60px, hmmm it needs much more care to be good. ^^
So, I will finish all the letter fastly, to make a first version, and then take more time to make a newer version...

By the way I think to redraw the "k" letter, because it has always annoyed me to see a "k" having a "K" style...

ps/edit: Nahh I didn't finished all the small letters, x and y was not "first step done" yet! (and few others too..)

Yes its very hard. ttf are very complicated. You must write it using mathematical calculations! Simplest way would be cnoversion from bmp. But I dont know how to do it.

I finished the first version of the font.
http://homm2.free.fr/dl/fonts/Heroes2HQ.ttf
So only CAPS LOCKS and small letters are done. I'm sorry to tell you that it's not perfectly made.

Making it was not long at all, but quite boring because Fontforge looklikes photoshop, I never used photoshop xD

Good work. I like it!

Thank you!!
I didn't work more on it, but soon or sooner I will update it; there is numbers and letters with accents (éàû etc..) that are still in 11px style.

Yes I like it and work on font too. Its Cheroes Chronicles title font and Might and Magic VII-VIII font. Will be good title Heroes I, II font but i dont see tool to convert from bmp. Manually its hard work. But manually not pfoffessional correctly is fastest method.
I think about Enroth font from MMVI gate inscriptions...

I plan to update this font, it's been 5 years since the release of the first version, and I noticed some problems in it.
If you found some letters that need fixes, or some localized letters needed (I plan to make french é è à ç etc..) please tell me what language and if you can, write me the letters themselves in your message.

please let your message in this topic, or contact me on twitter, or on Discord, or email, etc...

GodRage wrote:

I finished the first version of the font.
http://homm2.free.fr/dl/fonts/Heroes2HQ.ttf
So only CAPS LOCKS and small letters are done. I'm sorry to tell you that it's not perfectly made.

I plan to make the second version maybe this summer, or current Enrothian year 2023.


To do list:
L fix top-right is not fancy.
é è à ç ê ë ï î add french letters

I always get confused by the small "k" and big "K", but other than that I got nothing

Sir Albe wrote:

I always get confused by the small "k" and big "K", but other than that I got nothing

Do you also get confused in the original H2 font? :p (because, you know.. )

GodRage wrote:

Sir Albe wrote:

I always get confused by the small "k" and big "K", but other than that I got nothing

Do you also get confused in the original H2 font? :p (because, you know.. )

Yes, I guess it is the original H2 font in which the small and capital "k" looks similar to me

GodRage wrote:

I finished the first version of the font.
http://homm2.free.fr/dl/fonts/Heroes2HQ.ttf
So only CAPS LOCKS and small letters are done. I'm sorry to tell you that it's not perfectly made.

Making it was not long at all, but quite boring because Fontforge looklikes photoshop, I never used photoshop xD

Hi Godrage, is there a way to download this version of font?