Telltale Games FONT

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FONT

• Format Type : Font
  
• Endian Order : Little Endian
  
• Signatures : VSM / 5VSM / 6VSM / ERTM
  

Format Specifications (5VSM)

// Telltale's FONT file format (version 10)
// Based on font from "Batman: The Telltale Series"


// header
4 bytes (char) - signature // e.g. "5VSM"
4 bytes (uint32) - total size of info structures (info_table_size + coordinates_table_size + images_info_size)
4 bytes (uint32) - nulls
4 bytes (uint32) - total image data size
4 bytes (uint32) - font version  // e.g. 10 - Batman
120 bytes - unknown


// info table
4 bytes (uint32) - name+sizes length
4 bytes (uint32) - font name length
x bytes (char) - font name  // e.g. "Gotham Light_60"
1 byte (uint8) - check flag?
16 bytes - unknown
4 bytes(uint32) - coordinates table length
4 bytes (uint32) - number of entries in coordinates table


// coordinates table
num_of_entries *
{
   // float coordinates can be converted to integers using image width and image height
   // e.g.  x_start = 0.65625 * 512 = 336

   4 bytes (uint32) - symbol's utf-8 code  // e.g. 78 for "N" 
   4 bytes (uint32) - texture number  // usually 0 or 1
   4 bytes (uint32) - HZ / Channel
   4 bytes (float) - w_start (X start)
   4 bytes (float) - w_end (X End)
   4 bytes (float) - h_start (Y start)
   4 bytes (float) - h_end (Y end)
   4 bytes (float) - width
   4 bytes (float) - height
   4 bytes (float) - kern_left_side (X offset)
   4 bytes (float) - to_top (Y offset)
   4 bytes (float) - width with kerning (X Advanced)
}


// images info
4 bytes (uint32) - image info length
4 bytes (uint32) - number of images

num_of_images *
{
   // image header
   4 bytes (uint32) - unknown  // 8
   4 bytes (uint32) - unknwon  // 8
   4 bytes (uint32) - unknown  // 273
   4 bytes (uint32) - unknown  // 8
   4 bytes (uint32) - platform  // 2 - PC
                                // 7, 9 - iOS
   4 bytes (uint32) - name+sizes length
   4 bytes (uint32) - font name length
   x bytes (char) - font name  // e.g. "MenuBodyLarge.font"
   4 bytes (uint32) - name+sizes length 
   4 bytes (uint32) - source file path length
   x bytes (char) - source file path  // e.g. "C:/Program Files/Telltale Games/Telltale Tool/t3/Temp/Gotham Light_0.tga"

   // image info (144 bytes)
   4 bytes (uint32) - unknown
   4 bytes (uint32) - unknown  // 1
   4 bytes (uint32) - image width
   4 bytes (uint32) - image height
   100 bytes - unknown
   4 bytes (uint32) - image data size
   24 bytes - unknown
}
1 byte (uint8) - unknown  // 48


// data
num_of_images *
{
   x bytes - image data
}

Format Specifications (ERTM)

// Telltale's FONT file format (ERTM)

// header
4 bytes (char) - signature // e.g. "ERTM"

// TODO

Notes and Comments

• This file format occurs in games made by Telltale Games.

Games

List of games using this file format:

• Batman: The Telltale Series (PC) (*.FONT) ("5VSM" signature, version 10)
• Puzzle Agent (PC) (*.FONT) ("ERTM" signature)

QuickBMS Script

Not written yet.

Compatible Programs

• TTG Tools
• TelltaleToolLib