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I wanted to make a small game with C# because I got a book, and was looking for a program that could convert the font to BMP or something like that.
I found both shareware and freeware on the Internet, and I was not happy with them. Especially shareware. I did not want to pay for just that. I thought almost do it myself, but I happened to find a good one. Actually on Microsoft’s website. Even better, it’s free. Moreover, with source code in C#. Source is slightly older and you have to convert them but it went well for me.

The text below is from the included HTML file with the source code.

This utility converts Windows TrueType fonts into .bmp files that can be imported using the XNA Framework Content Pipeline, and converted into SpriteFont objects by BitmapFontProcessor.
Overview

When you add a new font description to an XNA Framework project, this creates an XML description file describing what font you want to use. The Content Pipeline reads this description, renders out the appropriate characters using the Windows Font API, and converts them into a format that can be efficiently rendered using the SpriteFont class.

You may find “ttf2bmp.exe” on the web, but I would say that it is only the source code. Anyway what I found on Microsoft’s website.
Sorry I forgot the address. Go to the http://www.microsoft.com/express/ and look for ttf2bmp.exe.

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