[pygame] [announcement] SFont 0.1 for pygame

[Eric Burgess <eric@big-brain.org>]

Download it from here: http://big-brain.org/files/python/pygame/

I've created a small module that allows the use of SFont bitmapped fonts 
with pygame.  The SFont format makes it simple to use proportional-width 
bitmapped fonts.  More information on SFont can be found at 
http://www.linux-games.com/sfont/

The SFont format is cool because:

   * It supports multi-colored fonts
   * It is easy to use
   * It's easy to create your own fonts!
   * You can choose between a large number of fonts
   * Handle as many fonts as you like at the same time
   * Simple font format - all data is stored in one png!
   * It's well tested and used in many projects
   * You don't have to deal with strange file formats: all font info is
     stored in one image file
   * The fonts are not dependant on the used image file format


My implementation has the following features:

   * Easy to load from an SFont file: font = sfont.Font('file.png')
   * Automatic word-wrapping at a specified pixel width
   * Ability to blit directly to an existing surface, or return a new
     surface with the text rendered onto it (this is useful when the
     same text needs to be shown many times)
   * Unicode support (untested, and requires an SFont file with the
     desired characters--a few are available on the net)


If anyone finds this useful, I'd appreciate any feedback or bug reports.

Thanks!
Eric Burgess "mojo-"