Marcel van KervinckThe resolution is good for games but 8x8 characters will still be huge. It is amazing how much variety there is among the available 5x7 and 5x8 fonts. I just have to add another one.
Tool chain: Excel --> Print as PDF --> Preview --> Save as PNG --> ImageMagick --> Scale and save as RGB --> Python. This was simpler 30 years ago.
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In the meantime I found PikoPixel, it looks good for this.
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Why did you use a so long "tool-chain"?
If you created this font with Excel (bi color cells ?), you can easilly export it to CSV file, which is very easy to use with a homemade program (written in Python or C).
That's exacly what I've done for the tracks matrix of the game "micromachine" for A2Z. The 2 CSV files are read by a simple program written in C.
https://hackaday.io/project/18206-a2z-computer/log/51519-45-the-game-micromachines
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Unfortunately my excel doesn't export the cell colors to CSV. For subsequent graphics I might try conditional formatting and simple values in the cells. Then the CSV route should work.
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