The UFont(Dynamic Font patch for NGUI) online demo

[zhing]

I have build the online demo at http://www.goodres.com/ufont/
To see the demo, must have Unity3D 4.0 webplayer installed.

[Cripple]

Hi,

200$ for a patch to add a feature to NGUI is really really expensive. 

[Unisip]

I don't mean to be offensive, but I'm only considering buying such an extension to save the hassle of recoding what someone else has already done.

NGUI is extremely good value in that respect, as there has clearly been a LOT of thinking and coding invested into it.

This extension to NGUI could be coded in something like a day's work (at least, that's the kind of figures you provided). Looking at the way dynamic fonts have been implemented in Unity4, it doesn't seem that one needs to go through very very difficult issues to add this to NGUI. I am a senior programmer, so it's an interesting buy ONLY ifit saves me time that I can spend on other stuff. Of course it is valuable to all the people who don't have C# expertise, so I am not saying you should give it away for free, but I would have expected a price around $20, not $200.
So I guess I'm just going to take the time to code this myself...

[Nicki]

Hey Unisip, the free market dictates that you must sell your solution slightly cheaper than zhing's. And so on.

[Unisip]

That's correct!
Then again, zhing was first to get this done and propose it. So if he decides to occupy the field with a revised price, i'm sure every one interested will be happy to reward him for his contribution...

[dlewis]

Depending on the size of your team/project and how long you have this could be a life saver. I've got an incredibly short schedule so I had no hesitation in grabbing UFont to save me a few days work (at best, more likely a week or more). From what I've used of it so far it's been very good.

With the price it's not going to be for everyone and every project but for those that can afford it, it will save them a lot of time (depending on the programmer skill).

[PoN]

here for free - https://github.com/imkira/unity-sysfont/ , welcome!

[dlewis]

here for free - https://github.com/imkira/unity-sysfont/ , welcome!

I've looked at that and there are a few catches, such as not working on Windows.

[seonr]

I bought UFont for $200 and love it. Works great... no more pixelated fonts or stacks of font atlases.

Highly recommended :-)

[Unisip]

All right,it's a free market, so if 5 people are ready to buy this for 39$, I'll develop it

[ArenMook]

$200 for a feature... if I knew you guys wanted it so badly to pay $200 for it, I would have done it long ago.

[Unisip]

We DO want it BADLY
It's such a time saver. Plus it's an easy addition, I'm sure you'd get it done overnight, and frankly I'd prefer to have it integrated in a 2.8 on your end rather than having to maintain it even if i can make a few $$$ in the process (ajlthough I'm almost done withmy implmentation).
Comon, Michael

[cayou]

$200 for a feature, is it a joke?
Even if it saves a lot of time, it's twice the price of NGUI !
I'm sure you'll get more money by selling it at $20/30. I'll buy it, for sure, not at $200 -_-

[Nicki]

I also want this, but I can't convince the bosses that it's worth $200 extra on top.

[nah0y]

$200 for a feature... if I knew you guys wanted it so badly to pay $200 for it, I would have done it long ago.

We do want it badly
There is NOT a single game that does not need fonts, so you'll help 100% of consumers by getting rid of all the font generating fucking pain process