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'''BFNT''' ('''B'''inary '''F'''o'''NT''') is a font file format used in [[Mario Kart Arcade GP DX]] and [[Luigi's Mansion Arcade]].

= File Format =
The file byte order is always little endian.

== Header ==
The file starts with the following header:

{| class="wikitable"
! Offset !! Type !! Description
|-
| 0x00 || Char[4] || '''File magic'''. Always ''BFNT'' in ASCII.
|-
| 0x04 || Int32 || '''Font size'''.
|-
| 0x08 || Int32 || '''Is bold'''.
|-
| 0x0C || Int32 || '''Is italic'''.
|-
| 0x10 || Int32 || '''Is Unicode'''.
|-
| 0x14 || Int32 || '''Stretch height'''.
|-
| 0x18 || Int32 || '''Is smooth'''.
|-
| 0x1C || Int32 || {{Unknown-left|'''Unknown'''. Related to anti-aliasing?}}
|-
| 0x20 || Int32[4] || '''Font padding'''.
|-
| 0x30 || Int32[2] || '''Font spacing'''.
|-
| 0x38 || Int32 || '''Outline width'''.
|-
| 0x3C || Int32 || '''Line height'''.
|-
| 0x40 || Int32 || '''Line base'''.
|-
| 0x44 || Int32 || '''Scale width'''.
|-
| 0x48 || Int32 || '''Scale height'''.
|-
| 0x4C || Int32 || '''Number of pages''' ('''P''').
|-
| 0x50 || Int32 || '''Is packed'''.
|-
| 0x54 || Int32 || '''Is alpha channel'''.
|-
| 0x58 || Int32 || '''Is red channel'''.
|-
| 0x5C || Int32 || '''Is green channel'''.
|-
| 0x60 || Int32 || '''Is blue channel'''.
|}

== Pages List ==
After the header, there's a struct of 8*'''P''' bytes for each font page.

{| class="wikitable"
! Offset !! Type !! Description
|-
| 0x00 || Int32 || '''Page ID'''.
|-
| 0x04 || Int32 || '''Page name offset''' relative to the [[#Strings|Strings]] section.
|}

== Character List ==
After the page list, there's the characters section.

{| class="wikitable"
! Offset !! Type !! Description
|-
| 0x00 || Int32 || '''Number of characters''' ('''C''').
|}

=== Character ===
Each character definition is 0x28 bytes long.

{| class="wikitable"
! Offset !! Type !! Description
|-
| 0x00 || Int32 || '''Character ID'''.
|-
| 0x04 || Int32[2] || '''XY position'''.
|-
| 0x0C || Int32 || '''Character width'''.
|-
| 0x10 || Int32 || '''Character height'''.
|-
| 0x14 || Int32 || '''XY offset'''.
|-
| 0x1C || Int32 || '''X advance'''.
|-
| 0x20 || Int32 || '''Page ID'''.
|-
| 0x24 || Int32 || '''Channel'''.
|}

== Strings ==
After the characters, there's a section with null-terminated strings that refer to external DDS file names for each page, without extension.

= Tools =
The following tools can handle BFNT files:
* (none)

[[Category:Luigi's Mansion Arcade File Formats]]
[[Category:Mario Kart Arcade GP DX File Formats]]

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