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Xtf

2017-09-12T19:21:08Z

CobaltHex:

[[File:Xbox-dashboard-font-specimen.png|thumb|200px|Xbox Font Specimen]]

XTF is a font file format used in the [[Dashboard]].
It became famous for being [[Exploits#Font hacks|exploited]].
== Dashboard fonts ==

The dashboard fonts were designed by [[Wikipedia:Steve Matteson|Steve Matteson]] for use on the Xbox Dashboard as well as for promotional materials. Matteson would later create the [https://www.fonts.com/font/microsoft/convection Convection fonts used on the Xbox 360].

Each font contains 7365 glyphs.

=== Xbox.xtf ===

A monospace font.

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Xbox-xtf.png|800px|thumb|Xbox.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

=== XBox Book.xtf ===

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:XBox Book-xtf.png|800px|thumb|XBox Book.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

== File format ==

* 4 byte (magic)
* 4 byte (length prefix for following string)
* zero-terminated string with given buffer length (font-name)
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd144956%28v=vs.85%29.aspx GLYPHSET] (List of supported glyphs)
* For each cGlyphsSupported:
** [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd374209(v=vs.85).aspx GLYPHMETRICSFLOAT] (Metrics for each glyph)
** 4 byte (Offset of glyph in file)
* For each GLYPHSET range
** For each glyph in this range (stored as a triangle strip)
*** 2 byte (Index count)
*** 2 byte (Vertex count)
*** For each index:
**** 2 byte (Vertex index)
*** For each vertex:
**** 4 byte float (X-coordinate)
**** 4 byte float (Y-coordinate)

{{FIXME|reason=Confirm these findings and format them better}}

== Links ==

* [https://github.com/JayFoxRox/xbox-tools/tree/master/xtf-converter A tool to convert XTF fonts to SVG fonts]

Xtf

2017-09-12T19:20:35Z

CobaltHex:

[[File:Xbox-dashboard-font-specimen.png|thumb|200px|Xbox Font Specimen]]

XTF is a font file format used in the [[Dashboard]].
It became famous for being [[Exploits#Font hacks|exploited]].
== Dashboard fonts ==

The dashboard fonts were designed by [[Wikipedia:Steve Matteson|Steve Matteson]] for use on the Xbox as well as for promotional materials. Matteson would later create the [https://www.fonts.com/font/microsoft/convection Convection fonts used on the Xbox 360].

Each font contains 7365 glyphs.

=== Xbox.xtf ===

A monospace font.

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Xbox-xtf.png|800px|thumb|Xbox.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

=== XBox Book.xtf ===

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:XBox Book-xtf.png|800px|thumb|XBox Book.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

== File format ==

* 4 byte (magic)
* 4 byte (length prefix for following string)
* zero-terminated string with given buffer length (font-name)
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd144956%28v=vs.85%29.aspx GLYPHSET] (List of supported glyphs)
* For each cGlyphsSupported:
** [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd374209(v=vs.85).aspx GLYPHMETRICSFLOAT] (Metrics for each glyph)
** 4 byte (Offset of glyph in file)
* For each GLYPHSET range
** For each glyph in this range (stored as a triangle strip)
*** 2 byte (Index count)
*** 2 byte (Vertex count)
*** For each index:
**** 2 byte (Vertex index)
*** For each vertex:
**** 4 byte float (X-coordinate)
**** 4 byte float (Y-coordinate)

{{FIXME|reason=Confirm these findings and format them better}}

== Links ==

* [https://github.com/JayFoxRox/xbox-tools/tree/master/xtf-converter A tool to convert XTF fonts to SVG fonts]

Talk:Xtf

2017-09-12T18:34:37Z

CobaltHex:

== Change to article about promo fonts ==
Both of these fonts were used as part of the Xbox's marketing materials. More info there than the XTF format. Perhaps move the XTF to a generic file format article (below)

== Merge with dashboard article ==

I think it makes sense to merge this with the dashboard article or even move such file format stuff to other wikis.
However, I'm not sure how to integrate it best with the dashboard article, and I'm not aware of any wikis where this would fit.
--[[User:JayFoxRox|JayFoxRox]] ([[User talk:JayFoxRox|talk]]) 11:45, 22 August 2017 (PDT)

== Add file format info ==

from #xqemu irc channel

* JayFoxRox: I looked at the file, it seems to be a 2D mesh format, indices, followed by vertices
* JayFoxRox: header is XTF0, then, then 4 bytes length for the following name of font [should be 32 bytes]
* JayFoxRox: seemingly this is used too: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd144956(v=vs.85).aspx
* JayFoxRox: or at least there is a 4 byte length prefix again
* JayFoxRox: near end of file it's very surely <code>u16 icount, u16 vcount, u16 indices[icount] { float x,y; }[vcount]</code>
* JayFoxRox: if there are any structures between those 2? no idea.
* JayFoxRox: apparently the last structure [with mesh data] keeps repeating towards the end, so it's probably each glyph seperately
* JayFoxRox: I don't have more time for doing this now - I already did more than I wanted by sourcing the Xbox.xtf and Xbox Book.xtf and looking at it with hexedit and googling for MS structures :P
* JayFoxRox: I think there are degenerates, so looks like tri-strip << edit: actually those are just tris!

Update: source code for partially converting to svg font: https://gist.github.com/JayFoxRox/3749698d1ae590608433672bffecba5a

--[[User:JayFoxRox|JayFoxRox]] ([[User talk:JayFoxRox|talk]]) 11:49, 22 August 2017 (PDT)

Xtf

2017-09-12T15:52:44Z

CobaltHex:

[[File:Xbox-dashboard-font-specimen.png|thumb|200px|Xbox Font Specimen]]

XTF is a font file format used in the [[Dashboard]].
It became famous for being [[Exploits#Font hacks|exploited]].
Both fonts were also used for branding and promotional use.

== Dashboard fonts ==

The dashboard fonts were designed by [[Wikipedia:Steve Matteson|Steve Matteson]] of [[Wikipedia:Ascender Corporation|Ascdender Corporation]] for use on the Xbox. Matteson had already created many of Microsoft's [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] core fonts and would later create the [https://www.fonts.com/font/microsoft/convection Convection fonts used on the Xbox 360].

Each font contain 7365 glyphs.

=== Xbox.xtf ===

A monospace font.

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Xbox-xtf.png|800px|thumb|Xbox.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

=== XBox Book.xtf ===

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:XBox Book-xtf.png|800px|thumb|XBox Book.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

== File format ==

* 4 byte (magic)
* 4 byte (length prefix for following string)
* zero-terminated string with given buffer length (font-name)
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd144956%28v=vs.85%29.aspx GLYPHSET] (List of supported glyphs)
* For each cGlyphsSupported:
** [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd374209(v=vs.85).aspx GLYPHMETRICSFLOAT] (Metrics for each glyph)
** 4 byte (Offset of glyph in file)
* For each GLYPHSET range
** For each glyph in this range (stored as a triangle strip)
*** 2 byte (Index count)
*** 2 byte (Vertex count)
*** For each index:
**** 2 byte (Vertex index)
*** For each vertex:
**** 4 byte float (X-coordinate)
**** 4 byte float (Y-coordinate)

{{FIXME|reason=Confirm these findings and format them better}}

== Links ==

* [https://github.com/JayFoxRox/xbox-tools/tree/master/xtf-converter A tool to convert XTF fonts to SVG fonts]

Xtf

2017-09-12T15:35:59Z

CobaltHex:

[[File:Xbox-dashboard-font-specimen.png|thumb|200px|Xbox Font Specimen]]

XTF is a font file format used in the [[Dashboard]].
It became famous for being [[Exploits#Font hacks|exploited]].

== Dashboard fonts ==

The dashboard fonts were designed by [[Wikipedia:Steve Matteson|Steve Matteson]] of [[Wikipedia:Ascender Corporation|Ascdender Corporation]] for use on the Xbox. Matteson had already created many of Microsoft's [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] core fonts and would later create the [https://www.fonts.com/font/microsoft/convection Convection fonts used on the Xbox 360].

Each font contain 7365 glyphs.

=== Xbox.xtf ===

A monospace font.

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Xbox-xtf.png|800px|thumb|Xbox.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

=== XBox Book.xtf ===

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:XBox Book-xtf.png|800px|thumb|XBox Book.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

== File format ==

* 4 byte (magic)
* 4 byte (length prefix for following string)
* zero-terminated string with given buffer length (font-name)
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd144956%28v=vs.85%29.aspx GLYPHSET] (List of supported glyphs)
* For each cGlyphsSupported:
** [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd374209(v=vs.85).aspx GLYPHMETRICSFLOAT] (Metrics for each glyph)
** 4 byte (Offset of glyph in file)
* For each GLYPHSET range
** For each glyph in this range (stored as a triangle strip)
*** 2 byte (Index count)
*** 2 byte (Vertex count)
*** For each index:
**** 2 byte (Vertex index)
*** For each vertex:
**** 4 byte float (X-coordinate)
**** 4 byte float (Y-coordinate)

{{FIXME|reason=Confirm these findings and format them better}}

== Links ==

* [https://github.com/JayFoxRox/xbox-tools/tree/master/xtf-converter A tool to convert XTF fonts to SVG fonts]

Xtf

2017-09-12T15:35:23Z

CobaltHex:

[[File:Xbox-dashboard-font-specimen.png|thumb|200px|Xbox Font Specimen]]

XTF is a font file format used in the [[Dashboard]].
It became famous for being [[Exploits#Font hacks|exploited]].

== Dashboard fonts ==

The dashboard fonts were designed by [[Wikipedia:Steve Matteson|Steve Matteson]] of [[Wikipedia:Ascender Corporation|Ascdender Corporation]] for use on the Xbox. Matteson had already created many of Microsoft's [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] core fonts and would later create the [https://www.fonts.com/font/microsoft/convection Convection fonts used on the Xbox 360].

Each font contain 7365 glyphs.

=== Xbox.xtf ===

A monospace font.

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Xbox-xtf.png|800px|thumb|Xbox.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

=== XBox Book.xtf ===

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:XBox Book-xtf.png|800px|thumb|XBox Book.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

== File format ==

* 4 byte (magic)
* 4 byte (length prefix for following string)
* zero-terminated string with given buffer length (font-name)
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd144956%28v=vs.85%29.aspx GLYPHSET] (List of supported glyphs)
* For each cGlyphsSupported:
** [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd374209(v=vs.85).aspx GLYPHMETRICSFLOAT] (Metrics for each glyph)
** 4 byte (Offset of glyph in file)
* For each GLYPHSET range
** For each glyph in this range
*** 2 byte (Index count)
*** 2 byte (Vertex count)
*** For each index:
**** 2 byte (Vertex index)
*** For each vertex:
**** 4 byte float (X-coordinate)
**** 4 byte float (Y-coordinate)

Individual character meshes are stored as triangle strips

{{FIXME|reason=Confirm these findings and format them better}}

== Links ==

* [https://github.com/JayFoxRox/xbox-tools/tree/master/xtf-converter A tool to convert XTF fonts to SVG fonts]

Xtf

2017-09-12T15:35:08Z

CobaltHex:

[[File:Xbox-dashboard-font-specimen.png|thumb|200px|Xbox Font Specimen]]

XTF is a font file format used in the [[Dashboard]].
It became famous for being [[Exploits#Font hacks|exploited]].

== Dashboard fonts ==

The dashboard fonts were designed by [[Wikipedia:Steve Matteson|Steve Matteson]] of [[Wikipedia:Ascender Corporation|Ascdender Corporation]] for use on the Xbox. Matteson had already created many of Microsoft's [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] core fonts and would later create the [https://www.fonts.com/font/microsoft/convection Convection fonts used on the Xbox 360].

Each font contain 7365 glyphs each.

=== Xbox.xtf ===

A monospace font.

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Xbox-xtf.png|800px|thumb|Xbox.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

=== XBox Book.xtf ===

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:XBox Book-xtf.png|800px|thumb|XBox Book.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

== File format ==

* 4 byte (magic)
* 4 byte (length prefix for following string)
* zero-terminated string with given buffer length (font-name)
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd144956%28v=vs.85%29.aspx GLYPHSET] (List of supported glyphs)
* For each cGlyphsSupported:
** [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd374209(v=vs.85).aspx GLYPHMETRICSFLOAT] (Metrics for each glyph)
** 4 byte (Offset of glyph in file)
* For each GLYPHSET range
** For each glyph in this range
*** 2 byte (Index count)
*** 2 byte (Vertex count)
*** For each index:
**** 2 byte (Vertex index)
*** For each vertex:
**** 4 byte float (X-coordinate)
**** 4 byte float (Y-coordinate)

Individual character meshes are stored as triangle strips

{{FIXME|reason=Confirm these findings and format them better}}

== Links ==

* [https://github.com/JayFoxRox/xbox-tools/tree/master/xtf-converter A tool to convert XTF fonts to SVG fonts]

Xtf

2017-09-12T15:33:22Z

CobaltHex: added more background info

[[File:Xbox-dashboard-font-specimen.png|thumb|200px|Xbox Font Specimen]]

XTF is a font file format used in the [[Dashboard]].
It became famous for being [[Exploits#Font hacks|exploited]].

== Dashboard fonts ==

The dashboard fonts were designed by [[Wikipedia:Steve Matteson|Steve Matteson]] of [[Wikipedia:Ascender Corporation|Ascdender Corporation]] for use on the Xbox. Matteson had already created many of Microsoft's [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] core fonts and would later create the [https://www.fonts.com/font/microsoft/convection:Link Convection fonts used on the Xbox 360].

Each font contain 7365 glyphs each.

=== Xbox.xtf ===

A monospace font.

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:Xbox-xtf.png|800px|thumb|Xbox.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

=== XBox Book.xtf ===

<div style="display: inline-block;">[[File:XBox Book-xtf.png|800px|thumb|XBox Book.xtf from [[Dashboard]].]]</div>

== File format ==

* 4 byte (magic)
* 4 byte (length prefix for following string)
* zero-terminated string with given buffer length (font-name)
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd144956%28v=vs.85%29.aspx GLYPHSET] (List of supported glyphs)
* For each cGlyphsSupported:
** [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd374209(v=vs.85).aspx GLYPHMETRICSFLOAT] (Metrics for each glyph)
** 4 byte (Offset of glyph in file)
* For each GLYPHSET range
** For each glyph in this range
*** 2 byte (Index count)
*** 2 byte (Vertex count)
*** For each index:
**** 2 byte (Vertex index)
*** For each vertex:
**** 4 byte float (X-coordinate)
**** 4 byte float (Y-coordinate)

Individual character meshes are stored as triangle strips

{{FIXME|reason=Confirm these findings and format them better}}

== Links ==

* [https://github.com/JayFoxRox/xbox-tools/tree/master/xtf-converter A tool to convert XTF fonts to SVG fonts]

Xtf

2017-08-30T02:10:37Z

CobaltHex:

[[File:Xbox-dashboard-font-specimen.png|thumb|200px|Xbox Font Specimen]]

xtf is a font file format used in the [[Dashboard]].
It became famous for being [[Exploits#Font hacks|exploited]].

=== File format ===

{{FIXME}}

File:Xbox-dashboard-font-specimen.png

2017-08-30T02:10:07Z

CobaltHex: Xbox Dashboard font specimen (Copyright Ascender Corp, Microsoft)

Xbox Dashboard font specimen
(Copyright Ascender Corp, Microsoft)

Xtf

2017-08-30T02:03:58Z

CobaltHex:

[[File:http://i.imgur.com/u2P069H.png|thumb|200px|Remote and Receiver]]

xtf is a font file format used in the [[Dashboard]].
It became famous for being [[Exploits#Font hacks|exploited]].

=== File format ===

{{FIXME}}

Xtf

2017-08-30T02:02:42Z

CobaltHex:

xtf is a font file format used in the [[Dashboard]].
It became famous for being [[Exploits#Font hacks|exploited]].

{{Sidebar
| name = Xtf
| title = Xtf Font Format
| image = [[File:http://i.imgur.com/u2P069H.png]]
}}

=== File format ===

{{FIXME}}

Xtf

2017-08-30T02:02:11Z

CobaltHex: added specimin image