# Cannot generate bitmap fonts

**URL:** <https://phaser.discourse.group/t/cannot-generate-bitmap-fonts/9598>\
**Category:** Phaser 3\
**Created:** [May 15, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/cannot-generate-bitmap-fonts/9598 "2021-05-15T18:03:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![YanKleber](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/phaser.discourse.group/yankleber/32/5152_2.png) [@YanKleber](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/YanKleber)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/cannot-generate-bitmap-fonts/9598/1 "2021-05-15T18:03:27Z")

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Could someone point me please a bitmap font generator that WORKS?  
I tried FontBuilder but it seems to generate bad XMLs.  
I tried BM but it doesn’t export XMLs.  
I tried online Littera but it doesn’t work anymore because it needs Flash plugin.

I am completely at lost here and getting 120% frustrated with the use of fonts in Phaser 3.

_PS: Maybe I should downgrade to Phaser 2 CE? It seems that things are a bit more straightforward with it?_

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**Author:** ![Milton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@Milton](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/Milton)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/cannot-generate-bitmap-fonts/9598/2 "2021-05-15T18:18:43Z")

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bmfont → Options → Font settngs → Add font file

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**Author:** ![YanKleber](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/phaser.discourse.group/yankleber/32/5152_2.png) [@YanKleber](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/YanKleber)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/cannot-generate-bitmap-fonts/9598/3 "2021-05-15T18:33:26Z")

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Milton, thanks for replying!  
It took me a little while to figure that I had to rename the .fnt file to .xml.