Hey,
I'm trying to display a bold .ttf font with slick-util. Using Font.BOLD at Font.createFont is not possible with my seperate .ttf font, it's only possible on build-in fonts.
I need a bold version of my font to display text with outline.
So is it possible to display bold texts with seperate .ttf fonts using slick-util
or create a second pre-bold font with a font editing tool?

When you want fonts in games, it's definitely a good idea to not use .ttf fonts. They have to do an incredible amount of extra processing to be converted into images, and it wastes a significant amount of time.

Use this: http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/

It lets you convert a .ttf font into a bitmap font beforehand. They are much, much faster to load. Additionally, you can edit the font image in GIMP or somesuch and have a more intricate look. (Ex: applying grain, edging, glow, blur, etc.)

There is an AngelCodeFont class in Slick2D that loads and uses the fonts generated by the font generator.

Thank you.
Does AngelCodeFont also exist as a standalone class?
I prefer to not use Slick2D.

I think it's marginally integrated with Slick, but that's not too difficult to change. What you should do is take the source code and convert it into a standalone class for your own personal use. It'll help you understand the code better, and it's not too much work (I've done the same thing before, but I integrated it with my existing code base so it's slightly different).

Ok, I decided to use the Slick2D engine now. It's probably the best way I can create Java games with.
I didn't want to use Slick2D firstly because it seems to be no longer in developement, secondly because I thought
that engine would be not fast enough for me (but it's actually extremly fast) and thirdly because I have to live with
some features I miss (sprite rotation and clipping for example). I don't know how grave the last point will be atm.