Resolved How to use a png as a TMP font atlas?

i have read on a different thread that this is possible, but the instructions in that thread were unclear.
i tried just changing the materials texture from none to the png but nothing changed.

 

Speaking of unclear...

How to report your problem productively in the Unity3D forums:

http://plbm.com/?p=220

This is the bare minimum of information to report:

- what you want
- what you tried
- what you expected to happen
- what actually happened, log output, variable values, and especially any errors you see
- links to documentation you used to cross-check your work (CRITICAL!!!)

You may edit your post above.

The TMPro package is provided as all source. If you are unable to explain here what you want, your best bet might be to study the TMPro code directly and see if there's a way to do this whole "use a png as a TMP font atlas" thing.