| From: | James L Boyd |
| Date: | 26 Sep 99 at 22:59:31 |
| Subject: | Re: screen and font output! (fwd) |
Hi Curt,
You sent this to me, but I guess it was aimed at the Blitz list :)
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Date: 26-Sep-99 20:08:03
From: Curt Esser <camge@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: screen and font output!
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Hi
On 26-Sep-99, James L Boyd wrote:
> Emil Oppeln Bronikowski churned out *this* drivel:
>
>> how can i use custom fonts on bitmap? i can loadfont and use windowfont,
>> but there is no bitmapfont command :)
>
> I don't think you can (though I think you can use some other kind of Blitz
> fonts - I think Curt knows about this).
Well, the code I posted before was for use in Amiga mode only, of course,
since it uses OS functions.
If you are wanting to do it in Blitz-mode, you can use the
RIFNSfonts.library stuff, but you'll have to use your own font(s) made with
the included editor.
You can also convert regular system fonts to the FNS format with the editor
- and it will work with proportional fonts as well as fixed-width. The
drawback is that you only can get the standard characters - not the
alternate set.
But if you are in Blitz-mode, it's the only way I know...
The RIFNSfonts comes with the BSS libraries, or there is an earlier version
in the RI archive in Aminet/dev/basic - I forget the name of the archive.
BTW, the Appicon/window/menu library you are looking for is also in the BSS
or the same archive on Aminet. The BSS version is better, but the one on
Aminet is free...
>
> The other way to do it is to render the font's characters onto hidden
> bitmaps while in "Amiga" mode and use those for blitting in Blitz mode...
You could do that too, although it would require an awful load of
calculations to get the spacing right and such...
Later...
Yours electronically,
Curt Esser
camge@ix.netcom.com
http://members.xoom.com/Curt_Esser/
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See ya,
But what is all this fear of and opposition to oblivion? What
is the matter with the soft darkness, the dreamless sleep?
-- James Thurber
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