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Using truetype font from game folder? #355233 01/25/11 16:46 01/25/11 16:46
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 433 The Netherlands T Toon OP Senior Member
Toon OP Senior Member T Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 433 The Netherlands	Is it possible to use a truetype font from the game folder instead of installing the font in the c:\windows\fonts directory?

Re: Using truetype font from game folder? [Re: Toon] #355242 01/25/11 17:41 01/25/11 17:41
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,568 Germany, BW, Stuttgart MasterQ32 Expert
MasterQ32 Expert Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,568 Germany, BW, Stuttgart	maybe this will work: AddFontResource(char* ) http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183326%28v=vs.85%29.aspx you need to include windows.h Visit my site: www.masterq32.de

Re: Using truetype font from game folder? [Re: MasterQ32] #355331
01/26/11 16:26 01/26/11 16:26

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Hi Richi007, thanks for your reply! Unfortunately I tryed the code without any luck

This is what I tryed, maybe you know what I'm doing wrong;

Code:

#include <acknex.h>
#include <default.c>
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>

FONT* my_font;


TEXT* test_txt = 
{
	flags = SHOW;
	string = "Comic letter";
	pos_x = 100;
	pos_y = 100;
}

void main()
{
	if(AddFontResource("comic_andy.ttf")!=0)
	{
		my_font = font_create("comic andy#100");
		
		if(my_font == NULL)
		{
			sys_exit("");
		}
		else
		{
			beep();
			wait(-10);
			test_txt.font = my_font;
		}	
	}
	else
	{
		beep();beep();beep();
	}
}

Re: Using truetype font from game folder? [Re: Toon] #355355 01/26/11 17:42 01/26/11 17:42
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 120 United States Logan Member
Logan Member Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 120 United States	It seems like you might just be better off using a bitmap font. If you're going to try to package a Truetype font with your game, then it seems almost identical to packaging the game with an identical bitmap font... the only difference is the variable width/fixed width thing, but another pro is that bitmap fonts are faster. So you might just do that. You may have already thought about this, in which case ignore all this.

Re: Using truetype font from game folder? [Re: Toon] #368062 04/21/11 07:58 04/21/11 07:58
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MCKiller Newbie Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 43	Originally Posted By: Toon Hi Richi007, thanks for your reply! Unfortunately I tryed the code without any luck This is what I tryed, maybe you know what I'm doing wrong; Code: #include <acknex.h> #include <default.c> #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> FONT* my_font; TEXT* test_txt = { flags = SHOW; string = "Comic letter"; pos_x = 100; pos_y = 100; } void main() { if(AddFontResource("comic_andy.ttf")!=0) { my_font = font_create("comic andy#100"); if(my_font == NULL) { sys_exit(""); } else { beep(); wait(-10); test_txt.font = my_font; } } else { beep();beep();beep(); } } This will not work, because font_create() will use a standard font if the new one (added with AddFontResource) was not found. This means that font_create() give you back a pointer and not a NULL! You can not be 100% sure if the new font is really used! Meteor Mess 3D: http://www.vampyregames.de Google+: https://plus.google.com/107877130366298571733/posts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeteorMess3D Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/MeteorMess3D

Re: Using truetype font from game folder? [Re: MCKiller] #368150
04/22/11 01:34 04/22/11 01:34

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this works good for me...

Code:

#include <acknex.h>
#include <windows.h>

FONT* my_font;

TEXT* test_txt = 
{
	flags = SHOW;
	string = "Comic letter";
}

void main()
{
	AddFontResource("Aarvark_Cafe.ttf");

	my_font = font_create("Aarvark Cafe#100");

	test_txt.font = my_font;
	
	while ( !key_any ) wait(1);
	
	sys_exit ( NULL );
}

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