Font not loading??

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KamaShin

(Posted 2005) [#1]

... or is it just me not doing things the right way???
well, that's very simple, here is the code:

fpsFont = LoadImageFont("Pictures\Gargoyles N",18)
SetImageFont(fpsFont)

where Gargoyles N is a TrueType font my OS X is able to read... but I still get the default font when writing text with DrawText... don't know why...

Booticus

(Posted 2005) [#2]

Hey! The following code works on my Mac and PC. Bummer is for now you need to actually put a copy of the font you want to load in a directory where you can direct Blitz Max to it:

Global hoog:TImageFont=LoadImageFont("Media/Fonts/hoog0553.ttf",8)
SetImageFont hoog

Holler if you have probs still, I can send you the code in a STUFFIT archive or something like that. :)

Who was John Galt?

(Posted 2005) [#3]

KamaShin - stick a line in the middle like:
if fpsFont
Text "font loaded",100,100
else
Text "font not loaded",100,100
endif

..and see what you get.

KamaShin

(Posted 2005) [#4]

I got the "font not loaded" message... However I ve solved the problem :)
it appears that the font found in the OS X system won't be loaded by BMax... I then tried some ttf fonts downloaded on the net and they all worked fine :)
thanks for the answers though :)