windows fonts

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Grey Alien

(Posted 2006) [#1]

How can I load in a standard windows font, like Arial, with LoadImageFont, and the set it with SetImageFont and draw it with DrawText. I don't seem to get it to work! Is that because it needs bitmap fonts not true type font. The docs call it an ImageFont, what the hell is that anyway? Also I guess if I load a windows font, it won't be cross platform as it won't exist on the Mac. So in that case, where can I get some image fonts for use with Max? Thanks in advance.

TartanTangerine (was Indiepath)

(Posted 2006) [#2]

That'll be a bitmap font module that you would need (anyone getting sick of this yet).

Grey Alien

(Posted 2006) [#3]

I wrote my own bitmap font code a while ago. So, if I can't use windows fonts, does anyone have some nice, royalty free for commercial use, bitmap fonts kicking around that they could share?

thanks

tonyg

(Posted 2006) [#4]

This works but I have the verdana font in the same directory as the program...

Graphics 640,480
myfont:TImageFont=LoadImageFont("Verdana.ttf",12)
SetImageFont myfont
DrawText "HELLO WORLD", 100,100
Flip
WaitKey()

What code are you using that doesn't work?

Grey Alien

(Posted 2006) [#5]

I was just being dumb, thanks TonyG.