Re: [GD-Windows] Windows true type fonts

[Mike W. <mi...@ge...>]

i think i misunderstood - you are looking to do the conversion on the=20
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should/might be able to use some of the ideas to do the same on the fly?

mike w
www.gekidodesigns.com

Mike Wuetherick wrote:

> we already have a tool that will convert a truetype image into a bitmap=
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> with coordinate data image that can be read by the game to break the=20
> single image into individual letters.
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> the game engine is open-source, so you can grab what you need/want from=
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> it ;}
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> www.realityfactory.ca
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> cheers
> mike w
> www.gekidodesigns.com
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> Jacob Turner (Core Design Ltd) wrote:
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>> Writing a tool to output true type fonts as images for use in game. =20
>> All is fine the last thing I would like to do is give the true type=20
>> font file as an input to the tool rather than having to install the=20
>> true type font into the system "fonts" directory.  So is there a=20
>> windows way of opening a true type font and then using it via GDI or=20
>> GDIplus drawing commands ?
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>> Thanks
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>> Jake
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