RE: [GD-Windows] Windows true type fonts

[Jacob T. \(C. D. Ltd\) <Ja...@Co...>]

Hi

Thanks for the suggestions.  AddFontResource(), RemoveFontResource() is =
working fine for us.

We do already have a tool to preprocess TTF fonts into a TGA for use in =
game rendering of fonts on all platforms.  We just wanted to make it =
work by being given the TTF as an input file rather than having to =
install the font on every machine that needs to the preprocess step.  =
The preprocess step is part of our automated tool chain so in theory can =
be run on any machine in the building.

Thanks Mike I will check out the open source engine stuff.  But =
recentally our legal people came and talked to us and after that =
discussion it seems it is easier for us to write it all ourselves.  If =
we use any external code/tools then we have to ask the legal people =
about before hand, which means it usually quicker to write the =
code/tools ourselves, arrggghghghgh.

Thanks

Jake

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gam...@li...
> [mailto:gam...@li...]On Behalf Of
> Mike Wuetherick
> Sent: 24 March 2004 23:16
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: Re: [GD-Windows] Windows true type fonts
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> i think i misunderstood - you are looking to do the conversion on the=20
> fly?  this tool is for just converting them to images, but you=20
> should/might be able to use some of the ideas to do the same=20
> on the fly?
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> mike w
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> Mike Wuetherick wrote:
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> > we already have a tool that will convert a truetype image=20
> into a bitmap=20
> > with coordinate data image that can be read by the game to=20
> break the=20
> > single image into individual letters.
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> > the game engine is open-source, so you can grab what you=20
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> > it ;}
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> > cheers
> > mike w
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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=20
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> >> All is fine the last thing I would like to do is give the=20
> true type=20
> >> font file as an input to the tool rather than having to=20
> 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=20
> via GDI or=20
> >> GDIplus drawing commands ?
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> >> Thanks
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> >> Jake
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