[Plib-devel] Re: [PATCH] fntBitmapFont::puts(): set negative coordinates correctly (Part II)

[Melchior F. <mf...@us...>]

* Bram Stolk -- Tuesday 05 July 2005 12:56:
> If z-test is off, and z-buffer writes are off, my guess is that
> the z coord does not matter.

I don't think that z is useful for fntBitmapFonts at all. Their main
advantage is the non-blurry, sharp look. They would probably become
illegible with any non-zero z. Also, positions of type float don't
seem to make much sense. I know that this is necessary for inheritance
from fntFont, but they should probably be explicitly converted to integers.

And then: fntBitmap don't consider the gap value, which makes setGap()
and getGap() useless. I'd need the gap, though, and added it where
necessary. But here again the question arises: should gaps be allowed
to be floats? I'd convert them to integers before applying. I'll
provide another patch if I know the opinion of the plib developers
on this int/float question.

m.