Re: Windows true type fonts

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