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fallenlight12
Member #14,669
October 2012
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The problem I'm having is... Well, here's the code: 1ALLEGRO_FONT *font = al_load_ttf_font("octovill.ttf",30,0 );
2if (!font){
3 LOG("...could not load 'octovill.ttf'.\nEnd Program.", true);
4 kill_allegro();
5 return -1;
6}
7int txtx, txty, txtw, txth;
8al_get_text_dimensions(font, "Press ESC to exit program.", &txtx, &txty, &txtw, &txth);
9al_draw_text(font, al_map_rgb(190,225,190), 0, 0, 0, "Press ESC to exit program.");
The text should appear at 0,0 at the top-left of screen. It does. Its x-position is accurate, but its y-position is +2 in error. Additionally, al_get_text_dimensions(...) returns an erroneous y offset and a height that's greater than what it should be. The width and x offset it returns are accurate. The reason I have to come here and ask is because if I don't figure out why it does this then I'll have to write some code to examine the font myself and get the correct x/y offset/width/height for each font type. If that wasn't enough, I also have to report that when I use ALLEGRO_ALIGN_CENTRE in al_draw_text(...) it centers correctly horizontally but not vertically. In fact, I don't think it even tries to center vertically. So there appears to be some screwy vertical/y-axis bugs. On the plus-side, if I can't fix this then I can just convert some win32 code I wrote over to allegro - all i gotta do is replace gdi calls with allegro. (I was loading my fonts from bitmap files.) I'm using Allegro 5.0.7 binaries.
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Peter Wang
Member #23
April 2000
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Don't know about the y offset. Perhaps it is part of the font? ALLEGRO_ALIGN_LEFT/CENTRE/RIGHT only align horizontally.
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Kris Asick
Member #1,424
July 2001
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Most TTF fonts are not pixel-perfect. You'll almost certainly have to adjust your coordinates to take into account the nuances of each font you use. --- Kris Asick (Gemini) |
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Elias
Member #358
May 2000
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Do you have a screenshot and is that .ttf available somewhere? -- |
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