I've searched the forum for this problem but it the engine return too many results.
So can anyone help me? How can I make textprintf_ex(); output larger strings(higher font size)? Thanx!!!
Checking the example provided by allegro should help, expecially the exfonts...
Use a different font
Use TrueType Library
Use GlyphKeeper
Make your own bigger font
...
Output the text somewhere else and stretch_blit it on the destination
]]>Hello Gull! I can't find the code in the exfont.c that makes the char 'H' huge.
]]>Yeah I realized that and that is why I stroke the first line of my post.
Using pure allegro, only 2 options: a different font or a little hack.
Little hack is something as this:
| 1 | /*!\fn textout_hack( BITMAP *bmp , FONT font , int x , int y , double multiplier , char *msg , int color ) |
| 2 | * |
| 3 | *\brief output a text in with the chosen font, the final size = source size * multiplier |
| 4 | * |
| 5 | *\param bmp The destination bitmap |
| 6 | *\param font The used font |
| 7 | *\param x Destination point, X coordinate |
| 8 | *\param y Destination point, Y coordinate |
| 9 | *\param msg The string to output |
| 10 | *\param color The color of the text |
| 11 | * |
| 12 | *\return TRUE or FALSE |
| 13 | */ |
| 14 | int textout_hack( BITMAP *bmp , FONT font , int x , int y , double multiplier , char *msg , int color ) |
| 15 | { |
| 16 | BITMAP *tmp; |
| 17 | |
| 18 | tmp = create_bitmap( text_length(font, msg), text_height(font)); |
| 19 | |
| 20 | if( !tmp) |
| 21 | return FALSE; |
| 22 | |
| 23 | clear_to_color( tmp , makecol( 255 , 0 , 255 ) ); |
| 24 | textout_ex( tmp, font, msg, 0, 0, 1, -1) ; |
| 25 | |
| 26 | masked_stretch_blit( tmp , bmp , 0 , 0 , tmp -> w , tmp -> h , x , y , (int)(tmp -> w * multiplier), (int)(tmp -> h * multiplier)); |
| 27 | |
| 28 | destroy_bitmap( tmp ); |
| 29 | |
| 30 | return TRUE; |
| 31 | |
| 32 | } |
Untested but should work, and you get the idea.
It is a slow way. There are faster.
I used alfont devpak and it helped me flawlessly. I just copied a arial.ttf then I'm ok.
I gave up with the cgui and adime, right now I'm coding my own GUI in my program =)
Maybe later I'll work on cgui and adime.