Loading of .fon files.

no-reply@allegro.cc (Desmond Taylor) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:38:27 +0000

I am trying to load MS Sans Serif but it seems to not render correctly.

Here is the code used.

#SelectExpand
  1#include 
  2#include 
  3#include 
  4
  5int main( int argc, char** argv )
  6{
  7    al_init();
  8    al_init_font_addon();
  9    al_init_ttf_addon();
 10
 11    ALLEGRO_DISPLAY* display = al_create_display( 640, 480 );
 12
 13    ALLEGRO_FONT* font = al_load_font( "sserife.fon", 12, 0 );
 14
 15    al_draw_text( font, al_map_rgb( 255, 255, 255 ), 10, 10, 0, "This is a test" );
 16
 17    al_flip_display();
 18
 19    al_rest( 2 );
 20
 21    al_destroy_font( font );
 22
 23    al_shutdown_font_addon();
 24    al_shutdown_ttf_addon();
 25
 26    al_destroy_display( display );
 27
 28    return 0;
 29}

I have also attached the executable.

Does anyone know what this happens?

Edit: I've fixed it using ALLEGRO_TTF_MONOCHROME in the al_load_font function

Edit 2: Now I cannot change the size :/

no-reply@allegro.cc (weapon_S) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:08:15 +0000

You mean loading fails for another size? I don't know what a fon file is.

no-reply@allegro.cc (Desmond Taylor) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:58:43 +0000

It's a windows font file. It loads but the size will not change it's loading really small. Readable but I need it bigger. I really don't want to use a similar font but will use Verdana or Arial if needed.

no-reply@allegro.cc (gnolam) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:43:08 +0000

Desmond Taylor said:

It's a windows font file.

Windows 3.1 font. I believe it's a bitmap font format.

no-reply@allegro.cc (torhu) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:50:01 +0000

You could try loading the TTF version instead, micross.ttf.

no-reply@allegro.cc (Desmond Taylor) — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 22:57:25 +0000

, I didn't know there was a ttf version. Going to look for it now and report back to you.

Edit: Works perfectly thanks

no-reply@allegro.cc (torhu) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:01:46 +0000

Cool