Strange, this prog stops printing the entire string when it gets to the pound sign.
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1#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
2#include <allegro5/allegro_ttf.h>
3
4ALLEGRO_FONT *DejaVuSans28font
;
5
6
7int main
(void)
8{
9 ALLEGRO_DISPLAY *display
;
10
11 if (!al_init())
12 {
13 fprintf(stderr,
"Could not init Allegro.\n");
14 return 1;
15 }
16
17 al_init_font_addon();
18 al_init_ttf_addon();
19
20 display
= al_create_display(640,
480);
21 if (!display
)
22 {
23 fprintf(stderr,
"Could not create display.\n");
24 return 1;
25 }
26
27 DejaVuSans28font
= al_load_font("DejaVuSans.ttf",
-28,
0);
28 if(!DejaVuSans28font
)
29 {
30 fprintf(stderr,
"Couldn't load font\n");
31 return 1;
32 }
33 al_draw_text(DejaVuSans28font,
al_map_rgb(255,
255,
255),
0.
0,
0.
0,
0,
"pound sign -> £ <- pound sign");
34 al_flip_display();
35 al_rest(10.
0);
36 return 0;
37}
pepsi@fractal:/home/prog/gui 05:24 AM $ tail r.c
{
fprintf(stderr,"Couldn't load font\n");
return 1;
}
al_draw_text(DejaVuSans28font, al_map_rgb(255,255,255), 0.0,0.0,0,"pound sign -> £ <- pound sign");
al_flip_display();
al_rest(10.0);
return 0;
}
[EDIT]
I can get it to appear in ex_ttf.c
{"name":"606501","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/9\/e\/9ece7ec2cbdf15047945ca18d7c0133e.png","w":652,"h":508,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/9\/e\/9ece7ec2cbdf15047945ca18d7c0133e"}
but I can't see what's different about the ttf code.
[EDIT 2]
When I look at ex_ttf.c with the joe editor, it shows uppercase 'A's among the weird characters, but the test code doesn't show that. The kwrite editor I normally use now won't even move the cursor when I open the test code, it's like it's locked up.
[EDIT 3]
I finally got it to work by using a hex editor on the source file 
#SelectExpand
1#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
2#include <allegro5/allegro_ttf.h>
3#include <allegro5/allegro_primitives.h>
4
5ALLEGRO_FONT *DejaVuSans28font
;
6ALLEGRO_USTR_INFO info
;
7ALLEGRO_USTR *us
;
8
9int main
(void)
10{
11 ALLEGRO_DISPLAY *display
;
12
13 if (!al_init())
14 {
15 fprintf(stderr,
"Could not init Allegro.\n");
16 return 1;
17 }
18
19 al_init_primitives_addon();
20 al_init_font_addon();
21 al_init_ttf_addon();
22
23 display
= al_create_display(640,
480);
24 if (!display
)
25 {
26 fprintf(stderr,
"Could not create display.\n");
27 return 1;
28 }
29
30 al_clear_to_color(al_map_rgb(255,
255,
255));
31
32 DejaVuSans28font
= al_load_font("DejaVuSans.ttf",
-28,
0);
33 if(!DejaVuSans28font
)
34 {
35 fprintf(stderr,
"Couldn't load font\n");
36 return 1;
37 }
38 //us = al_ref_cstr((ALLEGRO_USTR_INFO *)&info, (char *) "pound sign -> vxy²■µ÷ <- pound sign");
39 //al_draw_ustr(DejaVuSans28font, al_map_rgb(255,255,255), 0.0,0.0,0,us);
40 al_draw_textf(DejaVuSans28font,
al_map_rgb(0,
0,
0),
50,
300,
0,
"%s",
"texty├¢├¥├ª├Â┬ú");
41 al_flip_display();
42 al_rest(3.
0);
43 return 0;
44}
{"name":"606502","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/2\/1\/21388d0651c192891e5a3962535870f3.png","w":246,"h":84,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/2\/1\/21388d0651c192891e5a3962535870f3"}
[EDIT 5]
And now when I copy the code off this post, and save it and compile, it doesn't work. Fuck it, I'm going back to ASCII!
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