CreateFXFont

CreateFXFont FontIndex, Width, Height

Parameters:     FontIndex = The Index of the font you wish to initialize     Width = The width of each character     Height = The height of each character

Returns: NONE

CreateFXFont initializes a blank FX bitmap font. Upon creation each character in the alphabet will be blank and have the same width and height. While this might not should that useful, it allows you to import your own hand drawn fonts.       To import a font, you'll need to load your character set as an image, then grab individual characters from it (using GetFontChr()) to store them in their corresponding ASCII positions.       Once imported, you can use this font like any other windows font. The benefits are not only that bitmap fonts are faster, but they vastly improve your programs visual style. FACTS:       * All characters in the font will have the same physical width and height. However you can adjust the render width using the FontChrWidth command       * Use FontMaskColour to change the transparent colour of the font       * To help make this process easier for new users we've included a fonts expansion library in the SLiBS folder. This library includes a function that will load an image (with your character set on it) it into a bitmap font. See the demo which is located in the Projects/Examples/Fonts folder.       * Unlike TrueType or Bitmap font, FX fonts can be drawn to any FX images. Mini Tutorial:       This example loads the windows true type Arial, and the builds a custom bitmap version of it. In fact this example basically replicates what the MakeBitmapFont does. But this approaches gives you the control and freedom to build or import hand drawn character sets into PB as a custom font.    ; -------------------------------------------------------- ; For This example, were going to build a PB Bitmap font ; from the Windows Arial font as an example. Normally you'd ; load a set of pre-drawn characters in and import those... ; --------------------------------------------------------    ; Load the Windows True Type Font Arial (50 point)   LoadFont "Arial",2,50,1   SetFont 2    ; Set the Width + Height of oru custom font   ChrWIdth=48   ChrHeight=60         CreateFxFont 10,ChrWidth,ChrHeight    ; Manually Create the characters of our bitmap font   For lp=Asc(" ") To Asc("z")    ; Draw a random shade box for each chr's backdrop      ShadeBox xpos+0,0,xpos+Chrwidth,Ypos+ChrHeight,RndRGB(),RndRGB(),0,lp          ; Draw the character and it's shadow      Ink RGB(32,32,32)      CenterText xpos+(chrwidth/2)-2,ypos-2,Chr$(lp)            Ink RGB(64,64,64)      CenterText xpos+(chrwidth/2)-1,ypos-1,Chr$(lp)            Ink RGB(200,240,255)      CenterText xpos+(chrwidth/2),ypos,Chr$(lp)          ; This the section of screen at position 0x,0y for    ; This character in font 10      GetFontChr 10,lp,0,0   Next    ; Clear the Screen   Cls RGB(0,0,0)    ; Tell PB to use the newly created bitmap font   SetFont 10    ; Calc the screen center   cw=GetScreenWidth()/2   ch=GetScreenHeight()/2    ; Display PLayBasic in the center of the screen   CenterText cw,ch-(chrheight/2),">> PlayBASIC <<"    ; refresh the screen and wait for a key press   Sync   WaitKey    This example would output.      >> PlayBASIC <<

Related Info:	CreateBitmapFont | FontMaskColour | GetFontChr | GetFontMaskColour | GetFontType | LoadFont | LoadNewFont | NewBitmapFont | SetFont :

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