Font questions

[AggrorJorn]

I have a few questions around fonts and font sizes. According to the wiki, LE has only 1 font with fixed size available: Arial9.

http://www.leadwerks.com/wiki/index.php?title=LoadFont

 

I seem to recall from the old forum that several other fonts were supported like calibri and Tahoma. Anyway this would mean that for every different font and different size, I would have to create a new dds and ini?

[macklebee]

yes, you would have to create a bitmap font if you wanted another font other than Arial9.

[Roland]

I have a few questions around fonts and font sizes. According to the wiki, LE has only 1 font with fixed size available: Arial9.

http://www.leadwerks.com/wiki/index.php?title=LoadFont

 

I seem to recall from the old forum that several other fonts were supported like calibri and Tahoma. Anyway this would mean that for every different font and different size, I would have to create a new dds and ini?

 

Suggestion:

 

You could use FontHeight and TextWidth functions to dynamically resize things

depending on current font

[macklebee]

Suggestion:

 

You could use FontHeight and TextWidth functions to dynamically resize things

depending on current font

 

I thought both of those just actually returned the height and width, not actually set them?

[Roland]

I thought both of those just actually returned the height and width, not actually set them?

 

Yes. They are only returning values.

What I was thinking of that you could use those values to

resize the surroundings, like a text field height and width.

[AndyGFX]

When you need change font size, use glScalef. I know, ins't ideal, but works.

[macklebee]

When you need change font size, use glScalef. I know, ins't ideal, but works.

 

how can you use opengl commands in lua?

[AndyGFX]

Oops. Sorry. When i good remember, for lua exist clibs - luagl and luaglu, but i newer tried it from LE - maybe don't work becuase LE has LUA interpreter included to core of LE.

[DaDonik]

From my experience FontHeight() and TextWidth() are not returning correct values when using any font other than the Arial9 that comes with the engine. So i advise you to test the functions before you start relying on them. Maybe it has been fixed or i was wrong, dunno.

[Roland]

From my experience FontHeight() and TextWidth() are not returning correct values when using any font other than the Arial9 that comes with the engine. So i advise you to test the functions before you start relying on them. Maybe it has been fixed or i was wrong, dunno.

Yes DaDonik you are right. I have now tested and they are not returning the correct values.

I found this when setting the max length of my Editboxes in my Cells C++ GUI. TextWidth return

incorrect values.

[DaDonik]

Good to know it wasn't me

Bad to know it's still broken

[AggrorJorn]

Yes I can also confirm this.

For the default arial9 it works fine. But with other fonts (including the one from the wiki) there can be a slight change in returned value.