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Started by brook0344 September 12, 2002 10:01 AM

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brook0344

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September 12, 2002 10:01 AM

I want to draw text in Linix''s graphic mode (SDL''s). I do not want all letters kept in one bmp file. Is there something called "ASCII Charactars pixels library"? So, how can I draw text on screen without system text API? can Anyone help me?

Alan Kemp

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September 12, 2002 12:32 PM

Check out FreeType, its a free font system that works on windows/linux etc. You give it a string to render, and it tells you what pixels to plot (thats a very simplistic view, but basically how it works).

http://www.freetype.org/index2.html

Alan

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