Loading fonts in linux.

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Started by c_olin February 17, 2008 11:05 AM

2 comments, last by Null and Void 16 years, 11 months ago

c_olin

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February 17, 2008 11:05 AM

I looked at the source from the NeHe tutorial on loading and displaying system fonts. Here is a code snippet:


Display *dpy;
XFontStruct *fontInfo;

mDisplayList = glGenLists(96);

dpy = XOpenDisplay(NULL);

fontInfo = XLoadQueryFont(dpy, face.c_str());

if (fontInfo == NULL) {
    return false;
}

glXUseXFont(fontInfo->fid, 32, 96, mDisplayList);

XFreeFont(dpy, fontInfo);

XCloseDisplay(dpy);

My question is: How do I load a font in a particular location relative to me excecutable (truetype)? And how do I specify the size? I've googled XLoadQueryFont() but I cannot seem to answer my question. I will continue googling... Thanks

keltar

133

February 17, 2008 11:33 AM

Use freetype library.
But if you want to use Xlib, use something like
xset +fp=path/to/font/directory

c_olin

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February 17, 2008 08:22 PM

The problem is that I want to load the same fonts on both linux and windows build of my game.

I don't really understand the xset. Is it a function? XSet("+fp+..")?