Hi, "Manhart Matthias" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i need small bitmap fonts (non-scalable, 8pixel and up) for my > application. How can i use bitmap fonts in DirectFB 0.9.18 ? > > I made some tests with a ttf-font, but small fonts are > unreadable. Did you compile freetype with the bytecode interpreter enabled? It usually improves the results for small fonts. Of course you also need a well-hinted font. Most TTF fonts that are freely available are not hinted at all. > I tried to use "modern.fon" from a windows-system, but i got > DFB_NOIMPL with CreateFont". I use FreeType 2.1.4 and in the > features i saw, that windows bitmap fonts are supported (FNT or > FON). The freetype2 driver in DirectFB asks freetype2 to open the file. If you get DFB_NOIMPL with CreateFont, that means that freetype2 doesn't support the font file format. I had a short look at the freetype web-pages and I didn't find anything that would imply that the .FON format would be supported at all. Alternatively you can use the default DirectFB font loader. It reads a very simple bitmap font format. You could change the bitmap and tweak the code to handle your (smaller) font. Sven -- Info: To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe directfb-users" as subject.
