Would be useful to be able to scale vector fonts (would look better than bitmap scaled), but I guess it makes sense.
2009/1/24 Tony Sergi <[email protected]> > You can dynamically scale bitmap fonts.. but not TTF. The point of TTF is > that they have different pre-set sizes. I suppose you could render text off > into a rendertarget and then scale it to however you want though, but then > it may end up 'fuzzy'. > > -Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Olly > Sent: January-24-09 9:00 AM > To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Resizing font.. > > Is it not possible to have dynamicly scaled fonts then? > > 2009/1/24 Tony Sergi <[email protected]> > > > You add new entries, and set the resolution range. > > > > > > -Tony > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Skyler Clark > > Sent: January-23-09 9:46 PM > > To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming > > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Resizing font.. > > > > Thanks, I tried that and it's looking better. Right now I'm just using > > a proportional one-- how would I actually specify the sizes for the > > different resolutions in the ClientScheme.res file? Or did you mean > > just make new fonts for each resolution? > > > > -Skyler > > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Tony Sergi <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Edit your scheme res file and add different scales for different > > resolutions. > > > > > > > > > -Tony > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [email protected] [mailto: > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Skyler Clark > > > Sent: January-23-09 6:00 PM > > > To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming > > > Subject: [hlcoders] Resizing font.. > > > > > > Hopefully this is a really simple question. I'm using text in my HUD > > > but it's too big. I tried to use DrawSetTextScale but it says it can't > > > do that on non-bitmap fonts. > > > Before I made it proportional by changing it to GetFont(name, true), > > > it was just the right size but obviously didn't scale with the > > > resolution. Now it's too big, and I don't know how to make it smaller. > > > > > > > > > Here's the code: > > > > > > m_fntNumbers = pScheme->GetFont("HudNumbersGlow", true); > > > > > > ... > > > > > > int value = 5; > > > > > > surface()->DrawSetTextColor(211,67,207,255); > > > > > > wchar_t unicode[3]; > > > > > > if (value < 10) > > > swprintf( unicode, L"0%d", value ); > > > else > > > swprintf( unicode, L"%d", value); > > > > > > surface()->DrawSetTextFont(m_fntNumbers); > > > surface()->DrawSetTextPos(x, y); > > > surface()->DrawSetTextScale(0.625f,0.625f); > > > surface()->DrawUnicodeString( unicode ); > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > Thanks guys. > > > > > > -Skyler > > > > > > > > > p.s. If this message gets sent to the list twice I apologize, the > > > first time it says it bounced because I sent it from the wrong email. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
