----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Just out of interest, what method do you use to render your fonts? Do you > > grab them from text members, or use a proprietory font-rendering method? I'm > > just curious about how the "Lingoworkshop Pixel Fonts" differ from bitmap > > glyphs. > > Its just a script which loops through a big list of lists to write out the > text using setpixel (nothing too clever). For small font sizes without > anti-aliasing (so pixels or just on or off), its surprisingly fast (faster > to draw text on stage than using #text or #field sprites). For fonts with > alpha and antialiasing, its the same basic approach - but with some scaling > and dithering done on an offscreen buffer.
How does the setPixel approach compare to using alpha bitmaps and copyPixels? I thought setPixel was comparatively very slow. - Robert [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
