fontname$ - name of font to be loaded, e.g. "arial" height - height of font in points (default is 12) bold - True to load bold version of font, False not to (default is False) italic - True to load italic version of font, False not to (default is False) underlined - True to load underlined version of font, False not to (default is False) |
Loads a font and returns a font handle. You can then use the font handle with commands such as dxSetFont and dxFreeFont. Note: Blitz doesn't work with SYMBOL fonts, like Webdings and WingDings. |
; dxLoadFont/dxSetFont/dxFreeFont Example ; --------------------------------- ; Enable Graphics mode Graphics 800,600 ; Set global on font variables Global fntArial,fntArialB,fntArialI,fntArialU ; Load fonts to a file handle variables fntArial=dxLoadFont("Arial",24) fntArialB=dxLoadFont("Arial",18,True) fntArialI=dxLoadFont("Arial",32,False,True) fntArialU=dxLoadFont("Arial",14,False,False,True) ; Set the font and dxPrint dxText dxSetFont fntArial dxText 400,0,"This is just plain Arial 24 point",True dxSetFont fntArialB dxText 400,30,"This is bold Arial 18 point",True dxSetFont fntArialI dxText 400,60,"This is italic Arial 32 point",True dxSetFont fntArialU dxText 400,90,"This is underlined Arial 14 point",True ; Standard 'wait for ESC' from user While Not dxKeyHit(1) Wend ; Clear all the fonts from memory! dxFreeFont fntArial dxFreeFont fntArialB dxFreeFont fntArialI dxFreeFont fntArialU |