-----------------------------------< SFont >------------------------------------ License: GPL Author: Karl Bartel WWW: http://members.linuxstart.com/~karlb/ Usage: 1. Load a font and place it in an SDL_Surface *. If your are using the SDL_image library you can do this with Font=IMG_Load("filename"); 2. Initialize the font by using InitFont(surface *Font); 3. Now you can use the font in you SDL program. Please take a look at SFont.h to get info about the funtions. FileFormat: The font file can be any type image file. The characters start with ASCII symbol #33. They are seperated by pink(255,0,255) lines at the top of the image. The space between these lines is the width of the caracter. Just take a look at the font, and you'll be able to understand what I tried to explain here. The easiest way to create a new font is to use the GIMP's Logo function. Use the following string as text (ASCII 33-127 with escape sequences and spaces between the letters): ! \" # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \\ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~ Example for the font file format: ____ _____ _____ _____ <- This is the pink line at the top # ##### #### # # # # # # # # # # # # ##### # ##### # # # # # # # # # # ##### #### |----| Width of the character |----------| Part of the font surface that is beeing blitted ChangeLog: 2.0 beta *** Added SoFont, a C++ version of SFont *** Added lock and unlock for hardware surfaces Added blinking cursor to SFont_Input Added check for ASCII<33 in SFont_Input TextWidth returned a too highh value -> fixed 1.4 Added support for multiple fonts in one program Add a missing "*" in the SFont.h file Proper '\0' at the end of stings produced by SFont_Input Fixed problems in SFont_Input, which were creating '\b' in the string Fixed two other bugs in SFont_Input Added the SFontViewer adn new test programs 1.3 Fixed three wrong interpretations of the file format o wrong division (float had to be used) o detection of right ends of pink lines (were one pixel too far right) o blit destination (all blits were too far right) support for non-alpha mapped fonts some fonts updated 1.2 added XCenteredString 1.1 renamed font.c to SFont.c and font.h to SFont.h better Makefile 1.0 Added the Input function Added a check wether the Font has been loaded 0.9 better Makefile for the example (using sdl-config) better Neon Font 0.8 First Release If you have any Questions please write a mail! Karl