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diskfont.library — Disk-Based Fonts

Overview

diskfont.library loads bitmap fonts from disk (the FONTS: assign). ROM fonts (topaz 8, topaz 9) are always available; all others require this library.


Loading a Disk Font

struct Library *DiskfontBase = OpenLibrary("diskfont.library", 0);

struct TextAttr ta = {"helvetica.font", 24, 0, 0};
struct TextFont *font = OpenDiskFont(&ta);
if (font) {
    SetFont(rp, font);
    /* ... render ... */
    CloseFont(font);
}

CloseLibrary(DiskfontBase);

Font Directory Structure

FONTS:
  helvetica.font      ← font descriptor file
  helvetica/
    24                 ← bitmap data for size 24
    11                 ← bitmap data for size 11

Listing Available Fonts

struct List *fontList = NULL;
LONG count = AvailFonts(buf, bufsize, AFF_DISK | AFF_MEMORY);
struct AvailFontsHeader *afh = (struct AvailFontsHeader *)buf;
struct AvailFonts *af = (struct AvailFonts *)&afh[1];
for (int i = 0; i < afh->afh_NumEntries; i++) {
    Printf("%s %ld\n", af[i].af_Attr.ta_Name, af[i].af_Attr.ta_YSize);
}

References

  • NDK39: diskfont/diskfont.h