Here a small sample/include which shows how to draw a custom bitmap font.
The advantage of bitmap fonts is that it should look the same on all operating systems.
Should work on all OS, however at the moment just tested with Windows.
Feel free to use it for whatever you want.
Feedback is welcome.
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;Bitmap Font Sample version 1 (2013-03-05)
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;Licence: Public domian
#BITMAPFONT_WIDTH = 9
#BITMAPFONT_HEIGHT = 13
Global Dim _g_bitmapfont_images(255)
Global _g_bitmapfont_color, _g_bitmapfont_bkcolor
Procedure __BitmapFontFilterCB(x, y, src, dst)
;Colors are eigher $FFFFFFFF or $00000000 in our Bitmap, so the result of "src & _g_bitmapfont_color" is either _g_bitmapfont_color or $00000000
ProcedureReturn AlphaBlend(src & _g_bitmapfont_color, AlphaBlend(_g_bitmapfont_bkcolor, dst))
EndProcedure
;Frees all resources reserved by LoadBitmapFont()
Procedure FreeBitmapFont()
For i = 0 To 255
If IsImage(_g_bitmapfont_images(i))
FreeImage(_g_bitmapfont_images(i))
_g_bitmapfont_images(i) = #Null
EndIf
Next
EndProcedure
;Loads the image for 256 chars out of a big image containing all chars
Procedure LoadBitmapFont()
Protected image, ch, result = #True
UsePNGImageDecoder()
image = CatchImage(#PB_Any, ?Bitmap_Font)
If IsImage(image)
For ch = 0 To 255
;Grab the images from a 16x16 grid
_g_bitmapfont_images(ch) = GrabImage(image, #PB_Any, (ch & 15) * #BITMAPFONT_WIDTH, (ch >> 4) * #BITMAPFONT_HEIGHT, #BITMAPFONT_WIDTH, #BITMAPFONT_HEIGHT)
If Not IsImage(_g_bitmapfont_images(ch))
result = #False
EndIf
Next
FreeImage(image)
Else
result = #False
EndIf
If result = #False
; Free all resources if something failed
FreeBitmapFont()
EndIf
ProcedureReturn result
EndProcedure
;Draws the declared string at x,y with the declared color.
;Optionally a background color is possible. Half transparent colors are also supported
Procedure DrawBitmapText(string.s, x, y, color, bkcolor = $00000000)
Protected i, ch
DrawingMode(#PB_2DDrawing_CustomFilter)
CustomFilterCallback(@__BitmapFontFilterCB())
_g_bitmapfont_color = color
_g_bitmapfont_bkcolor = bkcolor
For i = 1 To Len(string)
ch = Asc(Mid(string, i, 1))
If ch < 0 Or ch > 255:ch = 255:EndIf
DrawImage(ImageID(_g_bitmapfont_images(ch)), x, y)
x + #BITMAPFONT_WIDTH
Next
DrawingMode(#PB_2DDrawing_Default)
EndProcedure
DataSection
Bitmap_Font:
Data.q $A1A0A0D474E5089,$524448490D000000,$D000000090000000,$7AD0D20000000301,$544C500600000097,$A5FFFFFF00000045,$7401000000DD9FD9
Data.q $66D8E64000534E52,$5441444940060000,$D71C6841D6CD5E78,$53789E4FFF00719,$25376522CE3A359E,$2DA45336F0081890,$392F494B53DD7791
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Data.q $20711BE166FBDBF0,$A14B925EF0BD43D3,$A5BD7C9077B1BFDB,$3B78FD10D5942F69,$B8F442351E81E8F9,$FDDA3851861EA3D4,$458AF07CD3CD0DD1
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EndDataSection
;Example
CompilerIf Not Defined(Cyan, #PB_Constant)
#Cyan = 16776960
CompilerEndIf
LoadBitmapFont()
RandomSeed(19)
OpenWindow(0, 0, 0, 800, 800, "Bitmap Font Example", #PB_Window_SystemMenu|#PB_Window_ScreenCentered)
CreateImage(0, 800, 800)
StartDrawing(ImageOutput(0))
Box(0, 0, 400, 400, #Cyan)
DrawBitmapText("Transparent Text", 5, 5, RGBA(255,0,0,255))
DrawBitmapText("With Background", 5, 25, RGBA(0,255,0,255), RGBA(255,0,255,255))
For i = 1 To 30
DrawBitmapText("PureBasic is cool" + Chr(3) + Chr(3) + Chr(3), Random(800), Random(800), RGBA(Random(255), Random(255), Random(255), Random(255) ) )
Next i
StopDrawing()
ImageGadget(0, 0, 0, 200, 200, ImageID(0))
Repeat
Event = WaitWindowEvent()
Until Event = #PB_Event_CloseWindow
