04-08-2023, 09:20 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-08-2023, 11:49 AM by PhilOfPerth.)
Thanks Steve. I got that working ok, choosing an Arial font, size 24, bold.
But the Tab() function seems to not work normally any more. I would expect this code:
SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(1200, 640, 32)
f& = _LOADFONT("c:\WINDOWS\Fonts\arial.ttf", 24, "bold")
_FONT f&
PRINT STRING$(79, "X")
PRINT "Screen width is 80 chars"
LOCATE 4, 38: PRINT "Middle": SLEEP
to print the first two lines normally ( a line of "X"s, then the message) which it does, and the next line to print "Middle" in the centre of line 4.
but instead, it prints this at tab position 4 on line 4. What did I get wrong?
Edit:
S'okay, I found it. I was not using a monospaced font. Adding"monospace" gave the correct result.
But the Tab() function seems to not work normally any more. I would expect this code:
SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(1200, 640, 32)
f& = _LOADFONT("c:\WINDOWS\Fonts\arial.ttf", 24, "bold")
_FONT f&
PRINT STRING$(79, "X")
PRINT "Screen width is 80 chars"
LOCATE 4, 38: PRINT "Middle": SLEEP
to print the first two lines normally ( a line of "X"s, then the message) which it does, and the next line to print "Middle" in the centre of line 4.
but instead, it prints this at tab position 4 on line 4. What did I get wrong?
Edit:
S'okay, I found it. I was not using a monospaced font. Adding"monospace" gave the correct result.
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