03-12-2024, 01:49 AM
FONTastic!
Yeah, the wiki really needs a bit of an update/rewrite. "UNDERLINE" what a load of BS that is. I bet that didn't work back in the QB64 1.0 days, either. Most fonts with underlined glyths only include vowels. I'm pretty convinced graphics or text-graphics hybrid will be required to include underling ability, where a simple statement can draw a thin line one pixel below the bottom of the character base.
Although we can o the math to get non-monospace fonts to wrap properly, that work gets stomped upon when we implement the bold and italicized fonts. Of course the math could fix that, as well, but it would require working out an algorithm with _PRINTWIDTH so that each font character would display reasonably well spaced in any of the regular, bold, and italicized mixes.
Maybe I can get Bill to give up his old show and host "Fun with Fonts" instead.
Pete
Yeah, the wiki really needs a bit of an update/rewrite. "UNDERLINE" what a load of BS that is. I bet that didn't work back in the QB64 1.0 days, either. Most fonts with underlined glyths only include vowels. I'm pretty convinced graphics or text-graphics hybrid will be required to include underling ability, where a simple statement can draw a thin line one pixel below the bottom of the character base.
Although we can o the math to get non-monospace fonts to wrap properly, that work gets stomped upon when we implement the bold and italicized fonts. Of course the math could fix that, as well, but it would require working out an algorithm with _PRINTWIDTH so that each font character would display reasonably well spaced in any of the regular, bold, and italicized mixes.
Maybe I can get Bill to give up his old show and host "Fun with Fonts" instead.
Pete