From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullshitd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullshit>
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Subject:	Re: failure of Allegro's textout / textprintf
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On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 08:52:29 +0100, "Martin Czamai"
<M DOT Czamai AT peak-system DOT com> wrote:

>Could anybody tell me reasons why Allegro's function textout and textprintf
>may fail? (with fail I mean that there is no textoutput visible on my
>screen)

Visible?
If you're using eight-bit color, you have to set your palette first;
some platforms automatically set it to all black or something.

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