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From: DougEleveld <deleveld AT my-dejanews DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro->font->load
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 18:10:38 +0200
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Thomas Harte wrote:
> 
> > How do I load fonts with allegro, what format should they be and where can I
> > find any?
> 
>         The only way to load fonts is via a datafile, and if you go to the Allegro
> homepage (http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro and various mirrors too), you
> can grab the ttf2pcx utility which converts TrueType fonts to Allegro useable
> fonts for a given point size.

There is alos the AllegTTF add on that allows you to load True Trype
(*.TTF) font files.
Drawing is very fast and antialiased.  See the links im my projects
section:

huizen.dds.nl/~deleveld/index.htm

Good luck,

Doug Eleveld

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