From: "Robert Boles" <zingen AT prodigy DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: TTF font libraries?
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 01:45:25 -0400
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I have tried what you said, I think. I have loaded the TTF files to be 100
pixels high. I then "blurr , I think. What is missing is a good scaling down
option. I have tried then Allegro blit_scale, and the text get mangled. It
is there, and the right size, and you can read it, it is just "Ugly".

"Damian Yerrick" <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p> wrote in
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> On Tue, 30 May 2000 00:17:23 -0400, "Robert Boles"
> <zingen AT prodigy DOT net> wrote:
>
> >Are there any ttf font lib's available. I have tried using allegttf,
> >but the quality of the output is not good enough for a good GUI.  It
> >is a good start, and I will try to improve it if I have to, but I
> >was wondering if the is any other libs available.
>
> How about:
>  1. allegttf at a large size
>  2. blur
>  3. scale down
>
> Or write a wrapper around FreeType 2, which has better anti-aliasing
> support.
>
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