From: Manni Heumann <manni DOT heumann AT gmx DOT de>
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Subject: Re: Allegro question
Date: 12 Jul 2001 08:40:25 GMT
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almeidaj AT mail DOT com (Almeida J.) wrote on 11 Jul 2001 in message
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[snip]
>>
> I've also wondered about this...
> Altough you presented a clean solution, other solutions
> presented in help or doc files also store the font in a
> datafile. However, there must be, I think it was the post
> idea, an also clean solution to store the user created font
> in a header file or creat it at runtime. Unfortunatly, I
> (also) don't know who that is done.... 
>  

If you want to avoid a data file, you can add a couple of steps 
and link the data file with your program. Use dat2s.exe (from 
allegro\tools) and then link the output. See grabber.txt for 
more information.

Manni

PS: How could something in a header file produce, say, a .pcx at 
runtime?