From: DougEleveld <deleveld AT my-dejanews DOT com>
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Subject: Re: TrueType fonts in Allegro - HELP!
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:25:24 +0200
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Steven Taylor wrote:
> By the way, I already have ttf2pcx and it is ok for some simple stuff, but
> the memory blowout of using multiple fonts and sizes is absolutely
> ridiculous.

I noticed this also and wrote some code to compress fonts in memory with
RLE.
It makes fonts -way- smaller in memory, and will draw the font 20%
faster with
no background and 2.5 times as slow with a filled background.  The font
cannot 
be antialiased, but useage is real easy and works right in with the
Allegro fonts.

You can find the source in the projects section of my homepage:

http://huizen.dds.nl/~deleveld/

It should make easily and there are even some demo programs...

Have fun,

Doug Eleveld