[SOLVED/CLARIFIED] Cannot Get FONTS to work in v1.5

[George McGinn]

Fillippe, yes, it was originally Veranda.ttf and that was the name I was using in my code.

Then I renamed it to veranda.ttf (all lowercase) and no changes to my results.

I just posted code that seems to now load it, but the PRINT does not reflect the size of the font.

[FellippeHeitor]

Take time to check my replies above.

[FellippeHeitor]

Making it clearer:

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. '--------------------------------
2. '*** Initialize SCREEN
3. 'SCREEN 12
4. SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(1024, 700, 32)
5.  
6. '*** Setup Font Type and Size
7.  
8. f28& = _LOADFONT("verdana.ttf", 28, "MONOSPACE")
9. PRINT f28&
10. IF f28& > 0 THEN _FONT f28&  'This is where you apply the font
11. PRINT "Hello World"
12.  
13. f64& = _LOADFONT("verdana.ttf", 64, "MONOSPACE")
14. PRINT f64&
15. IF f64& > 0 THEN _FONT f64&  'This is where you apply the font
16.  PRINT "Hello World"
17.  

[George McGinn]

Spelling was not the issue, as I copied the name directly from the file into my program after my first attempt failed. I even used the Veranda Bold.ttf and it also did not work.

Any spelling mistakes was due to fat-fingering the keyboard and I made sure that all spelling was corrected before posting this.

I even make it all lowercase as you suggested in the Discord talk.

Ok, so we've probably solved the problem.

1- George had the wrong spelling all along.
2- Fonts are working fine in v1.5 - across platforms.
3- @George McGinn after you use _LoadFont, you have to check that the resulting handle (f& for you) is greater than 0. After you check that, you have to actually apply the font using the _FONT statement. http://www.qb64.org/wiki/FONT

[George McGinn]

The code below does not show differences in font sizes. Why?

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. '--------------------------------
2. '*** Initialize SCREEN
3. 'SCREEN 12
4. SCREEN _NEWIMAGE(1024, 700, 32)
5.  
6. '*** Setup Font Type and Size
7.  
8. f& = _LOADFONT("verdana.ttf", 28, "MONOSPACE")
9. PRINT f&
10.  
11. PRINT "Hello World"
12.  
13. f& = _LOADFONT("verdana.ttf", 64, "MONOSPACE")
14. PRINT f&
15.  PRINT "Hello World"
16.  

[bplus]

For font sizes the verdana.ttf you, @George McGinn, gave us to test allows larger sizes of 24, 36, 48, see my screen shot of verdana.ttf you gave us to sample.

Update: Maybe being ttf you can do all sizes in between, if you spell the name right ;-))

[FellippeHeitor]

Take time to read all my replies above, @George McGinn - you're just replying blindly at this point.

[George McGinn]

You are right. I did not see your other posts.

I just read them and tested the code you provided and it works on Linux.

Sorry, just things were happening too fast! When you turn 62, things will slow down :-)

Thanks. I just flagged your response as "Best Answer" and consider this closed.

George.

Take time to read all my replies above, @George McGinn - you're just replying blindly at this point.