timer font

mikekantor · 2nd November 2001, 19:45

I attempted to use a custom font for my new skin and it's not working... is this feature not yet implemented?

Naamloos · 3rd November 2001, 06:48

A truetype font? or a bitmap font?

mikekantor · 3rd November 2001, 07:23

true type font.

I'm interested in bitmap as well... I had an idea that would require a different set of bitmaps for each character in the timer, but I have no clue how to do that, so I'm trying to use just a plain .ttf file.

Naamloos · 3rd November 2001, 07:44

code:


<truetypefont id="myfontid" file="myfont.ttf" />

Use it like that, id = your font id your using
and the file..

Crusher_appa · 3rd November 2001, 18:13

Okay might sound dumb but how do you change the color of the truetypefont?

Relatively new to XML.

mikekantor · 3rd November 2001, 20:42

right, I used that font tag (with my font file), but the skin doesn't show the font I selected, instead I see some default one...

mikekantor · 3rd November 2001, 20:44

color="255,0,0" would give you red text when you use it. The three numbers are RGB values.

simarilius · 3rd November 2001, 20:50

<text
id="timer"
display="time"
x="75" y="74"
w="50" h="18"
font="chicago" fontsize="16" align="center" timecolonwidth="7"
/>

Is what I have in my skin at the mo, where chicago is a ttf installed in the windows\fonts dir.
seems to work fine

mikekantor · 3rd November 2001, 21:00

huh... so you have it in the windows\fonts folder.

I'll try it, but what if I want to package a font with my skin?

And if this is how it works, then what's the point of:

<truetypefont id="myfontid" file="myfont.ttf" />

s0be · 4th November 2001, 04:38

you can include the font file and refer to it as a relative path. I DON'T think that loading fonts from a zip file are working yet though. If you unzip the skin does the font work?

ALso, you can put FREE, PUBLIC DOMAIN fonts in your skin, but not the ones that come with windows, as those typesets(font is actually the word to refer to the size of the text, improperly used in society today) are copyrighted.

/*
S0Be
*/

mikekantor · 4th November 2001, 04:58

well I'm fairly sure that my "typeset" is freeware... but I've only gotten it to work when it's installed with my other fonts, not with an unzipped wal file.

maybe in Beta 2?

s0be · 4th November 2001, 05:04

I don't know. I used a free arial variant typeset in my skin and it didn't work in a .wal, worked fine when unzipped.

I guess you're right, this is probably just a beta bug. Either that or they're inventing their own font file format for us to convert our font files to(hint hint, use vector .ps style fonts) so as to make them more scalable.

/*
S0Be
*/

2nd November 2001, 19:45	#1
mikekantor Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 102	timer font I attempted to use a custom font for my new skin and it's not working... is this feature not yet implemented?

3rd November 2001, 07:44	#4
Naamloos Forum King Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: irc.tehflap.org/******* Posts: 3,085	code: <truetypefont id="myfontid" file="myfont.ttf" /> Use it like that, id = your font id your using and the file..

4th November 2001, 04:38	#10
s0be Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: melbourne Posts: First Posts: 1,313	you can include the font file and refer to it as a relative path. I DON'T think that loading fonts from a zip file are working yet though. If you unzip the skin does the font work? ALso, you can put FREE, PUBLIC DOMAIN fonts in your skin, but not the ones that come with windows, as those typesets(font is actually the word to refer to the size of the text, improperly used in society today) are copyrighted. /* S0Be */ And On that day, the Lords of the land said unto their Master Architect, "The temple you have made to the gods of Wasabi and Maki has brought us no great prosperity" and they sent out him into the lands. As he traveled to a far off land, he found he wasn't traveling alone, but that he had gained companions, and when they found their new land, they started work on a new temple, one that would be OPEN to all who wanted to worship. from The Book of Wasabi C 12 Vs 09 (pg 2003)

4th November 2001, 05:04	#12
s0be Major Dude Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: melbourne Posts: First Posts: 1,313	I don't know. I used a free arial variant typeset in my skin and it didn't work in a .wal, worked fine when unzipped. I guess you're right, this is probably just a beta bug. Either that or they're inventing their own font file format for us to convert our font files to(hint hint, use vector .ps style fonts) so as to make them more scalable. /* S0Be */ And On that day, the Lords of the land said unto their Master Architect, "The temple you have made to the gods of Wasabi and Maki has brought us no great prosperity" and they sent out him into the lands. As he traveled to a far off land, he found he wasn't traveling alone, but that he had gained companions, and when they found their new land, they started work on a new temple, one that would be OPEN to all who wanted to worship. from The Book of Wasabi C 12 Vs 09 (pg 2003)

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3rd November 2001, 06:48	#2
Naamloos Forum King Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: irc.tehflap.org/******* Posts: 3,085	A truetype font? or a bitmap font?

3rd November 2001, 07:23	#3
mikekantor Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 102	true type font. I'm interested in bitmap as well... I had an idea that would require a different set of bitmaps for each character in the timer, but I have no clue how to do that, so I'm trying to use just a plain .ttf file.

3rd November 2001, 18:13	#5
Crusher_appa Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22	Okay might sound dumb but how do you change the color of the truetypefont? Relatively new to XML.

3rd November 2001, 20:42	#6
mikekantor Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 102	right, I used that font tag (with my font file), but the skin doesn't show the font I selected, instead I see some default one...

3rd November 2001, 20:44	#7
mikekantor Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 102	color="255,0,0" would give you red text when you use it. The three numbers are RGB values.

3rd November 2001, 20:50	#8
simarilius Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: UK Posts: 14	<!-- Timer --> <text id="timer" display="time" x="75" y="74" w="50" h="18" font="chicago" fontsize="16" align="center" timecolonwidth="7" /> Is what I have in my skin at the mo, where chicago is a ttf installed in the windows\fonts dir. seems to work fine

3rd November 2001, 21:00	#9
mikekantor Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 102	huh... so you have it in the windows\fonts folder. I'll try it, but what if I want to package a font with my skin? And if this is how it works, then what's the point of: <truetypefont id="myfontid" file="myfont.ttf" />

4th November 2001, 04:58	#11
mikekantor Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 102	well I'm fairly sure that my "typeset" is freeware... but I've only gotten it to work when it's installed with my other fonts, not with an unzipped wal file. maybe in Beta 2?