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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Fonts in DBpro

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alanuk
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Posted: 15th Jun 2003 18:56
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If I want to use a font that others may not have, can I put the font in the same dir as the 'game', instead of windows\fonts?

Obviously it would have to be included with the EXE etc. But I am wondering in what sequence windows searches for a font. Will it eventually look in the current directory where the rpogram is?

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IanM
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Posted: 15th Jun 2003 20:33
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I don't think you can use fonts in that way, although I don't know for certain. I believe that fonts need to be 'registered' in some way with windows before they can be used.
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spooky
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There must be a way as the game Asteroids by PneumaticDryll has a 'jedi solid' font in the game directory that somehow gets installed into your windows fonts folder. How he does it is anyones guess!

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andrew11
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Posted: 15th Jun 2003 22:09
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By moving them into the windows\fonts folder, they get installed. Maybe you can just move them from DBPro before trying to use them.

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I've just had a look into it, and it really is that simple

Just locate your fonts folder and move the file there.
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andrew11
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A list of fonts are also located at
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Fonts" in the registry. You can make a new string there named the system name of the font and with a value of the directory (if not the windows folder) and font file name. It's much easier to copy it into the font folder though.

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alanuk
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Posted: 16th Jun 2003 12:29
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Thanks guys, it is easier than I thought !!

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