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Flat Spider
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I have tried using the copy file syntax, and it works fine for copying a file to other places on the harddrive, but not into the windows/fonts folder.

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BMacZero
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What happens? Do you get an error?

Anyway, it looks like the font folder is read-only on my machine. Your program will probably need to be run as administrator to modify it.

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BatVink
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You can leave it in your app folder and use LOAD FONT. This will make it temporarily available whilst your program runs.

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Flat Spider
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It doesn't give an error, it just doesn't do it. And I don't think permissions are an issue because I can manually drag any font in there and it automatically installs.

I will use LOAD FONT. My documentation is about 8 years old and doesn't list that syntax. My thanks.
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Derek Darkly
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Posted: 26th Mar 2014 16:03
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Quote: "You can leave it in your app folder and use LOAD FONT. This will make it temporarily available whilst your program runs."



Are you sure LOAD FONT is a real command?

I haven't updated my DBP in a while, but this doesn't work for me.

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Flat Spider
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Yes, LOAD FONT doesn't work for me, but I'm using DBPro 6.8. I was using 7.6, but it was too buggy & lacking basic features (unless you CAN split the screen into two parts.. I couldn't find a way to like you can in 6.8).

If LOAD FONT is a new command (I can't find online documentation on it, either), does anybody know if it was possible in older versions to install a font? Is it usually COPY FILE and something is just out of whack on my end?
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BMacZero
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Posted: 27th Mar 2014 03:22 Edited at: 27th Mar 2014 03:23
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I'm running 7.7, and I don't have LOAD FONT. Maybe it's a plugin?

EDIT: Permissions can still be an issue. If you are running as an administrator, you can move fonts into the folder, but programs you run don't necessarily have the same permissions.

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Flat Spider
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So DarkBasic has no ability to bypass and/or qualify permissions in order to install fonts? If I wanted to use a font that isn't a standard Windows system font, my ONLY option (given the LOAD FONT command doesn't seem to actually exist) is to paste images of the letters from saved bitmaps?

I suppose I could also include the fonts in a separate folder with instructions to "Do It Yourself, User".

If these are my only options, I am stunned, to put it mildly.
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BatVink
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I got the wrong syntax, I don't currently have DBP installed onthis machine. This will get any font from the application folder

set text font get dir$() + "FONTX.TTF"

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Derek Darkly
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pcRaider, your method works like a charm for me!

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Flat Spider
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Thank you much. That was what I was looking for.

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