Path: IIGS Toolbox/Install Font Questions

Subj:  How do you install a font?            91-10-18 21:32:53 EST
From:  ScottWalk1
Posted on: America Online

Hi, I was wondering how I could install a Venice 14pt font as the system font from assembly.  So far I think what I need to do is call _installfont, but I am not sure.

Scott Walker

Path: IIGS Toolbox/Install Font Questions

Subj:  Changing the System Font...           91-10-19 14:25:38 EST
From:  AFA Jay
Posted on: America Online

I forget the exact order, but there is a sample program with source code in our libraries here.  I believe it's called MenuFont, it's an NDA and it's written in Pascal.  There are a series of toolcalls to go through.  You have to take into account the space of the menu bar.  The menubar is a fixed height and can't be changed (easily)

Jay


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Subj:  There are two....                     91-10-20 11:48:31 EST
From:  Surak TFF
Posted on: America Online

toolcalls which can be used to set the system font... _FMSetSysFont, a font manager call, just takes a Font ID as a parameter and makes that font the system font. The QuickDraw II call _SetSysFont takes as a parameter a handle to the font which you want to be the system font, and makes that font the system font - however, if you use the QDII call, the Font Manager won't return the correct font ID when you ask it for the ID of the system font. 

                                    Dan

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Subj:  my 2 cents                            91-11-26 00:13:40 EST
From:  WalterHurt
Posted on: America Online

Please use the Font Manager!!!!!

I have had problems using QD to do this. It is must easier to use FM and a lot less compilcated!!

CodeSmith

question about installing fonts from assembly