Post by johnno56 on Jun 6, 2023 22:22:12 GMT -6
My issue with Fonts this time is purely cosmetic... and yes, it may very well be the differences between Windows and Linux fonts... I have the MS core fonts installed...
I am familiar with the loading, applying and displaying of fonts when it comes to "Drawing" text on the screen... My issue involves programs that use 'locate x,y: prints("text")'. The font that is set for print pure text on the screen seems to be vertically squashed. This probably caused by RC using the system's default font... I could be wrong...
I am converting a simple (well... maybe no so simple...) game of Yahtzee from QB64 to RC. Both use the locate command. Both use the print command. However, RC sends the output to the console using a default font setup by RC?. But using prints(), to output to the screen, uses a different font. The attached screen is of 640x480px (80 chars x 25 lines). As you can see, the 'prints()' font is quite small.
This is how it is supposed to look like...
What fonts does RC use as 'default' for console print and prints() printing and how do I setup the correct Windows fonts for both?
Of course, I can always use the standard methods of 'Drawing Text' to the screen, but I would like to avoid have to convert every 'locate' reference to a 'DrawText()' - I know... totally lazy... I would prefer to change the 'defaults' before going down that path... lol
I am familiar with the loading, applying and displaying of fonts when it comes to "Drawing" text on the screen... My issue involves programs that use 'locate x,y: prints("text")'. The font that is set for print pure text on the screen seems to be vertically squashed. This probably caused by RC using the system's default font... I could be wrong...
I am converting a simple (well... maybe no so simple...) game of Yahtzee from QB64 to RC. Both use the locate command. Both use the print command. However, RC sends the output to the console using a default font setup by RC?. But using prints(), to output to the screen, uses a different font. The attached screen is of 640x480px (80 chars x 25 lines). As you can see, the 'prints()' font is quite small.
This is how it is supposed to look like...
What fonts does RC use as 'default' for console print and prints() printing and how do I setup the correct Windows fonts for both?
Of course, I can always use the standard methods of 'Drawing Text' to the screen, but I would like to avoid have to convert every 'locate' reference to a 'DrawText()' - I know... totally lazy... I would prefer to change the 'defaults' before going down that path... lol
