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register_font_file_type(3alleg)

register_font_file_type3alleg

Register a new font loading function. allegro game programming library.

Usage

void register_font_file_type(const char *ext, FONT *(*load)(const char *filename, RGB *pal, void *param));

Overview

Informs the load_font() functions of a new file type, providing a routine to read fonts in this format. The function you supply must follow the following prototype:

   FONT *load_my_font(const char *filename, RGB *pal, void *param)
   {
      ...
   }

The pal parameter can optionally be used to return a palette for the FONT. The parameter param can be anything you like: you can use this to pass information to your loading routine, such as for instance the font height, the character range to load or the index number of a font in a datafile. If you choose to write your own font loading code, your function should be prepared to deal with a value of NULL for either of these parameters.

History

  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) to Debian 5.0 (Lenny): the text shown here
  • Debian 4.0 (Etch)

From liballegro-doc 2:4.2.2-2.2 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.