Text Overlay

Is there anyway to easily overlay text on an SQL
screen?

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Is there anyway to easily overlay text on an SQL
screen?

You’ve got the wrong group if you’re looking for SQL… :wink:

A quick look on the page
http://cone3d.gamedev.net/cgi-bin/index.pl?page=tutorials/gfxsdl/tut4
(the site seems to be a pretty good resource on SDL and other
graphics/game libs, though I haven’t thoroughly checked it out) shows
that it seems SDL has no direct support for fonts (i.e. using the
Windows GDI on Win32), so you’ll have to do them yourself. I think the
link above should get you a good start; it includes structures,
functions, and probably a sample font. HTH,
== Joey HewittFrom: chopsuey1973@yahoo.com (Joel Middleton)
To:
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 06:04 PM
Subject: [SDL] Text Overlay

I write SQL by day, whoops…:slight_smile: Thanks for the link I
will check it out.

— Joey Hewitt wrote:> From: “Joel Middleton” <@Joel_Middleton>

To:
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 06:04 PM
Subject: [SDL] Text Overlay

Is there anyway to easily overlay text on an SQL
screen?

You’ve got the wrong group if you’re looking for
SQL… :wink:

A quick look on the page

http://cone3d.gamedev.net/cgi-bin/index.pl?page=tutorials/gfxsdl/tut4

(the site seems to be a pretty good resource on SDL
and other
graphics/game libs, though I haven’t thoroughly
checked it out) shows
that it seems SDL has no direct support for fonts
(i.e. using the
Windows GDI on Win32), so you’ll have to do them
yourself. I think the
link above should get you a good start; it includes
structures,
functions, and probably a sample font. HTH,
== Joey Hewitt


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Is there anyway to easily overlay text on an SQL
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Depending on what you mean by “overlay” polyfonts may be what you are
looking for. http://gameprogrammer.com/game.html

	Bob PendletonOn Mon, 2003-09-08 at 19:04, Joel Middleton wrote:

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-bill!On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 05:04:26PM -0700, Joel Middleton wrote:

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Joel Middleton wrote:

Is there anyway to easily overlay text on an SQL
screen?

Try using one of the free librarys like SFont, or my fav., BFont.

Their simple to use, and since they use bitmaped fonts, are very portable.

-mike