fonts

Delphi 6 : How can I display large size high quality Text via the TextOut() method?

I have a TImage component that I print a Text string to using TCanvas.TextOut(). I set the height and width of the TImage to a large size like 50 pixels X (TextWidth) pixels, and set the Canvas font Height to something a little smaller like 48 pixels. I then BitBlt() the TImage's bitmap on to the main Canvas. What I see on the screen ...

objective c finding pixel width of a string

I have a UIButton of fixed width and I want to place text in it. Since the size of the String is unknown in advance, I will have to resize the font as I read the String from a flat file. How can I do that? A function similar to the following will be great: UIFont resizeFontAs:(UIFont)initialFont andStringAs:(NSString*)string andWidthA...

Inverted-colors text on top of an OpenGL scene

Hello, I have a font texture which I use in order to draw text on top of my OpenGL scene. The problem is that the scene's colors vary so much that any solid color I use is hard to read. Is it possible to draw my font texture with inverted colors? A call to glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA); would just draw it with a sol...

Are there any way to use custom font file in my site ?

I can use @font-face but it does not work in all browsers. Are there any way to use custom font file in my site ? ...

Java applet: Read ttf file - access denied

I have the following lines in my Java applet init function: try { this.font = Font.createFont( Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("fonts/myfont.ttf") ).deriveFont(24f); GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().registerFont(font); } catch(Exception ex){ System.out.println(ex); } When I open the applet with the applet...

Exporting from Java Swing/Graphics to HTML

Hi All, I wrote small java Swing/canvas program where I can draw some textboxes. Now I'd like to export those text areas to a set of HTML div. What would be the best way (font-family ? font-face? css selectors ?) to obtain the same rendering as in Java ? Thanks ...

How to create opengl texture from text generated by method 'drawAtPoint: withFont:'

Hi, I am trying to render texture dynamically in my opengl application. Basically I am tring to use (CGSize)drawAtPoint:(CGPoint)point withFont:(UIFont *)font and capture it to a texture. But I am not able to figure out how to convert CGContext stuff to texture. ...

VS2008 - VB.net Font Dialog - Filter Fonts by Codepage/Language

Update (in response to first answer, from Hans Passant): I guess I didn't explain my use-case well enough. This application will be designed for people to enter data in a "master" language (most likely English, but not necessarily), and then facilitate the entry of translations in another language. This is all done with a rich-text box ...

How to manage custom fonts in web application (system.drawing)

I have an application that writes text onto images using system.drawing (C#). I am using specific fonts to do this. Since I can't rely on my shared hosting servers to have all the custom fonts I may need (and since the list of fonts is likely to grow), how can I manage the fonts used for my application? Could I include .ttf files in m...

CSS assigning fonts to font weights

Is it possible to assign different fonts to different font-weights? For example, If I have 2 fonts, "helvetica roman" and "helvetica bold" and I want a font-weight of 500 to always display "helvetica roman" and a font-weight of 700 to always display "helvetica bold" I know this functionality is available through cufon, but would like ...

Using @font-face for Segoe UI font

Hello, I have Google for an hour now and I can't find out if I can use @font-face using the Segoe UI font. Would any body know if the license for the font will allow me to do this? ...

Getting the font file Name/Location in FontDialog C#

Hello, What i need to do is have the font file name (not Font Family name) after selecting a font in the FontDialog, so that if i selected "Harlow Solid Semi" from the Dialog, i need to get the file name, which is "HARLOWSI.TTF" so is it possible ? if not using the fontDialog, can it be done other way ? Note: i need the user to see a sa...

Using Adobe fonts on the web ...

Hey everyone, I have a website that i want to use Adobe fonts on it. can anyone please help with it ??? the files i got are .otf Many thanks ...

How to add a new line character to a string using a custom font in cocos2d?

How do you add a new line character to a string when using a custom font in cocos2d? I have my atlas font and i tell i put the new line character into it and then tell it what font to use. CCBitmapFontAtlas *text = [CCBitmapFontAtlas bitmapFontAtlasWithString:@"Something\nSomething else " fntFile:@"generic_font.fnt"]; In the .fnt fil...

Java Panel font changing radio buttons question

I am having trouble with this assignment because my of my actionlisteners. Right now the panel has 2 checkboxes to change the font into bold and or italic. I want to add 4 radio buttons that can change what font the "saying" is in. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong with my actionlisteners? Thank you! import javax.swing.*; impor...

Boolean Table in VB.Net - Select Case, If-Else, or Something else?

Hey all, I'm looking to simplify the handling of a three-item Boolean expression. "Select Case" doesn't seem offer a solution for triple values, and the If statement seems a bit much. It'll work the way I coded it, but if you have any ideas on how to simplify this, I'd appreciate your insights. If not, I hope this snippet can save someon...

Font weight in IE8 under Windows Server 2008

My screen looks good in IE8 under Windows XP. But when I open it in IE8 under Windows Server 2003, all text is more bold than in XP. I can apply styles to it, for example change font-weight in css, but in that case font weight changes under Windows XP too and in any case my screen looks differ. ...

Using a custom TTF in Android makes for really ugly text

I have an app that contains a custom view, and in it I want to use a custom font. Unfortunately, this results in really ugly text being rendered. My custom view extends Surface (and just realized: is this a bad idea), and I draw the text with the following code: // p = new Paint(); Typeface font = Typeface.createFromAsset(parent.getAss...

When setting the font size in CSS, why not set <body> to 6.25% so that px and em units are the same?

I was reading now about how it’s a good practice to set the font on <body> to 62.5%, so that later you can use the divide-by-10 conversion from pixel units. But I was wondering: why not set <body> to 6.25%? Then you can use the same dimensions for em units as for pixel units, assuming the default browser font size is 16 pixels. E.g. b...

Is bullet character (U+2022) safe to use ?

In a reporting services report, I'm displaying a bullet point by using the expression : =ChrW(&H2022) This is in a TextBox setup to use Arial font. Now, it seems to work fine, but how safe is it ? i.e. is it likely to work on all PCs ? (The application is a web application). ...