Hi,
As the title says... Also what should I descend my fpGUI font class from? TFPCustomDrawFont or TFPCustomFont?
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- Graeme -
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What is TFPCustomDrawFont used for
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- Michael Van Canneyt 1
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Graeme Geldenhuys wroteHi, As the title says... Also what should I descend my fpGUI font class from? TFPCustomDrawFont or TFPCustomFont?
It depends.
A TFPCustomDrawFont descendent "knows" how to draw itself on a canvas: Normally you should not use it, unless you are planning to use freetype support. There the font draws itself on a canvas. In all other cases (windows, X etc), the canvas "knows" how to handle a font. (namely, the system does it)
Michael.
Michael Van Canneyt wrote 6 lines
A TFPCustomDrawFont descendent "knows" how to draw itself on a canvas:
Normally you should not use it, unless you are planning to use freetype
support. There the font draws itself on a canvas. In all other cases
(windows, X etc), the canvas "knows" how to handle a font. (namely,
the system does it)
Ummm... I don't use freetype directly, but rather Xft (under X11). My calls are normally Canvas.TextOut(...), so I think TFPCustomFont will be my best bet for now.
Thanks again.
Graeme.