dartsman Member Posts: 484 From: Queensland, Australia Registered: 03-16-2006 |
Hello, I am working on a quick game prototype in C# and I am using GDI for the graphics. I've run into a problem that I use some fonts in the game (DrawString) that are not common ones. I would usually use bitmap fonts, but I thought it'd be a lot better if I could just embed the fonts that I use in my game executable. BTW, I know there are copyright rules with fonts (and other content) and I won't release anything unless I'm sure I'm allowed to use the fonts. Also this would allow me to embed any royalty free fonts if I find any that suit my game. Can anyone help me with how to do something like this in C#? ------------------ |
SSquared Member Posts: 654 From: Pacific Northwest Registered: 03-22-2005 |
You don't need to do this, but I like to add a Resource directory off of my main source directory and place all of my resources in there. You can make a Resource/Font directory. Then add the Resource/Font directory into your project. Place your font file in the Font directory and then add your font file to the project. In any case, you need to add your Font file to the project. It should look something like this in Studio: Resource Each file in your project has a special build action association. You want to set the build action to Embedded Resource. This will place the resource inside your assembly. The extraction is a bit more involved. Take a look here for an example, although it does not have a Font example. [This message has been edited by ssquared (edited November 20, 2007).] |
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dartsman Member Posts: 484 From: Queensland, Australia Registered: 03-16-2006 |
thanks, yeah, I've embedded images before but the main problem is how do I pull out a font from the resource. Images seem a lot nicer to pull out as you can load up an image from the stream... is this the same as what I would need to do for a Font? ------------------ |
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dartsman Member Posts: 484 From: Queensland, Australia Registered: 03-16-2006 |
sorry about double post but: I think I found what I needed from the following post: I will test it out tonight. ------------------ |
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SSquared Member Posts: 654 From: Pacific Northwest Registered: 03-22-2005 |
Ooops. You are right. Looks like fonts are a different case. If you find out the secret, please post here. I would like to know for future reference. Thanks. |
Briant Member Posts: 742 From: Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada Registered: 01-20-2001 |
There are two other ways you could do this: 1. Don't embedd the font files in your app's resources, but have your installer include and install them like any other font. 2. store them in your resources as RT_DATA (generic binary), and when your app starts, use FindResource and LockResource to read them into buffers, then write those buffers to temporary files. Your app can then use those temp files like any other font file. (RT_DATA, FindResource and LockResource are what they're called in a C++ project, C# may use different names). ------------------ Check out this webhost! Fantastic prices, features and support! |
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dartsman Member Posts: 484 From: Queensland, Australia Registered: 03-16-2006 |
good ideas... I'd just prefer to have them included inside the app so that I don't require an installer. Plus it's annoying when programs require you to install something (in this case a Font or two) on your machine. I wasn't able to do the font thing last night ------------------ |
instead I did some pretty neat physics additions to the game. I now have rotating obstacles (if you view the Stickman Steve demo it's an 'upgrade' to the regular blue circle obstacle) which can be paired up to then drag and shoot the ragdolls in the rough direction. So I can also line up a series of these to make a cog like effect where it'll drag them through the series of circles. Both of which look pretty neat.