Broken font resources in 1.7/1.8+
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:04 am
There have been a lot of threads lately about MovableText not working because of the font missing error. The problem was that the old ".font" definition files were still being used - misleading people into believing that format of defining fonts is still being used.
My feature request would be to remove those resources and instead include them in a properly defined format - a ".fontdef" file, which is parsed by the resource and font manager, unlike the ".font" files.
Here's the easy fix:
Just in case someone stumbles upon here from Google or something, and the "feature" requested is not implemented. (I don't see why it wouldn't be though)
My feature request would be to remove those resources and instead include them in a properly defined format - a ".fontdef" file, which is parsed by the resource and font manager, unlike the ".font" files.
Here's the easy fix:
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StarWars
{
// Now this one I agree with ;)
// A Star Wars font :)
type truetype
source solo5.ttf
size 16
resolution 96
}
BlueHighway-8
{
type truetype
source bluehigh.ttf
size 8
resolution 96
}
BlueHighway-16
{
type truetype
source bluehigh.ttf
size 16
resolution 96
}
BlueHighway-12
{
type truetype
source bluehigh.ttf
size 12
resolution 96
}