It would be great to be able to use a grey-scale font that respects all the greys when applying the colour, which would mean we could use some great classic bitmap fonts from the olden days
. For example:
(currently not possible) Request for improvements to font manipulation
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Gambit37
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(currently not possible) Request for improvements to font manipulation
Would it be possible to add an option to fonts, to allow the specified colour to additively affect the bitmap?
It would be great to be able to use a grey-scale font that respects all the greys when applying the colour, which would mean we could use some great classic bitmap fonts from the olden days. For example:
It would be great to be able to use a grey-scale font that respects all the greys when applying the colour, which would mean we could use some great classic bitmap fonts from the olden days
. For example:-
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Re: Request for improvements to font manipulation
Unfortunately, this isn't really possible due to DSB's reliance on Allegro's text drawing routines, which are... not the greatest.
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Re: (currently not possible) Request for improvements to font manipulation
OK, no problem. I can alway pre-generate a few colours for in PhotoShop.