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(currently not possible) Request for improvements to font manipulation

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 1:47 pm
by Gambit37
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:

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Re: Request for improvements to font manipulation

Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 8:36 pm
by Sophia
Unfortunately, this isn't really possible due to DSB's reliance on Allegro's text drawing routines, which are... not the greatest.

Re: (currently not possible) Request for improvements to font manipulation

Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 1:33 am
by Gambit37
OK, no problem. I can alway pre-generate a few colours for in PhotoShop.