I haven't tested it yet, but I've always found that messing with fonts was a tedious and unrewarding job, so thank you for the tool. Keep up the good work

The font shows up in Word after I run the program. Can I use the font inside A7 engine or did I get the intention of this plugin wrong!?

Yes you can After having restarted your PC the font should appear in the Windows/Font directory as well

there is a plugin you dont' need to "reboot" the pc to use the fonts - u can use them right after starting the game...

http://www.coniserver.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/804343/an/0/page/0#Post804343

hehe I didn't say you need to reboot the pc to use the fonts Just seeing it in your font directory needs a restart.

D3D I had a little trouble making it work from the readme but it's working great now.

Here's the example which loads a font called Pristina.ttf

Code:

---

var dll_handle;
string Pristina = <pristina.ttf>;
dllfunction InstallFont(Pristina);

function main()
{
	
	dll_handle=dll_open("FontInstall.dll");
	InstallFont(Pristina);
...  

---

Yes thanks! And I do understand how to load them with this engine extension, but can you show me a example on how to use the by dll installed font inside the engine window displaying strings for instance? If this dll function is to just "temp" install a font somewhere on my computer, I really don't need a dll to accomplish that.

The dll allows you to use a font in your game that is not likely to be a standard Windows font in the player's font folder. I believe that is its only purpose.

Yes installing the font is the only purpose! You can use the font using Lite-C via "font = YourFont#12b" Where 12 is the size and b a parameter for "bold". Just look into the manual.

I'm trying to get this to work in lite-c. So far, GameStudio crashes when I add the font code. I might be doing something totally foolish. I haven't gotten any .dlls to work in lite-c, so it's no doubt my fault. I downloaded a free Pristina.TFF font and placed it in my game directory. Here's my code:

Code:

---

var dll_handle;
STRING* Pristina = "Pristina.TTF";
dllfunction InstallFont(Pristina);

void main()
{
  dll_handle = dll_open("FontInstall.dll");
  InstallFont(Pristina);

---

It's crashing on the call to InstallFont(). Any ideas?
Thanks,
- Bret