Fx Fonts

[kevin]

 Fonts now have a FX buffer support.  


  Note: With the Addition of Compressed Raster Fonts, both Bitmap & FX Bitmap font modes are basically obsolete.

  See: Fonts in PlayBASIC Help Files

[kevin]

The Code from this example

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; Display a message while the loads and are converted
 Print "Loading Fonts:"
 sync
 screenvsync on

; Load the Windows True Type Font Arial (50 point)
 LoadFont "Arial",2,60,1
 PrepareFXfont 2
 Setfont 2


; Create an Image in FX format (800*600)
 CreateFXImage 1,800,600




Do 
   ; Clear the screen
   Cls rgb(0,100,40)
   
   ; Tell PB to render to this surface
      rendertoimage 1

      ; Draw Box with Alpha Sub to the FX image
      inkmode 1+128
      boxc 0,0,800,600,true,rgb($2,$4,6)
      inkmode 1

      ; Render some text to this image in a random position
      text rnd(800),rnd(600),"FX Font On FX IMage"
   
    ; tell PB to direct all drawing to the screem
       Rendertoscreen

      ; Rotate our FX image and draw it to the screen
       DrawRotatedImage  1,400,300,angle#,1.0+Cos(angle2#),1.2,Getimagewidth(1)/-2,GetImageHeight(1)/-2,true

      ; draw the 
      Print "Drawing FX fonts to FX images"
      Print Fps()      

      ; Bump the Rotation angles
      Angle2#=wrapangle(angle2#,2.1) 
      Angle#=wrapangle(angle#,cos(angle2#)*1 )
   Sync
loop