Re: Need Help understanding TrueType Fonts
From: Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] (hirf-spam-me-here_at_gmx.at)
Date: 12/02/04
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Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:44:24 +0100
"Jim Flanagan" <jflan@tampabay.rr.com> schrieb:
> I want to write a small app/tool in vb.net that will allow me to read in a
> font file, interpret the data and create a file that could be used in an
> led sign system. i.e. convert the font data into a dot matrix format. I
> seem to be having problems finding some reasonable information on the
> internet as to how interpret the font files and extract the data. I could
> use some pointers on how to go about doing this.
I think it's much simpler to draw the text onto a 'Bitmap' object at runtime
in the desired font and then loop through the pixels of the bitmap
('GetPixel') to check which LEDs should be turned on.
-- M S Herfried K. Wagner M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/> V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
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