Blitting existing fonts

[Nightfox]

Hi all

Is there an easy way or even a library call that I can use to use for example Topaz font to print a string anywhere on the screen or is it not that simple?

[bwldrbst]

On an Intuition screen like Workbench? You should probably only do it in a window or bad things might happen.

On the other hand, you could try using the Screen's RastPort or create your own RastPort from the Screen's BitMap. Both of these are likely to result in a mess on the screen though.

[hooverphonique]

Yes, you can use graphics.library operations to write directly to a RastPort.

[phx]

Originally Posted by Nightfox

Is there an easy way or even a library call that I can use to use for example Topaz font to print a string anywhere on the screen or is it not that simple?

As bwldrbst already mentioned, the first question is if you just want the text on "the screen" (which could also be a Window on the screenm, or even a bitmap without using the OS) or do you need the text directly on a "Screen", without a window?

AFAIK you can set different default fonts for the Screen and the Window in the WB prefs. So they might get used when calling the graphics.library Text() function with a Screen's or Window's RastPort.

To make sure you got the Topaz font you would have to call OpenFont() and then SetFont() for the destination RastPort (all graphics.library).

[Nightfox]

Thanks everyone. I used the word screen when I meant window in screen. I'm learning Intuition properly now so now I understand screens and windows