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gazybara
04-20-2012, 01:14 PM
Hi,
I need simpliest solution (ie example) for embeding custom font (True Type or Open Type)
without install it and use after as default font for dotnet label control inside mxs rollout.
I saw an example in which Pete (lonerobot) use functions for converting images to Base64 string
but is it possible to perform the same with a font?
Second request:
How to writte these code as mxs (not compiling)
public static LoadedFont LoadFont(FileInfo file, int fontSize, FontStyle fontStyle)
{
var fontCollection = new PrivateFontCollection();
fontCollection.AddFontFile(file.FullName);
if (fontCollection.Families.Length < 0)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("No font familiy found when loading font");
}

var loadedFont = new LoadedFont();
loadedFont.FontFamily = fontCollection.Families[0];
loadedFont.Font = new Font(loadedFont.FontFamily, fontSize, fontStyle, GraphicsUnit.Pixel);
return loadedFont;
}
public struct LoadedFont
{
public Font Font { get; set; }
public FontFamily FontFamily { get; set; }
}
Thanks in advance
Branko
gazybara
04-24-2012, 01:19 AM
Anyone? Ok then.
The reason why i need this is that some system fonts have very nice simbol collections
which can be used as icons for buttons or labels.
But I would not like to install these fonts on another PC.
TheOnlyAaron
04-24-2012, 03:56 AM
I don't know about including fonts, but this is something that I have used to imbed bitmaps in MS, which I have used for icons etc...

It is not pretty, or nice, but it sure gets the job done.



bit1 = openbitmap "C:\myimage.bmp"

fn bitToStr bit1 =
(
bitArr = #()
for g in 0 to (bit1.height - 1) do
(
p = getPixels bit1 [0, g] bit1.width
append bitArr p
)

(bitArr as string)
)

fn strToBit str =
(
bitArr = execute str
bit1 = bitmap bitArr[1].count bitArr.Count

for q in 0 to bitArr.count - 1 do
(
setpixels bit1 [0, q] bitArr[q + 1]
)

bit1
)

str = bitToStr bit1

print str

bit2 = strToBit str

display bit2



The first chunk will turn your bitmap into a string, and the second bit will turn it back
gazybara
04-24-2012, 07:17 AM
Nice approach. Thanks Aaron for reply.
You are talking abouth bitmap but i was thinkig about
embeding font as vector icon not raster.
Probably you have seen fonts such as for example
system fonts "Webdings" and "Wingdings".
---------------------------------------------------------
Do you have solution for this?
denisT
04-24-2012, 12:13 PM
I need simpliest solution (ie example) for embeding custom font (True Type or Open Type)
without install it and use after as default font for dotnet label control inside mxs rollout.


(
fontCollection = dotnetobject "System.Drawing.Text.PrivateFontCollection"
fontCollection.AddFontFile <the_TTF_font_filename>
fontFamily = fontCollection.Families[1]
font = dotnetobject "System.Drawing.Font" fontFamily 12 (dotnetclass "System.Drawing.FontStyle").Regular (dotnetclass "System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit").Pixel
)
gazybara
04-24-2012, 01:35 PM
Very nice.
Thanks Denis.
This is exactly what I was looking for.
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