FontChrWidth() changes the width of an individual character within a bitmap font.
FACTS:
* FontChrWidth does not change the physical bitmap size of the character. Only it's spacing when drawn. Allowing some chr's to be thinner than others.
Mini Tutorial:
This example loads the windows true type Arial, and the builds a custom bitmap version of it. In fact this example basically replicates what the MakeBitmapFont command does. But this approaches gives you the control and freedom to build or import your own hand drawn character sets into PB as a custom font.
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; For This example, were going to build a PB Bitmap font
; from the Windows Arial font as an example. Normally you'd
; load a set of pre-drawn characters in and import those...
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; Load the Windows True Type Font Ariel (50 point)
myFont=LoadNewFont("Arial",50,1)
; Change to this font
SetFont MyFont
; Set the Width + Height of oru custom font
ChrWIdth=48
ChrHeight=48
MyBitMapFont=NewBitmapFont(ChrWidth,ChrHeight)
; Manually Create the characters of our bitmap font
For lp=Asc(" ") To Asc("z")
; Draw a random shade box for each chr's backdrop
ShadeBox xpos+0,0,xpos+Chrwidth,Ypos+ChrHeight,255,RndRGB(),0,lp
; Draw the character and it's shadow
Ink RGB(32,32,32)
CenterText xpos+(chrwidth/2)-2,ypos-2,Chr$(lp)
Ink RGB(64,64,64)
CenterText xpos+(chrwidth/2)-1,ypos-1,Chr$(lp)
Ink RGB(200,240,255)
CenterText xpos+(chrwidth/2),ypos,Chr$(lp)
; This the section of screen at position 0x,0y for
; This character in My BitMapFont
GetFontChr MyBitMapFont,lp,0,0
; Double the Characters Width
FontChrWidth MyBitMapFont, lp, GetFontChrWidth(MyBitmapFont,lp)*2
Next
; Clear the Screen
Cls RGB(0,0,0)
; Tell PB to use the newly created bitmap font
SetFont MyBitmapFont
; Calc the screen center
cw=GetScreenWidth()/2
ch=GetScreenHeight()/2
; Display PLayBasic in the center of the screen
CenterText cw,ch-(chrheight/2),">> Hello <<"
; refresh the screen and wait for a key press
Sync
WaitKey
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This example would output.
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