al_load_bitmap_font(3)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to al_load_bitmap_font(3) — the Allegro 5 API page, straight out of the Library Functions Manual. This is the al_load_bitmap_font moment. 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the sacred summoning text, copied exactly:

#include <allegro5/allegro_font.h>

ALLEGRO_FONT *al_load_bitmap_font(const char *fname)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So load a bitmap font from a file, bestie. The documented flow is: first you call al_load_bitmap_flags(3), and then you call al_grab_font_from_bitmap(3). That's the sequence, no cap. ✨

If you wanted to load an old A4 font, for example, it would be better to load the bitmap yourself in order to call al_convert_mask_to_alpha(3) on it before passing it to al_grab_font_from_bitmap(3). That's the documented better move. 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• al_load_bitmap_font_flags(3)
• al_load_font(3)
• al_load_bitmap_flags(3)

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mwah 💋 source/version: Allegro reference manual; date: not listed on this page. al_load_bitmap_font(3) out — bye bestie! 🫶🎀