al_load_font(3)

💖 NAME 💖

al_load_font - Allegro 5 API. yep, that's the name line bestie. This is the al_load_font(3) page from the Library Functions Manual, and it's all about loading a font from disk. iconic behavior, honestly ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_font.h>

ALLEGRO_FONT *al_load_font(char const *filename, int size, int flags)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so al_load_font loads a font from disk. That's the whole vibe. It will use al_load_bitmap_font_flags(3) if you pass the name of a known bitmap format, or else it uses al_load_ttf_font(3). no cap, that's the routing 💅

The flags parameter is passed through to either of those functions. Bitmap and TTF fonts are also affected by the current [bitmap flags] al_set_new_bitmap_flags(3) at the time the font is loaded. so yeah, the bitmap flags situation at load time matters — keep that in mind bestie 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• al_destroy_font(3)
• al_init_font_addon(3)
• al_register_font_loader(3)
• al_load_bitmap_font_flags(3)
• al_load_ttf_font(3)

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that's the page, bestie 💖 source/version: Allegro reference manual; date: not listed on this page (so no fake date era, periodt 😭). al_load_font(3) out ✨👑