ALLEGRO_FONT(3alleg5)

💖 ALLEGRO_FONT 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Allegro 5 API ✨ this one lives in section 3 of the allegro5 manual, and it's literally just the font glow-up page 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ALLEGRO_FONT — the Allegro 5 API, but make it fonts 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

no cap, here's the whole thing:

#include <allegro5/allegro_font.h>

typedef struct ALLEGRO_FONT ALLEGRO_FONT;

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so ALLEGRO_FONT is a handle — like, a lil reference that identifies any kind of font. any kind. it's giving versatility 👑

usually you're gonna create it with al_load_font(3alleg5), which is the main character here, and it supports loading all kinds of TrueType fonts that the FreeType library supports. iconic behavior fr fr 🔥

but bestie, plot twist 🫢 — if you instead pass the filename of a bitmap file, it gets loaded with al_load_bitmap(3alleg5), and then a font in Allegro's bitmap font format gets created from it with al_grab_font_from_bitmap(3alleg5). the way that it just handles both paths for you?? obsessed 😭💖

so like, TrueType filename → al_load_font(3alleg5) does its thing. Bitmap filename → al_load_bitmap(3alleg5) + al_grab_font_from_bitmap(3alleg5). same function, two vibes. slay.

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okay that's the whole page, periodt 💅✨ this came to you straight from the Allegro reference manual, ALLEGRO_FONT(3alleg5) — go forth and render some text, bestie 🎀🦋💖