al_load_bitmap_font(3alleg5)

✨ NAME ✨

al_load_bitmap_font — Allegro 5 API. this is the al_load_bitmap_font(3alleg5) page, bestie, and we're about to load a bitmap font from a file 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <allegro5/allegro_font.h>

ALLEGRO_FONT *al_load_bitmap_font(const char *fname)

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so al_load_bitmap_font loads a bitmap font from a file. the way it does that? first it calls al_load_bitmap_flags(3alleg5) and then al_grab_font_from_bitmap(3alleg5). that's the sequence, periodt.

if you wanted to load an old A4 font, for example, it would be better to load the bitmap yourself so you can call al_convert_mask_to_alpha(3alleg5) on it before passing it to al_grab_font_from_bitmap(3alleg5). like, do the extra step, bestie, it's the move 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• al_load_bitmap_font_flags(3alleg5)
• al_load_font(3alleg5)
• al_load_bitmap_flags(3alleg5)

and that's the whole vibe from the Allegro reference manual, page al_load_bitmap_font(3alleg5) — Allegro 5 API. source/version: Allegro reference manual, al_load_bitmap_font(3alleg5); date: not printed in this footer, bestie, so no cap on that one 🫶✨