07-10-2023, 03:34 PM
(07-10-2023, 11:23 AM)SagaraS Wrote: The problem by using TrueType Fonts is that all Fonts scaled by vector size of the font.
It's not so cool.
The problem is that the user will then want to see that much larger than SCREEN 9, like in a 4k screen. This is where raster fonts are totally undesireable nowadays, and vector-type fonts are absolute. This was demonstrated distinctly by the program I posted on this thread.
Also one will need a different raster font file for each size, which could be annoying although the combined sizes could be smaller than a single OTF or TTF file.
QB64 was designed in a way where SCREEN 0 was to remain more limited than using a graphics screen. That's why it could only employ monospaced fonts and there are niggles about it with _CONTROLCHAR and with code pages and more. QB64PE v3.7 was giving us a promise with _UPRINTSTRING and related functions but sadly this still doesn't give us "everything" that could be seen from the Character Map application with a "loaded" OpenType or TrueType font.