Re: [AD] monochrome 8x8 builtin font + upscaling algorithm

[Dennis-Busch@xxxxxxxxxx]

Ok, it seems we agree/know what we want for the builtin bitmap font 
now.

Attached is a patch which only adds the simple, unscaled 8x8 font 
sheet creation to the font addon and includes a small modification to 
ex_font to demonstrate usage. No scaling is performed and all scaling 
code has been removed.

With this patch (keeping flexibility as previously discussed in mind) 
there are three new functions in the font addon:

ALLEGRO_BITMAP *al_create_builtin_font_sheet(void);

int *, al_get_builtin_font_sheet_ranges(void);

int, al_get_builtin_font_sheet_ranges_count(void);


The two extra functions are necessary, so that users always have the 
correct character range information for their own 
al_grab_font_from_bitmap call after manipulating(scaling, recoloring, 
etc) the plain font sheet bitmap.

Also, with these, future extensions (more characters, more ranges) to 
the builtin font data can be made without breaking user code.

Which files to I need to edit to add documentation for those 
functions?

Dennis Busch
d_busch@xxxxxxxxxx

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relevant conversation bits and pieces:

Dennis said:
>>> So maybe we might only want something like
>>> "al_create_builtin_font_bitmap"
>>> for now? (returns an ALLEGRO_BITMAP instead of ALLEGRO_FONT)
>>> (to keep it open and flexible for future extensions and allowing
>>> the user to manipulate it any way they like before usage)

Elias said:
>> I would prefer that.
>> [..]
>> al_create_builtin_font_bitmap (maybe _sheet would be a better 
name?),
>> [..]

Trent said: 
> I agree with Elias on this. I think creating the full bitmap is all
> that's needed.

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