Drawing fonts

starnet!apple!uunet.UU.NET!bsw!peterd (Peter Dudley)

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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 93 10:03:44 PST
From: starnet!apple!uunet.UU.NET!bsw!peterd (Peter Dudley)
Message-id: <9312211803.AA16304@hydrogen.geoworks.com>
To: zoomer-list-1993@grot.starconn.com
Subject: Drawing fonts
Status: OR


>> Befor I "draw" characters to a screen in GEOS I would like
>> to set the font to be fixed width (rather then proportional). 
>> How do I do this.

The flags you referred to are "what type of font is this" flags, not
"the font should be like this" flags.  That is, if a font is fixed
width, it is fixed width.  If it's proportional, it is proportional.
There's no way to set a flag to change it.

If you're drawing via GrDraw...(), you could draw each character
individually with spacing between, though that's rather gross.
Your best bet is to pick a fixed-width font to begin with.

Pete.
PS:  For information on developer support, send me email.