1merge_fonts(3)                  Allegro manual                  merge_fonts(3)
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NAME

6       merge_fonts  - Merges two fonts into one font. Allegro game programming
7       library.
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SYNOPSIS

10       #include <allegro.h>
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13       FONT *merge_fonts(FONT *f1, FONT *f2)
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DESCRIPTION

16       This function merges the character ranges from two fonts and returns  a
17       new  font  containing  all characters in the old fonts. In general, you
18       cannot merge fonts of different types (eg, TrueType fonts and bitmapped
19       fonts),  but  as a special case, this function can promote a monochrome
20       bitmapped font to a color font and merge those. Example:
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22          FONT *myfont;
23          FONT *myfancy_font;
24          FONT *lower_range;
25          FONT *upper_range;
26          FONT *capitals;
27          FONT *combined_font;
28          FONT *tempfont;
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30          /* Create a font that contains the capitals from  */
31          /* the fancy font but other characters from myfont */
32          lower_range = extract_font_range(myfont, -1, 'A'-1);
33          upper_range = extract_font_range(myfont, 'Z'+1, -1);
34          capitals = extract_font_range(myfancy_font, 'A', 'Z');
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36          tempfont = merge_fonts(lower_range, capitals);
37          combined_font = merge_fonts(tempfont, upper_range);
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39          /* Clean up temporary fonts */
40          destroy_font(lower_range);
41          destroy_font(upper_range);
42          destroy_font(capitals);
43          destroy_font(tempfont);
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RETURN VALUE

46       Returns a pointer to the new font or NULL on error. Remember  that  you
47       are  responsible  for destroying the font when you are finished with it
48       to avoid memory leaks.
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SEE ALSO

52       extract_font_range(3),       is_trans_font(3),        is_color_font(3),
53       is_mono_font(3), exfont(3)
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57Allegro                          version 4.2.2                  merge_fonts(3)
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