SynthMakerDave ·
Hi,
i wanna use in a plugin an own font... can i ship him with the .dll (put it in the same directory like the .dll) or must the font be installed in the windows font-dir?
Own font (ship with .dll?)
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IndiQa ·
Dave wrote: Hi,
i wanna use in a plugin an own font... can i ship him with the .dll (put it in the same directory like the .dll) or must the font be installed in the windows font-dir?
It will need to be installed in the host machine.
I don't think there is any other way for the plugin to use what would have to be a direct import of a ttf into the plugin.
And loading and using a font isn't like embedding graphics in the dll.
Indie
philter5 ·
i make a screenshot of the label or text in synthmaker OR i create the text complete in another app and load them in synthmaker as a pic. of course only if i am not using a windows standard font 😉
IndiQa ·
philter5 wrote: i make a screenshot of the label or text in synthmaker OR i create the text complete in another app and load them in synthmaker as a pic. of course only if i am not using a windows standard font 😉
That's what I do when I need to have a particular font style in a software release. (Any not just SM)
If it is basically a static type usage as a label or any non-changing usage. Beats having to install of have the user install a new font on their system.
Indie
philter5 ·
... i just want to share my idea to solve a small piece of the font problem. my first idea was to render the complete alphabet to a knob strip but i don´t think this will be a good idea (or i have too think about this before 😕 ). i know angular momentum made a example using knobman, too but i can´t find the *.osm. First of all i have to say that i am talking about readout labels that will appear in your synths/fx gui. For example a readout for the volume. open this example file (example shown: MidiValue 0-127) in knobman, choose a font ,put in the range (if you want to use another), add things like % signs or labels before or after the range,export it as png file and done. . just load the strip as a animated knob and connect value you want to be displayed to the input of this knob. readout values are changing all the time so i think this is a good way to use a own font for a non-static label WITHOUT having the font file installeld on the users pc. when using int values with max. 3 signs / max. 200 frames/values it works fine for me. hints,tips or ideas about this are welcome . 😉
philter5 ·
f**k, forgot to post the file. here it is 😀
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