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Using external fonts

Archive · 2009 10 old posts

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needaname ·

Hi all people! I just noticed sending a VST to a friend, external fonts don't work. There is a way to let it work, or (as I read in an old 2007 topic) I can't for Copyright issues?

Thanks for help =)

nan

rl ·

Hi Dario,

You could try a couple of alternatives:

- make screenshots of the rendered text and use as bitmaps (will only work for static text though) - specify alternative typefaces in the font module - search for free or redistributable fonts and use them (the web has a surprinsing high amount of them)

needaname ·

rl wrote: Hi Dario,

You could try a couple of alternatives:

- make screenshots of the rendered text and use as bitmaps (will only work for static text though) - specify alternative typefaces in the font module - search for free or redistributable fonts and use them (the web has a surprinsing high amount of them)

Well, so maybe I'm the one doesn't know how to do that, because I'm using free fonts but when I open the VST on another machine I can't see it =|

MegaHurtz ·

crt+prtscn 😀

needaname ·

MegaHurtz wrote: crt+prtscn 😀

lol, my schematic is 300km far atm. 😀

MegaHurtz ·

"I think arial is a nice font"

rl ·

needaname wrote: Well, so maybe I'm the one doesn't know how to do that, because I'm using free fonts but when I open the VST on another machine I can't see it =|

Because you have to install the font on the other machine. e.g. copy the *.ttf file into the c:\windows\fonts folder

needaname ·

rl wrote: needaname wrote: Well, so maybe I'm the one doesn't know how to do that, because I'm using free fonts but when I open the VST on another machine I can't see it =|

Because you have to install the font on the other machine. e.g. copy the *.ttf file into the c:\windows\fonts folder

Ye, that's the problem I'm talking about! My question is: there isn't a way without installing fonts?

DigitalWhiteByte ·

Look here 😀

custom font render engine example

[old link]

http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/

philter5 ·

this is how i handle the font problem, perhaps it helps you a lttle Own font (ship with .dll?)

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