KatanaEngine::Font Class Reference

Represents a font or true-type font. More...

#include <Font.h>

Inheritance diagram for KatanaEngine::Font:

Public Member Functions
virtual bool	Load (const std::string &path, ResourceManager *pManager)
	Load the desired font into memory. More...
virtual int	GetLineHeight () const
	Gets the line height of the font in pixels. More...
virtual int	GetTextWidth (const char *text) const
	Gets the width in pixels of the specified string. More...
virtual bool	IsCloneable () const
	Used to determine if the font is cloneable. More...
virtual ALLEGRO_FONT *	GetAllegroFont () const
	Get the allegro font representation of the texture. More...
Public Member Functions inherited from KatanaEngine::Resource
unsigned short	GetResourceID () const
	Gets the ID of the resource. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	SetLoadSize (const int size, const bool restore=false)
	Specifies the size of the font when loaded. More...
static void	SetCharacterRange (const int rangeCount, int ranges[])
	Sets which characters to use when using a bitmap as a font. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Protected Member Functions inherited from KatanaEngine::Resource
void	Split (const std::string &line, const char delimeter, std::vector< std::string > &elements)
	Splits a string into a vector of strings. More...
void	ParseComments (std::string &line)
	Removes c-style, single-line comments from a line of text. More...
void	TrimLine (std::string &line)
	Removes white-space at the front and end of a line of text. More...
ResourceManager *	GetResourceManager ()
	Gets a pointer to the ResourceManager that was used to load the resource. More...
virtual Resource *	Clone ()
	Clones a resource. More...

Detailed Description

Represents a font or true-type font.

Member Function Documentation

GetAllegroFont()

virtual ALLEGRO_FONT* KatanaEngine::Font::GetAllegroFont ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Get the allegro font representation of the texture.

Returns

Returns the underlaying allegro font.

GetLineHeight()

virtual int KatanaEngine::Font::GetLineHeight ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Gets the line height of the font in pixels.

Returns

Returns the line height in pixels.

GetTextWidth()

virtual int KatanaEngine::Font::GetTextWidth ( const char *  text ) const

inlinevirtual

Gets the width in pixels of the specified string.

Parameters

text	The string to measure.

Returns

Returns the width in pixels.

IsCloneable()

virtual bool KatanaEngine::Font::IsCloneable ( ) const

inlinevirtual

Used to determine if the font is cloneable.

Returns

Returns true if the font is clonable, false otherwise.

Remarks

Fonts should usually not be cloneable.

Implements KatanaEngine::Resource.

Load()

bool KatanaEngine::Font::Load ( const std::string &  path, ResourceManager *  pManager  )

virtual

Load the desired font into memory.

Parameters

path	The path to the desired font.
pManager	A pointer to the ResourceManager that will manage the font.

Returns

Returns true if the font was loaded, false otherwise.

Implements KatanaEngine::Resource.

SetCharacterRange()

void KatanaEngine::Font::SetCharacterRange ( const int  rangeCount, int  ranges[]  )

static

Sets which characters to use when using a bitmap as a font.

Parameters

rangeCount	The length of the ranges array.
ranges	The character ranges.

Remarks

See https://www.allegro.cc/manual/5/al_grab_font_from_bitmap for more information.

SetLoadSize()

void KatanaEngine::Font::SetLoadSize ( const int  size, const bool  restore = false  )

static

Specifies the size of the font when loaded.

Parameters

size	The desired size of the font.
restore	To determine if the load size should revert back to previous after the next font is loaded.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• KatanaEngine/Font.h
• KatanaEngine/Font.cpp