1) Do the 3 platforms share (or have installed by default) any similar looking fonts such as Tahoma, Arial, Courier etc ..
2) Which 'font file format' do the platforms share?
I know windows handles *.TTF and *.FON
3) What formats can BlitzMax handle?
4) Do we load by filename or fontname?
5) Where should we place our own custom fonts?
System folder or app/game folder?
It might be worth listing the default fonts for each platform so we can narrow things down to a general list. Then, throw the information into BlitzWiki.
Here's what I have in WinXP by default:
2) Which 'font file format' do the platforms share?
I know windows handles *.TTF and *.FON
3) What formats can BlitzMax handle?
4) Do we load by filename or fontname?
5) Where should we place our own custom fonts?
System folder or app/game folder?
It might be worth listing the default fonts for each platform so we can narrow things down to a general list. Then, throw the information into BlitzWiki.
Here's what I have in WinXP by default:
NOTE1: .ttf format unless specified NOTE2: Most available in bold and italics as well arial arial black comic century gothic comic sans MS copperplate gothic courier courier new edwardian script itc engravers eras demi itc estrangelo edessa eurostile franklin gothic french script gautami georgia gill sans MT impact kartika kristen latha lucidia console lucidia sans maiandra GD mangal matisse microsoft sans serif mistral modern (.fon) MS sans serif (.fon) MS serif (.fon) myriad condensed nimbus web nimbus script nimbusSanTCon palatino linotype papyrus perpetua raavi rockwell extra bold roman (.fon) script (.fon) shruti small fonts (.fon) sylfaen symbol symbol (.fon) tahoma tempus sans itc times roman times roman special trebuchet MS tunga verdana vivaldi webdings wingdings wingdings 2 wingdings 3