As far as I know VB DLLs are fine. Look in 'Specs and Utils' (top of the page) for examples of DLL usage with Blitz.
Bitmap fonts are much faster, and look better (eg. they're anti-aliased, and can have nifty graphical effects like color gradients.) That said, the slowness of the text commands may not matter to you, depending on what exactly you are doing. I would say start with normal text commands, and then switch to bitmap fonts if you need faster and/or nicer looking text.
Bitmap fonts are much faster, and look better (eg. they're anti-aliased, and can have nifty graphical effects like color gradients.) That said, the slowness of the text commands may not matter to you, depending on what exactly you are doing. I would say start with normal text commands, and then switch to bitmap fonts if you need faster and/or nicer looking text.