Is there a way to find the fonts names?

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Phil Newton

Phew, done! It's not perfect, but it gets the job done. You can download it here: Blitz.FontApi. For some reason it doesn't like Arial, but all the other fonts I've tested work.

To use it include "Blitz_Font_TTF.bb" and "Blitz_Basic_Endian.bb" (both are included in that archive). The following examples shows how to get the font name and copyright notice.

; Endian support
Include "Blitz_Basic_Endian.bb"

; Load the font
Local myFont.TTF = TTF_Load("C:/Windows/Fonts/Verdana.ttf")

; Print some details
Print "This font's family is called: " + TTF_GetFontName(myFont)
Print "Copyright: " + TTF_Name_GetProperty(myFont, TTF_NAME_ID_COPYRIGHT)

; Cleanup
TTF_Dispose(myFont)

Hope that helps!