Import/exportCachedFont() questions

Quote:For maximum compatibility on shipping games, Torque's font rendering code implements a caching feature. This allows fonts to be quickly rendered from pre-generated textures for each character, as well as allowing games to use fonts which may not be installed on the user's computer (or even customized fonts!).

function populateFonts()
{
   %font = "Arial";
   %sizes = "18 24 32 36";

   // ---
   for (%i = 0; %i < getWordCount(%sizes); %i++)
      populateFontCacheRange(%font, getWord(%sizes, %i), 32, 126);

   writeFontCache();
}

function fontbitmapIO(%import)
{
   %pngdir = "pngs/";
   %fontdir = "./common/ui/cache/";

   %font = "Arial";
   %sizes = "18 24 32 36";

   // ---
   for (%i = 0; %i < getWordCount(%sizes); %i++)
   {
      %size = getWord(%sizes,%i);

      %weight = 3;
//      %weight = 0;

      %fileName = %fontdir @ %pngdir @ %font SPC %size @ ".png";
      if (%import)
         importCachedFont(%font, %size, %fileName, %weight, 0);
      else
         exportCachedFont(%font, %size, %fileName, %weight, 0);
   }

   writeFontCache();
}

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The first time you import you want the weight to be same as when you imported (in the example above it is 3). But when you do the first import then the weight will be built into the cache so if you go back and edit the png some more and then import again you will want your weight to be 0 or the chars will get off and look like garbage.

Quote:
I recommend using Kevin's utility functions, and avoid doing multiple iterations at editing the .png it will just get too confusing.