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When using outtextxy() in graphic.h, I can only use limited number of font. How can I display the very basic font above? It is just the normal window console raster font.

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  • Note for those who (like me) didn't already know: `graphic.h` is a [non-standard header used by Borland](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4574201/4200092). – GoBusto Apr 01 '15 at 07:57
  • What do you mean by "display the very basic font"? Did you mean "use the very basic font"? – abRao Apr 01 '15 at 08:03
  • i mean printing text with that font – JSCB Apr 01 '15 at 08:09

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If Console Raster is not in the list enumerated below - you may want to use installuserfont and then use the installed font in settextstyle.

You have to make .CHR file that contains the console raster font - 

enum font_names 
{ 
   DEFAULT_FONT, 
   TRIPLEX_FONT, 
   SMALL_FONT, 
   SANS_SERIF_FONT,
   GOTHIC_FONT, 
   SCRIPT_FONT, 
   SIMPLEX_FONT, 
   TRIPLEX_SCR_FONT,
   COMPLEX_FONT, 
   EUROPEAN_FONT, 
   BOLD_FONT 
};
   userfont = installuserfont("CONSOLE_RASTER.CHR"); /* install font file with console raster */

   settextstyle(userfont, HORIZ_DIR, 4);    /* select the user font */

   outtextxy(x, y, "Hello World!");    /* output some text */

Those .CHR file store Stroked fonts - where each stem of the glyph is represented by one line down the center of the stem, and the line is later drawn with a certain width. You have to make available the console Raster in .CHR format.

BTW, it has been almost 20 years since I looked at these BGI functions!

Though I hope you have considered modern graphics libraries.

abRao
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  • can you plz suggest some modern libaries, which is not really complex to learn? – JSCB Apr 01 '15 at 08:21
  • I have used OpenGL for 2D and Qt for GUI - other options are discussed here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1701728/graphics-library-in-c – abRao Apr 01 '15 at 08:26
  • Also check SDL at http://www.libsdl.org/ - you should also consider Win32 GDI - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd145203%28v=vs.85%29.aspx . If it was me I will start with Win32 GDI . – abRao Apr 01 '15 at 08:28
  • I thought Win32 GDI is complicated, as it need to be work in "Win32 GUI Project" but not the usual "console application", and each function have millions of parameters... – JSCB Apr 01 '15 at 12:01
  • Check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1937163/drawing-in-a-win32-console-on-c those additional parameters are usually for the device context and message - once you understand them it becomes easy. Or try OpenGL - in the long run using either of them will benefit you the most. – abRao Apr 01 '15 at 15:24