How can i use greek font?

[george]

Hello guys , i want to write Greek texts in max2d , but i don't know how .I want to create a text game .Thanks for you time .

e.g.

Graphics 600,600

Repeat

   Cls
   DrawText ("Γεια σου κόσμε , πάτησε το πλήκτρο 'esc' για να βγεις ",300,300) ' it shows only the 'esc' the Greek texts are invisible.
   Flip
   
Until KeyHit(key_escape)

[GfK]

You need to use a font that includes Greek glyphs.  Most don't.

[george]

Is there any example for how can i do this ?

[Derron]

local font:TImagefont = LoadImageFont("myfont.ttf")
SetImagefont(font)

From then on it used this font until another one is set.

https://blitzmax.org/docs/en/api/brl/brl.max2d/#function-loadimagefonttimagefont-urlobjectsizestylesmoothfont-
https://blitzmax.org/docs/en/api/brl/brl.max2d/#function-setimagefont-fonttimagefont-


bye
Ron

[george]

I found a .tff here http://www.fontsaddict.com/font/korinthus-italic.html

<sup>Graphics 600,600
Local font:TImagefont = LoadImageFont("KORINTHI.ttf",2,style=SMOOTHFONT)
SetImageFont(font)
Repeat

   Cls
   DrawText ("Γεια σου κόσμε , πάτησε το πλήκτρο 'esc' για να βγεις ",300,300)
   Flip
   
Until KeyHit(key_escape)</sup>


When i am building it , i'm taking an error" compile error identifier 'style' not found ."

[george]

Ok , it's works, but without tones  . For some reason i need to write greeklish  to works  . Thanks for help  .

Graphics 600,600
Local font:TImagefont = LoadImageFont("KORINTHI.ttf",20,SMOOTHFONT )

Repeat

   Cls
   SetImageFont(font)
   DrawText ("Geia sou kosme , pathse to plhktro ",10,300)
   SetImageFont(Null)
   DrawText("esc",330,310)
   SetImageFont(font)
   DrawText("gia na  bgeiq ",360,300)
   Flip
   
Until KeyHit(key_escape)

[Derron]

Code: BlitzMax

1. SuperStrict
2.  
3. Graphics 600,600
4. Local txtFile:String = LoadText("utf8::text.txt")
5. local txtRaw:String = "Γεια σου κόσμε , πάτησε το πλήκτρο 'esc' για να βγεις"
6.  
7. Local font1:TImagefont = LoadImageFont("KORINTHI.TTF",22, ITALICFONT)
8. 'fonts https://fonts2u.com/attikau.font
9. Local font2:TImagefont = LoadImageFont("AttikaU.ttf",22, ITALICFONT)
10.  
11. SetBlend AlphaBlend
12. Repeat
13.  
14.    Cls
15.  
16.         'korinthi
17.    SetImageFont(font1)
18.    DrawText ("ASCI Hello World",10,50)
19.    DrawText (txtRaw,10,100)
20.    DrawText (txtFile,10,150)
21.    DrawText (Chr(69)+Chr(70)+Chr(71)+Chr(72),10,200)
22.    
23.    DrawLine (0, 300, graphicsWidth(), 300)
24.  
25.         'attika unicode
26.    SetImageFont(font2)
27.    DrawText ("ASCI Hello World",10,350)
28.    DrawText (txtRaw,10,400)
29.    DrawText (txtFile,10,450)
30.    DrawText (Chr(69)+Chr(70)+Chr(71)+Chr(72),10,500)
31.  
32.    Flip
33.    
34. Until KeyHit(key_escape)
35.  
36.  

Your font does display characters - but maybe for greek code page encoding, not unicode. ISO-8859-7 ... maybe.


So I used a font which contains the unicode characters.


result:



As you see, the one line which adds "normal character codes" (Chr(69), Chr(70) etc - E ...F ...G ...H) does display something in the one line in "Greek" ... but in the unicode font, EFGH stay EFGH while the "greek" stuff can still be used.


So in other words: your font draws "A,B,C ..." as something "greek" and your text could be displayed as "latin". Just imagine having a font which draws a "laughing emoticon" instead of "A" ... if you wrote then "AAA" in your editor (using your latin alphabet) and render it with "your font" you will get ... laughing emoticons.
Remember Windows "wingdings.ttf" or "symbols.fnt" ? They do this.

But if you really wrote "unicode" then you would not write "A" but ... some unique char code. And your greek text is doing this - hence you need a unicode font.



bye
Ron

[george]

  Thank you very much Derron , This is really very interesting . I will study it .

[makis]

George are you Greek?

[Steve Elliott]

Yammas!

[george]

Yes makis i am , are you too ? Steve Elliott  Yammas! 

[makis]

Where r u from?

[GfK]

I've got through entire holidays in the Greek islands and the Greek end of Cyprus, using only 'yamas'!

[Steve Elliott]

lol we go to Greece every year (apart from this year for obvious reasons).  It would be great to speak proper sentences in Greek but the language seems soo difficult to learn!

[GfK]

It's all Greek, to me.