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+<title>BlitzMax Module Reference</title>
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../doc/bmxstyle.css">
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+<body>
+<h1>Type Reference</h1>
+<p><div id=TBitmapFont class=ref>
+<div class=rootdoc><font class=token>Type TBitmapFont</font> Defines a bitmap font</div><div class=indent><p>The <b>TBitmapFont</b> object works from BMF Files, which are created using a tool called BitmapFontEd available at
+<a href="http://www.noddybox.demon.co.uk/free/index-csharp.html">http://www.noddybox.demon.co.uk/free/index-csharp.html</a><br>
+Note that when colours are referenced they simply modify the colours in the font images as <b>SetColor</b>() would do on a norml image.<br>
+When drawing characters the current scale, alpha and rotation settings are applied.</div><br><p><div id=DrawColoured>
+<div class=rootdoc><font class=token>Method DrawColoured( txt:String, x:Int, y:Int, red:Int, green:Int, blue:Int )</font> Draws coloured text.</div><div class=indent><p>Draws <b>txt</b> at the supplied <b>x</b>,<b>y</b> co-ordinates. <b>red</b>,<b>green</b> and <b>blue</b> control the colour.</div><br></div><br>
+<p><div id=Draw>
+<div class=rootdoc><font class=token>Method Draw( txt:String, x:Int, y:Int )</font> Draws white text.</div><div class=indent><p>Draws <b>txt</b> at the supplied <b>x</b>,<b>y</b> co-ordinates in white.</div><br></div><br>
+<p><div id=CentreColoured>
+<div class=rootdoc><font class=token>Method CentreColoured( txt:String, y:Int, red:Int, green:Int, blue:Int )</font> Draws centred, coloured text.</div><div class=indent><p>Draws <b>txt</b> centred at the supplied <b>y</b> co-ordinate. <b>red</b>,<b>green</b> and <b>blue</b> control the colour.</div><br></div><br>
+<p><div id=Centre>
+<div class=rootdoc><font class=token>Method Centre( txt:String, y:Int )</font> Draws centred, white text.</div><div class=indent><p>Draws <b>txt</b> centred at the supplied <b>y</b> co-ordinate in white.</div><br></div><br>
+<p><div id=TextWidth>
+<div class=rootdoc><font class=token>Method TextWidth:Int( txt:String )</font> Width of the supplied string.</div><div class=indent><p><b>Returns:</b> The length of the string <b>txt</b> in pixels.<p>The current scale settings are taken into account.</div><br></div><br>
+<p><div id=TextHeight>
+<div class=rootdoc><font class=token>Method TextHeight:Int( txt:String )</font> Height of the supplied string.</div><div class=indent><p><b>Returns:</b> The height of the string <b>txt</b> in pixels.<p>The current scale settings are taken into account.</div><br></div><br>
+<p><div id=MaxWidth>
+<div class=rootdoc><font class=token>Method MaxWidth:Int()</font> Width of the largest character.</div><div class=indent><p><b>Returns:</b> The width in pixels of the largest character in the font.</div><br></div><br>
+<p><div id=MaxHeight>
+<div class=rootdoc><font class=token>Method MaxHeight:Int()</font> Height of the largest character.</div><div class=indent><p><b>Returns:</b> The height in pixels of the largest character in the font.</div><br></div><br>
+<p><div id=Load>
+<div class=rootdoc><font class=token>Function Load:TBitmapFont( path:String, image_flags:Int )</font> Loads a font from the supplied BMF file.</div><div class=indent><p><b>Returns:</b> The created font, or null if the BMF file couldn't be loaded.<p>The <b>image_flags</b> are passed onto <b>CreateImage</b>() when the images for the font are being created.</div><br></div><br>
+</div><br>
+<h1>Module Information</h1>
+<table>
+<tr><td><b>Framework</b></td>
+<td> Simple Bitmap Font Routines</td></tr>
+<tr><td><b>Copyright</b></td>
+<td> Public Domain</td></tr>
+<tr><td><b>Author</b></td>
+<td> Ian Cowburn</td></tr>
+<tr><td><b>Version</b></td>
+<td> $Revision$</td></tr>
+</table>
+</body>
+</html>