Home Contents | # gfx.font | Graphics | Core4 Lua Commands

## SYNOPSIS

fnt = gfx.font(filename)

## DESCRIPTION

Loads font at filename. The font must be in the Core4 specific .lfn bitmap format.
A converter and design software for Windows and Linux is available from Teratronik.

## RETURN VALUE

A font handle which can be used to draw text into a graphics context.

## ERRORS

On error (file not found, not a font file, ...) the function returns nil.

## EXAMPLE

>
fnt = gfx.font("/etc/fsexc8x16.lfn")

## SEE ALSO

fnt:close, fnt:first_char, fnt:last_char, fnt:name, fnt:ascent, fnt:descent, fnt:height, fnt:lbearing, fnt:maxwidth, fnt:minwidth, fnt:rbearing, fnt:width, gcx:font, gfx.default_font, tostring(font)