transpose_font

Section: Allegro manual (3)
Updated: version 4.2.2
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NAME

transpose_font - Transposes all characters in a font. Allegro game programming library.  

SYNOPSIS

#include <allegro.h>

int transpose_font(FONT *f, int drange)  

DESCRIPTION

This function transposes all characters in a font, effectively remapping the font. Example: 

   FONT *myfont;
   FONT *capitals;
   ...
   /* Create a font of only capital letters */
   capitals = extract_font_range(myfont, 'A', 'Z');
   
   /* Now transpose the characters in the font so that they will be used */
   /*  for the lower case letters a-z */
   transpose_font(capitals, 'a'-'A');
   textout_ex(screen, capitals, "allcaps",
              100, 100, makecol(255,255,255), 0);
 

RETURN VALUE

Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure.

 

SEE ALSO

get_font_range_begin(3), get_font_range_end(3), merge_fonts(3), extract_font_range(3)