On 5/6/2009 12:30 PM, Daniel Keep wrote:
Tyro[a.c.edwards] wrote:
One cannot necessarily rely on particular font being available on a system, and for
security reasons asminsistrators restrict instalation of fonts (among other things) onto
systems in a network. I would like to know if it is possible to embed a font into my code
so that I know that it will always be there, or can I provide it with the exe but not
have to rely on it being "installed" (i.e. use it from the same folder in which
the exe resides)?
Thanks,
Andrew
That depends. What are you using the font for?
If you're using a library that requires a family name, then probably
not. If you're using a library that can accept a file name, then
probably yes.
I'm using DFL which uses family names (eg. "Times New Roman").
Remember that the system doesn't care if you append crap to the end of
an executable. One trick you can use is to just append whatever files
you want to the end of the executable, and then have a little 1K block
at the end that tells you where the files are and how big they are; you
can then extract the files at run time and delete them when you terminate.
When I do this, how do I ensure that the program is able to locate the
font after extraction without "installing" it?
-- Daniel
