Thanks for the suggestion Erik, I've done a bit of research into
these classes and they are very interesting but it seems I am still
left with the same problem of figuring out how each character would
appear when written as this information isn't in the font data.
I'm not sure there is a logical answer to my problem that can be
coded, even if the characters' pixels fill out from a certain point
the application would still need to know which way the stroke should
go on letters with repeating strokes and loops like d's. I guess this
one would have to be animated by hand for each of the individual
characters of a certain font and then drawn dynamically, triggering
each letter to be drawn sequentially and maybe also somehow returning
a reference for the pen nib.
Cheers
Ali
On 10 Feb 2008, at 11:13, EECOLOR wrote:
Whow, tough task...
If I were given that assignment I would check out this application:
http://www.sephiroth.it/file_detail.php?id=159#
It allows you to read font information. This font information
allows you to
draw the font using information available in the font file itself.
If I am
correct the application draws the font using an included graphics
library.
If you end up using this for your application I would recommend you to
consider to donate something using the paypal button on that page.
Greetz Erik
On 2/10/08, ali drongo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hiya, I am wanting to create an effect where text will appear on the
screen
as if it is being written by a pen. I am going to set about writing a
class
to achieve this and wanted to get the group's thoughts on if I am
going
about this the right way.
My idea is that I could create all of my text in textfield then
convert
the
textfield somehow into a BitmapData object, then I could use the
BitmapData
class to scan through the image starting at the top left and
figure out
which pixels are coloured by the text and then I duplicate the
BitmapData
object and colour the pixels gradually. My class would need to
know which
angle the text should be appearing (writing) in. The font I use
would have
to use 'joined up' writing also obv.
Does anyone think this would work or is there a simple way to
achieve what
I
am looking to do?
Thanks,
Ali
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