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Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 3 May 2005 23:37:15 GMT
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> The problem we were discussing was the fact that there doesn't seem to exist
> a nice way to get (programatically) the font file name, given a font name
> (and attributes). The only solution found yet for this seems to be: Locate
> all font files on the system, read all the info from them, and build a huge
> table in memory (or database) and use this. Much too much work for a quick
> hack :-)
Or...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts
This brought to my attention that not all the files listed are "single
font" files (look for ttc files).
Is there any reason that txt2dat can't handle font face names?
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Dean Earley, Dee (dean@earlsoft.co.uk)
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 | | Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
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| (...) Well, apart from the difficulty of converting a Windows face name to a filename as identified here, I always intended it to be relatively easy to port to other platforms. And the most non-platform specific way I could think to do that was to (...) (20 years ago, 4-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: txt2dat - Create LDraw files from text
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| (...) ?? I don't understand exactly what you're saying here. Are you trying to copy the full file path to the Clipboard? If so, don't try in the dialog, select a file instead and copy the full path from the input field 'Font file' on the main screen (...) (20 years ago, 3-May-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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