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HudTweaker13
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Icon Fonts and using multiple fonts

Post by HudTweaker13 »

I'm in pursuit of a very minimal skin setup and I am wondering

1> Is it possible to have more than a single font involved in a skin?

2> are there any good fonts which show icons instead of letters, kinda like windings but more program related?

On the latter, I am thinking that such a font would eliminate the need to draw icons for use in my program launcher within the skin. I had considered using the shape meters for this part but trying to draw multiple small shapes and make them distinct and intuitive would be ... problematic. My end game is to make the skin as minimally dependent on other files like images as possible.

Any ideas or input?

Thanx
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CyberTheWorm
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Re: Icon Fonts and using multiple fonts

Post by CyberTheWorm »

HudTweaker13 wrote:I'm in pursuit of a very minimal skin setup and I am wondering

1> Is it possible to have more than a single font involved in a skin?

2> are there any good fonts which show icons instead of letters, kinda like windings but more program related?
#1 Yes
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See code I used

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicVariables=1
DynamicWindowSize=1

[Metadata]
Name=Test
Author=CyberTheWorm
Version=1.0.0
License=Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0
Information=Forum Test

;-------------------- Variables ----------------------
[Variables]
Blue=126,217,241,255
BlueBackground=69,150,221,255
MyFont1=Arial
MyFont2=DamageLog
MyFont3=San Diego
;-------------------- Measures ----------------------

;-------------------- Meters ----------------------
[MeterBackGround]
Meter=Roundline
X=0
Y=0
W=200
H=200
StartAngle=(Rad(270))
RotationAngle=(Rad(360))
LineLength=100
LineColor=#BlueBackground#
Solid=1
AntiAlias=1


[MeterText1]
Meter=String
X=80
Y=80
FontSize=15
FontColor=#Blue#
FontFace=#MyFont1#
StringAlign=Center
AntiAlias=1
Text=ABCDEFG

[MeterText2]
Meter=String
X=100
Y=100
FontSize=15
FontColor=#Blue#
FontFace=#MyFont2#
StringAlign=Center
AntiAlias=1
Text=ABCDEFG

[MeterText3]
Meter=String
X=120
Y=120
FontSize=15
FontColor=#Blue#
FontFace=#MyFont3#
StringAlign=Center
AntiAlias=1
Text=ABCDEFG
#2 http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=710 that has some good shapes in there
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