NSX (QFont)

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Introduction

.QFONT files are .NSX scripts that holds parameters for NetherMenu font draw module.

Example of .QFONT file contents:

[qfont]
type=FT
face=default
brightness=0.8
width=1.2

[default]
file=./big.ttf
sizes=38
glyphs=abcdefghijklmnopqrttuvwxyz0123456789
r_shadow=0.8
r_shadowblur=1
r_shadowofs=0 0.5 0.5

Structure

[qfont] group

Should be the first groups of file, it sets font drawer and face group.

Key Value Description
type x Type of font drawer, each of it has it's advantages and disadvantages:

Possible values:

  • ft - Darkplaces vector fonts using freetype library
  • ascii - Quake ascii conchars (256 chars on a 16*16 table)
  • glyph - QuakeC glyph font renderer (each char is separate picture).
face string Path to the font face group.
brightness value Floating point value of brightness scale. 1 is nothing, 0.1 is 10% etc.

Freetype font face group group

This is attributes of font face for freetype font renderer.

Key Value Description
slot slotname Engine font slot. Used to replace fontmaps that was already initialized.

Darkplaces engine have this fixed slots: default, console, sbar, notify, chat, centerprint, infobar, menu, user0, user1, user2, user3, user4, user5, user6, user7.

glyphs string Engine font slot. Used to replace fontmaps that was already initialized.

Engine will render font pages containing this string chars (others will be rendered on demand).

r_antialias 0/1 Toggles antialiasing for font pages renderer.
r_hinting 0/1/2/3 Toggles hinting for font pages renderer. 0 - no hinting, 1 - light autohintinh, 2 - full autohinting, 3 - full hinting.
r_shadow strength Outline shadow strength (could be more than 1).
r_shadowblur strength Outline shadow blur.
r_shadowofs x y z Outline shadow offset. X and Y applied during rendering. Z is applied during blur.
r_charcushion x Characters vertical offset in percents (1 - 100%, 0.1 - 10%).
r_charscale x Characters uniform scale.
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