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.TH "al_load_bitmap_font" "3alleg5" "" "Allegro reference manual" ""
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
al_load_bitmap_font - Allegro 5 API
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
#include <allegro5/allegro_font.h>

ALLEGRO_FONT *al_load_bitmap_font(const char *fname)
\f[R]
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Load a bitmap font from a file.
This is done by first calling al_load_bitmap_flags(3alleg5) and then
al_grab_font_from_bitmap(3alleg5).
.PP
If you wanted to load an old A4 font, for example, it would be better to
load the bitmap yourself in order to call
al_convert_mask_to_alpha(3alleg5) on it before passing it to
al_grab_font_from_bitmap(3alleg5).
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
al_load_bitmap_font_flags(3alleg5), al_load_font(3alleg5),
al_load_bitmap_flags(3alleg5)