bitmapasciifont.bi - FreeBASIC bitmap ascii font
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testing environment
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Windows10 x64 22H2 + FreeBASIC 1.10.1 32bit.

About bitmapasciifont.bi
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* Support character code 0x20 - 0x7f only.
* Transparent color = RGB(255, 0, 255)
* Support 32bit mode only.
* Requests an bitmap image with 16 x 6 characters.

```
 !"#$%&'()*+,-./
0123456789:;<=>?
@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_
`abcdefghijklmno
pqrstuvwxyz{|}~ 
```

Example bitmap image.

![font_pet2015_16x16.bmp](./font_pet2015_16x16.bmp)

Sample code
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```
#include "bitmapasciifont.bi"
ScreenRes 320, 240, 32

Dim fnt As BitmapAsciiFont
fnt.load_image("font_profont_12x22.bmp")

fnt.draw_string(10, 10, "Hello World !")

sleep
fnt.destroy()
```

Original bitmap font images
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Original bitmap font images in `src_font_images/`.

| image file           | size    | chara size | License                            |
| -------------------- | ------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------- |
| font_courR18.png     | 256x156 | 16x26      | Unknown                            |
| font_pet2015.png     | 256x96  | 16x16      | CC0 / Public Domain                |
| font_profont.png     | 192x132 | 12x22      | MIT License                        |
| font_shnm8x16r.png   | 128x96  | 8x16       | Public Domain                      |
| font_shnm8x16rx2.png | 256x192 | 16x32      | Public Domain                      |
| font_ter-u24b.png    | 192x144 | 12x24      | SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1 |

* [courR18.bdf](https://opensource.apple.com/source/X11fonts/X11fonts-5/font-adobe-75dpi/font-adobe-75dpi-X11R7.0-1.0.0/courR18.bdf.auto.html "courR18.bdf")
* [pet2015 font - mieki256's diary)](http://blawat2015.no-ip.com/~mieki256/diary/202310301.html#202310301)
* [ProFont for Windows, for Macintosh, for Linux](https://tobiasjung.name/profont/index.php "ProFont for Windows, for Macintosh, for Linux")
* [shinonome font family](http://openlab.ring.gr.jp/efont/shinonome/ "shinonome font family")
* [Terminus Font Home Page](https://terminus-font.sourceforge.net/ "Terminus Font Home Page")

Screenshots
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![ss_font_courr18_16x26.png](./screenshots/ss_font_courr18_16x26.png)

![ss_font_pet2015_16x16.png](./screenshots/ss_font_pet2015_16x16.png)

![ss_font_profont_12x22.png](./screenshots/ss_font_profont_12x22.png)

![ss_font_shnm8x16r_8x16.png](./screenshots/ss_font_shnm8x16r_8x16.png)

![ss_font_shnm8x16rx2_16x32.png](./screenshots/ss_font_shnm8x16rx2_16x32.png)

![ss_font_ter-u24b_12x24.png](./screenshots/ss_font_ter-u24b_12x24.png)


Author
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mieki256

License
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`bitmapasciifont.bi`, `test_bitmapasciifont.bas` : CC0 / Public Domain