How Do I Apply A Custom Font Or Change Font Size?

[Kazancik]

I use DrawString to write on screen but I couldn't find a way to change font size or load a font, how do I do it?

[Gabolate]

To load another font you need it to be in the PSF (PC Screen Font) format, you can do something like this to use in DrawString:

PCScreenFont myFont = PCScreenFont.LoadFont(yourFontBytes);

[Kazancik]

How do I change Font size?

[ADev531]

In PCScreenFont, Simply you can't.
You need to load a font with custom size, no option to change size.

[jason-pezzimenti]

I'm also trying to use a custom font (TrueType Font), but when I use:

		public byte[] defaultFontFile;
		public PCScreenFont DefaultFont;

		protected override void BeforeRun()
		{
			// Do initial loading.
			defaultFontFile = File.ReadAllBytes(Properties.Resources.Saira);

			if (defaultFontFile != null)
			{
				DefaultFont = PCScreenFont.LoadFont(defaultFontFile);
			}
		}

I get the following Build error:

1>IL2CPU : error : Exception: System.Exception: Native code encountered, plug required. Check build output for more information.
1> DO NOT REPORT THIS AS A BUG.
1> Please see http://www.gocosmos.org/docs/plugs/missing/

However, since I've only just started with COSMOS, I clearly have no idea what to do next. Obviously a Plug is required. I don't know which one, or where to find one.

Is anybody able to help me out with this? :)

[Gabolate]

You can't use TrueType fonts directly in cosmos, you need them in the PSF format (PCScreenFont), there are some from the linux terminal iirc

[jason-pezzimenti]

Thanks.