Hey guys

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Hey guys,

Has anyone have tried to import a custom .ttf font to a Windows Firemonkey application yet? I was only able to find links for Android and iOS, but not related to desktop supported platforms.

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Heinz ToskanoJuly 30, 2015 at 9:21 AM

    on VCL you use this to load a font
         addfontresource(pchar());
         sendmessage(HWND_BROADCAST, WM_FONTCHANGE, 0, 0);
    and this to unload it
        removefontresource(pchar());
    this is Windows related, don't know if it works for other platforms or Firemonkey. Give it a try.

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  2. Jeroen Wiert PluimersJuly 30, 2015 at 9:34 AM

    Heinz Toskano isn't that also locking the font file for security reasons? I remember something witness the idea loading a font in a similar manner and not being able to start twice because of the lock.

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  3. Heinz ToskanoJuly 30, 2015 at 7:56 PM

    Jeroen Wiert Pluimers I used that method many times, and never hit any lock that I remember. The font you load is available at system level until you unload it. I wrote a font manager for myself that way, very long time ago!

    What happened too me once while debuging, I terminate the program abnormaly, the fonts loaded were kept in system and I was unable to unload or reload them again. A reboot was needed to solve that issue.

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  4. Jeroen Wiert PluimersJuly 31, 2015 at 10:47 AM

    Found back my post: http://wiert.me/2011/09/29/editorlineends-ttr-what-is-it/
    The editorlineends font is loaded using the CreateScalableFontResource API call which locks the file when either of these are installed KB2982791 or KB2993651

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  5. Heinz ToskanoJuly 31, 2015 at 11:02 AM

    That's another beast, something you must avoid IMO. The correct API calls are the ones I refer in my previous comment. Just don't load something in debuging mode and you're safe.

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