Custom Font Handling with DX

["Matthew Kodatsky" <computek@itcanada.com>]

 

Hey All,

 

    Got a question, once again id like opinions on the best way to go about doing something in Direct X.....

I would like to use a custom font in my game of course, but I need to know the best way to go about this...this is what Im thinking...

 

If i have my artist draw up a font set and place them in a BitMap just like sprites, and then I just BLT the font character as typed by the user...would this be a good method?  Are there better ways to handle custom fonts in Direct Draw?

 

Thanks!

 

Matt