Author Topic: Font blurry? (Read 6091 times)

TheMagicNumber · « **on:** December 10, 2009, 10:45:43 pm »

When I draw some text, it comes out blurry...

I'd really like to know what's causing this.

Just in case...
Windows XP SP3 Home 32-bit
Intel Pentium 4 1.70GHz
512MB of RAM
Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics (64MB)

SFML 1.5 in MSVC++ 2008

Laurent · « **Reply #1 on:** December 10, 2009, 10:47:31 pm »

Can we see the code?

What about the SDK samples, are they blurry too?

TheMagicNumber · « **Reply #2 on:** December 10, 2009, 10:56:56 pm »

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#include <iostream>
#include "Window.hpp"
#include "GUIManager.hpp"
#include "GUILabel.hpp"
#include "GUIButton.hpp"

#define WINDOW Window::getInstance()->rw

std::string itoaCPP(int val, unsigned int base = 10, unsigned int minlen = 16, char fill = 0); // custom function - int to str

int main()
{
    sf::Clock clock;
    int fps = 0;
    int frame = 0;
	std::string fpsStr;
	GUILabel* fpsLabel = new GUILabel(3, 3, fpsStr);
	GUIButton* btn = new GUIButton(100, 100, "data/tile1.png");
	GUIManager::getInstance()->addElement(fpsLabel);
	GUIManager::getInstance()->addElement(btn);

    while (WINDOW->IsOpened())
    {
        sf::Event Event;
        while (WINDOW->GetEvent(Event))
        {
            if (Event.Type == sf::Event::Closed)
                WINDOW->Close();
        }

        GUIManager::getInstance()->update(Event);

		fpsStr = "FPS: " + itoaCPP(fps, 10, 8, '0');
		fpsLabel->setText(fpsStr);

        WINDOW->Clear(sf::Color(154, 206, 235));

        GUIManager::getInstance()->draw();

        WINDOW->Display();

        if (clock.GetElapsedTime() >= 1.f)
        {
        	fps = frame;
        	frame = 0;
        	clock.Reset();
        }
        frame++;
    }
}

I never tested the examples, will do now. No project, too lazy.

Laurent · « **Reply #3 on:** December 10, 2009, 10:59:50 pm »

The code showing the sf::Font and sf::String loading / drawing would be more relevant

TheMagicNumber · « **Reply #4 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:07:51 pm »

Sorry, forgot about that.

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void GUILabel::draw()
{
	if (getVisible())
	{
		Window::getInstance()->rw->Draw(*getText());
	}
}

GUILabel inherits:

Code: [Select]

sf::String* getText() { return m_text; }
void setText(std::string val) { m_text = new sf::String(val); }

Laurent · « **Reply #5 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:13:22 pm »

And you use the default built-in font? What's the character size of your string?

TheMagicNumber · « **Reply #6 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:18:19 pm »

Default font and size, different fonts and sizes didn't change output.

Laurent · « **Reply #7 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:26:42 pm »

Ok... What about the samples?

TheMagicNumber · « **Reply #8 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:37:25 pm »

I didn't try them, I'm too lazy to set it up... Why aren't they full projects anyways?

Laurent · « **Reply #9 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:44:56 pm »

You have nothing to setup, just run the executables in <sfml-sdk>/samples/bin.

TheMagicNumber · « **Reply #10 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:55:02 pm »

Doesn't look normal.

Laurent · « **Reply #11 on:** December 11, 2009, 12:08:42 am »

Are your graphics drivers up to date?

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Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics (64MB)

Looks like a really crappy graphics card, isn't it?

TheMagicNumber · « **Reply #12 on:** December 11, 2009, 12:24:01 am »

Yes its crappy, its not even a card. It's built-in (chip). I'm actually unsure whether the drivers are up to date. It should still work, though... I've only had this problem with SFML.

You know, this is the first time I found the drivers on Intel's site, crappy system they have. :/

Reinstalling drivers...

TheMagicNumber · « **Reply #13 on:** December 11, 2009, 12:40:47 am »

Found the problem, in my OpenGL settings, it was forcing texture compression! Turned it off and it was fine.

Thanks for your time.

Laurent · « **Reply #14 on:** December 11, 2009, 08:21:57 am »

Great