Re: [pygame] PyGlyph

[Kris Schnee <kschnee@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Alex Holkner wrote:
> > My test code is at:
> > http://kschnee.xepher.net/code/pyglyph_test.py.txt
> >
> > Since then I retrofitted my example to have it subclass from
> > ExampleBase, and that worked -- when I exactly imitated the "hello"
> > demo's code. When I started to deviate from it by using my own "Draw"
> > function and event-handler again instead of the default "display" 
> > loop, the program hung, failing for no obvious reason to draw or respond.
> >
> > Thanks for any ideas on this.
>
> Pyglyph needs the OpenGL context to be initialised when it creates fonts 
> (this is when it uploads texture data).  So, call 
> pygame.display.set_mode(...) before calling factory.get_font(...).

That works; thanks! I just called set_mode() to create the screen before 
creating the fonts. Next I'll try creating an individual font so that I 
can use a custom one (not a "family") other than Bitstream Vera.

Kris