Skada Font Outline

Jyces · 10-22-11, 08:53 PM

I know that there is no option that allows you to outline the font for this addon, but in the past this could be done through a few LUA tweaks. It seems like this is no more, as something must have changed. Has anyone else had this issue? Anyone get it to work? Below is the LUA tweaks I used to get this to work. I simply added "OUTLINEMONOCHROME" to the original line.

Code:
fo:SetFont(media:Fetch('font', p.title.font), p.title.fontsize,"OUTLINEMONOCHROME")

Code:
g:SetFont(media:Fetch('font', p.barfont), p.barfontsize,"OUTLINEMONOCHROME")

Code:
bar:SetFont(nil,nil,"OUTLINEMONOCHROME") (this part is in two places)

Edit: The odd time, the outline is shown on certain text, but quickly disappears and rarely returns.

Phanx · 10-23-11, 12:26 AM

OUTLINE and MONOCHROME are two separate values. If you want both of them, they need to be separated by a comma, not just jammed together. Otherwise, just pick one or the other. You can also use THICKOUTLINE for a thicker outline.

Code:

fontstring:SetFont("path\\to\\font.ttf", 18, "OUTLINE,MONOCHROME")
fontstring:SetFont("path\\to\\font.ttf", 18, "OUTLINE")
fontstring:SetFont("path\\to\\font.ttf", 18, "THICKOUTLINE")

Lily.Petal · 10-23-11, 12:36 AM

I usually put in OUTLINEMONOCHROME and it works for me on any project that I am editting/using O.o

Originally Posted by Phanx

OUTLINE and MONOCHROME are two separate values. If you want both of them, they need to be separated by a comma, not just jammed together. Otherwise, just pick one or the other. You can also use THICKOUTLINE for a thicker outline.

Code:

fontstring:SetFont("path\\to\\font.ttf", 18, "OUTLINE,MONOCHROME")
fontstring:SetFont("path\\to\\font.ttf", 18, "OUTLINE")
fontstring:SetFont("path\\to\\font.ttf", 18, "THICKOUTLINE")

Phanx · 10-23-11, 07:54 AM

http://www.wowpedia.org/API_FontInstance_SetFont

Jyces · 10-23-11, 11:24 AM

Originally Posted by Phanx

OUTLINE and MONOCHROME are two separate values. If you want both of them, they need to be separated by a comma, not just jammed together. Otherwise, just pick one or the other. You can also use THICKOUTLINE for a thicker outline.

Code:

fontstring:SetFont("path\\to\\font.ttf", 18, "OUTLINE,MONOCHROME")
fontstring:SetFont("path\\to\\font.ttf", 18, "OUTLINE")
fontstring:SetFont("path\\to\\font.ttf", 18, "THICKOUTLINE")

Originally, using "OUTLINEMONOCHROME" worked just fine. After trying to seperate the words, I got the same result. Sometimes the effect will show on some of the font, but then goes away.

Phanx · 10-24-11, 01:49 AM

Sounds like you are either (a) missing some SetFont calls, or (b) missing some other sections of code that overwrite custom fonts, such as SetFontObject calls. If you want more specific advice, post which line numbers in which files you modified.

Jyces · 10-24-11, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by Phanx

Sounds like you are either (a) missing some SetFont calls, or (b) missing some other sections of code that overwrite custom fonts, such as SetFontObject calls. If you want more specific advice, post which line numbers in which files you modified.

I've modified the follow:

bar:SetFont(nil,nil,"OUTLINE", "MONOCHROME")

bar:SetFont(nil,nil,"OUTLINE", "MONOCHROME")

g:SetFont(p.barfontpath or media:Fetch('font', p.barfont), p.barfontsize, p.barfontflags, "OUTLINE", "MONOCHROME")

Those 3 codes are located under "BarDisplay.Lua" and they're the only "SetFont" lines.

Be3f. · 10-24-11, 02:49 PM

http://www.wowhead.com/forums&topic=...hadow#p2083716

Phanx · 10-24-11, 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by Jyces

bar:SetFont(nil,nil,"OUTLINE", "MONOCHROME")

... is not correct. OUTLINE and MONOCHROME are not separate arguments to the SetFont method. They are separate values, which are comma-separated within the same string-type argument:

bar:SetFont(nil,nil,"OUTLINE,MONOCHROME")

There are also SetFont lines in other files. See the post Be3f linked.

Jyces · 10-24-11, 03:50 PM

Got it to work. Thanks for the help.