User Guide

498 Chapter 12: Methods
face Optional. Specifies a list of symbols indicating the face of the original font. Possible values
are
#plain, #bold, #italic. If you do not provide a value for this parameter, #plain is used.
bitmapSizes Optional. Specifies a list of integers specifying the sizes for which bitmaps are to be
recorded. This parameter can be empty. If you omit this parameter, no bitmaps are generated.
These bitmaps typically look better at smaller point sizes (below 14 points) but take up
more memory.
characterSubset Optional. Specifies a string of characters to be encoded. Only the specified
characters will be available in the font. If this parameter is omitted, all characters are encoded. If
only certain characters are encoded but an unencoded character is used, that character is displayed
as an empty box.
userFontName Optional. Specifies a string to use as the name of the newly recorded font
cast member.
Example
This statement creates a simple Shock Font using only the two arguments for the cast member
and the font to record:
myNewFontMember = new(#font)
recordFont(myNewFontMember, "Lunar Lander")
This statement specifies the bitmap sizes to be generated and the characters for which the font
data should be created:
myNewFontMember = new(#font)
recordfont(mynewmember,"lunar lander", [], [14, 18, 45], "Lunar Lander Game
High \ Score First Last Name")
Note: Since
recordFont resynthesizes the font data rather than using it directly, there are no legal
restrictions on Shock Font distribution.
See also
newMember()
rect()
Usage
-- Lingo syntax
rect(intLeft, intTop, intRight, intBottom)
// JavaScript syntax
rect(intLeft, intTop, intRight, intBottom);
Description
Top level function; defines a rectangle.
You can perform arithmetic operations on rectangles using both Lingo and JavaScript syntax.
If you add a single value to a rectangle, Lingo and JavaScript syntax adds it to each element in
the rectangle.
You can refer to rectangle components by list syntax or property syntax. For example, the
following assignments set both
myRectWidth1 and myRectWidth2 to 50:
// JavaScript syntax
var myRect = rect(40,30,90,70);