[D3D] Black Bordered Text

[zero_tolerance]

By Darkcode

You will need to have this in the top of your file:

#include "D3DFontEngine.h"

extern CFontEngine  *pFont;

Here is the main D3DFontEngine.cpp:

//
// D3DFontEngine.cpp


#include "D3DFontEngine.h"
#include "D3D9Dev.h"
#include "main.h"


HRESULT CFontEngine::Initialize( D3DXFONT_DESC dDesc, D3DCOLOR FontColor )
{
	if( m_pFont )
	{
		SAFE_RELEASE( m_pFont )
	}

	D3DXCreateFontIndirect( m_D3Ddev, &dDesc, &m_pFont );
	
	m_FontColor = FontColor;
	
	m_bInitialized = TRUE;

	return S_OK;
}

HRESULT CFontEngine::DrawText( char *pString, int x, int y )
{
	if( !m_bInitialized )
		return E_FAIL;

	HRESULT hRetVal;

	RECT FontRect = { x, y, 0, 0 };

	m_pFont->DrawTextA( NULL, pString, -1, &FontRect, DT_CALCRECT, 0 );
	hRetVal = m_pFont->DrawTextA( NULL, pString, -1, &FontRect, m_Align, m_FontColor );

	return hRetVal;
}
HRESULT CFontEngine::CleanUpFontStuff( )
{
	SAFE_RELEASE( m_pFont )
	m_bInitialized = FALSE;

	return S_OK;
}
void CFontEngine::InitDesc()
{
	pDesc.Height			= 16;
	pDesc.Width				= 0;
	pDesc.Weight			= FW_BOLD;
	pDesc.MipLevels			= 1;
	pDesc.Italic			= TRUE;
	pDesc.CharSet			= DEFAULT_CHARSET;
	pDesc.OutputPrecision	= OUT_DEFAULT_PRECIS;
	pDesc.Quality			= ANTIALIASED_QUALITY;
	pDesc.PitchAndFamily	= DEFAULT_PITCH | FF_DONTCARE;
	strcpy( pDesc.FaceName, "Arial" );
	Initialize( pDesc, D3DCOLOR_XRGB( 255, 255, 255 ) );
}

And when you look inside D3DFontEngine.h there is this (just incase you don't got it):

//
// D3DFontEngine.h

#ifndef _D3DFONTENGINE_H
#define _D3DFONTENGINE_H

#include "main.h"
#include "d3d9.h"



class CFontEngine 
{
public:
	CFontEngine(IDirect3DDevice9 *pIDirect3DDevice9)
	{
		m_pFont			= 0;
		m_FontColor		= D3DCOLOR_XRGB( 255, 255, 255 );
		m_bInitialized	= FALSE;
		m_Align			= DT_LEFT | DT_WORDBREAK;
		m_D3Ddev		= pIDirect3DDevice9;
	};
	~CFontEngine( )
	{
		if( m_pFont )
		{
			SAFE_RELEASE( m_pFont )
		}
	};

	HRESULT Initialize( D3DXFONT_DESC dDesc, D3DCOLOR FontColor );
	HRESULT DrawText( char *pString, int x, int y );
	HRESULT CleanUpFontStuff();
	void	InitDesc(void);
	
	D3DXFONT_DESC	pDesc;
	D3DCOLOR		m_FontColor;
	int				m_Align;
	LPD3DXFONT		m_pFont;
	RECT			m_FontRect;
	BOOL			m_bInitialized;

private:
	IDirect3DDevice9 *m_D3Ddev;
};

#endif //_D3DFONTENGINE_H

And you can tell these 2 things from it for drawing text...

Color:

pFont->m_FontColor = D3DCOLOR_XRGB( int r, int b, int g);

And then drawing text:

pFont->DrawText(char *pString, int x, int y);

So once you got that in mind, lets make our black bordered text:

void MyDrawText ( int x, int y, char Text, int r, int b, int g)
{
	pFont->m_FontColor = D3DCOLOR_XRGB( 0, 0, 0 );
	pFont->DrawText(char Text, x, y - 1);
	pFont->m_FontColor = D3DCOLOR_XRGB( 0, 0, 0 );
	pFont->DrawText(char Text, x, y + 1);
	pFont->m_FontColor = D3DCOLOR_XRGB( 0, 0, 0 );
	pFont->DrawText(char Text, x - 1, y);
	pFont->m_FontColor = D3DCOLOR_XRGB( 0, 0, 0 );
	pFont->DrawText(char Text, x + 1, y);
	pFont->m_FontColor = D3DCOLOR_XRGB( r, g, b );
	pFont->DrawText(char Text, x, y);
}

And to call upon it, heres an example:

MyDrawText( 10, 65, D3D Tutorial, 255, 255, 255);

Which would yield white text with a black border, and placed at 10, 65.

Enjoy