al_register_font_loader(3)

al_register_font_loader3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro_font.h>
bool al_register_font_loader(char const *extension,
   ALLEGRO_FONT *(*load_font)(char const *filename, int size, int flags))

Overview

Informs Allegro of a new font file type, telling it how to load files of this format.

The extension should include the leading dot (`.') character. It will be matched case-insensitively.

The load_font argument may be NULL to unregister an entry.

Returns true on success, false on error. Returns false if unregistering an entry that doesn’t exist.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.