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nosLoadFont

Format
void nosLoadFont(u16 *font_buf);

What This Tool Does
It expands font data in memory. Specifically, it expands, compresses, and stores character font data in RAM and enables the application to be used. This expansion is performed in the order of the N64 font codes. The starting address of the expanded buffer is pointed to by the font_buf argument. The required buffer sizes are:
  • English 2112 bytes (0x840) defined by FONTSIZE_E
  • English + Japanese 4768 bytes (0x12a0) defined by FONTSIZE_J
The size of the character font is 16 dots wide and 16 dots high. A string 16 dots wide corresponds to 16 bits of data, with Hi referring to the left side of the font and Lo referring to the right side.

The N64 font code, which is the order in which the character font is arranged, is shown in the N64 Programming Manual.


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Last updated January 1998