C++ SFML Font Problems

Question

sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(800, 600), "CALENDAR");

sf::Font font;
if (!font.loadFromFile("arial.ttf"))
    std::cout << "no\n";

sf::Text text1;
text1.setFont(font);
text1.setCharacterSize(30);
text1.setColor(sf::Color::Black);
text1.setStyle(sf::Text::Regular);
text1.setString("ttestst");

while (window.isOpen())
{
    sf::Event event;
    while (window.pollEvent(event))
    {
        switch (event.type){
        case sf::Event::Closed:
            window.close();
        }
    }

    window.clear(sf::Color::White);
    window.draw(text1);
    window.display();
}

This code isn't displaying text to the screen, and the font isn't loading, i've no idea what to do, any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

It seems like the path to the font is wrong. If you're using "arial.ttf" , make sure that font file is in the same directory where your program starts executing.

As @twsaef said you can also use absolute path, but not in this way:

"C:\Coding\Fonts\Arial.ttf"

This is wrong. Instead of single backslash \\ you have to use double backslash \\\\ :

"C:\\Coding\\Fonts\\Arial.ttf"