TexturePackFont.new

From GiderosMobile

Available since: Gideros 2021.9
Class: TexturePackFont

Description

Creates a new TexturePackFont object.

TexturePackFont.new(texturePack,mappings,scale,anchor)

Parameters

texturePack: (TexturePack) the TexturePack object that will be wrapped in this font
mappings: (table) a character to filename map to associate characters with TexturePack images
scale: (double) a scale factor to apply to the texture pack images (default = 1)
anchor: (double) where the images should be laid relative to the text baseline (default = 1)

Example

Try to simulate arabic letters

local tp = TexturePack.new({"fonts/ar_ba.png", "fonts/ar_ta.png", "fonts/ar_tha.png"}) -- path to png images
local font = TexturePackFont.new(tp, {ba="fonts/ar_ba.png", ta="fonts/ar_ta.png", sa="fonts/ar_tha.png"}, 3, 0) -- tp, mappings, scale, anchory
local tf = TextField.new(font, "bata")
local tf2 = TextField.new(font, "taba sa")
local tf3 = TextField.new(font, "sa")
tf:setPosition(64*6, 64*1)
tf2:setPosition(64*6, 64*2)
tf3:setPosition(64*6, 64*3)
stage:addChild(tf)
stage:addChild(tf2)
stage:addChild(tf3)