Difference between revisions of "CompositeFont.new"
From GiderosMobile
m (Text replacement - "<source" to "<syntaxhighlight") |
m (Text replacement - "</source>" to "</syntaxhighlight>") |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> | <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> | ||
CompositeFont.new(definition) | CompositeFont.new(definition) | ||
| − | </ | + | </syntaxhighlight> |
Each layer of the composited font is defined by a table. The following fields are possible: | Each layer of the composited font is defined by a table. The following fields are possible: | ||
| Line 36: | Line 36: | ||
tf:setPosition(16, 64) | tf:setPosition(16, 64) | ||
stage:addChild(tf) | stage:addChild(tf) | ||
| − | </ | + | </syntaxhighlight> |
{{CompositeFont}} | {{CompositeFont}} | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 13 July 2023
Available since: Gideros 2019.1
Class: CompositeFont
Description
Creates a new CompositeFont object.
CompositeFont.new(definition)
Each layer of the composited font is defined by a table. The following fields are possible:
- font: the font object to use for this layer (mandatory)
- color: the color to use when rendering this layer
- alpha: the alpha value to use with the color
- x: the X offset to apply
- y: the Y offset to apply
- name: a name for this layer (since 2021.9)
Note: TTFont without any character list specification aren't supported in composite fonts.
Parameters
definition: (table) a list of layer definition tables
Example
Drawing a black outline:
local str = "My Composite Font text"
local nf = TTFont.new("fonts/Tahoma.ttf", 32, str, true) --Normal
local of = TTFont.new("fonts/Tahoma.ttf", 32, str, true, 3) --Outlined
local cf= CompositeFont.new{ -- *** PLEASE NOTICE THE CURLY BRACES { } INSTEAD OF ( ) ***
{ font=of, color=0x0 }, -- draw outline in black
{ font=nf, x=1, y=2 }, -- draw normal text with an offset
}
local tf = TextField.new(cf, str)
tf:setTextColor(0xff0000)
tf:setPosition(16, 64)
stage:addChild(tf)
