Difference between revisions of "love.graphics.setFont"
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| + | This variant creates a new font using the default font and the size specified, and sets it as the current font. '''Do not use this function in [[love.update]] or [[love.draw]].''' That would create a new font every frame, eating up memory very quickly. | ||
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Revision as of 18:11, 10 October 2010
Set an already-loaded Font as the current font.
This function doesn't allocate a new font and can be used in love.draw
Contents
Function
Synopsis
love.graphics.setFont( font )
Arguments
Font font- The Font object to use.
Returns
Nothing.
Function
Synopsis
love.graphics.setFont( filename, size )
Arguments
Returns
Nothing.
Function
This variant creates a new font using the default font and the size specified, and sets it as the current font. Do not use this function in love.update or love.draw. That would create a new font every frame, eating up memory very quickly.
Synopsis
love.graphics.setFont( size )
Arguments
number size (12)- The size of the font.
Returns
Nothing.
Examples
Draw some text with default font, 18px
love.graphics.setFont(18)
function love.draw()
love.graphics.print("Hello", 300, 300)
end
