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nico penguino
nico penguino

Reputation: 21

How do I make a font with an image in LOVE2d

I am using the LOVE2d framework, and I am not sure how to use the newImageFont() function.

I checked the online documentation, but it wasn't very clear on what variable did what. Also, some letters are longer than others, so I don't know if that would ruin the font. I attached an image of the font (sorry if you cant see it, the letters are white). pixel font

Upvotes: 2

Views: 43

Answers (1)

darkfrei
darkfrei

Reputation: 586

Just add the key pixels with pure magenta color (255, 0, 255) or {1,0,1}: https://love2d.org/forums/download/file.php?id=23260

main.lua:

local filename =  'pixelfont-11p.png'
local glyphs = " abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" ..
    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0" ..
    "123456789.,!?-+/():;%&`'*#=[]\""

local fontImageData = love.image.newImageData(filename)
local font11p = love.graphics.newImageFont(fontImageData, glyphs)
font11p:setFilter( 'nearest', 'nearest' )

function love.draw ()
    love.graphics.setFont(font11p)
    love.graphics.print (glyphs, 0, 12)
    love.graphics.scale (2)
    love.graphics.print (glyphs, 0, 12)
    love.graphics.scale (2)
    love.graphics.print (glyphs, 0, 12)
    love.graphics.scale (2)
    love.graphics.print (glyphs, 0, 12)
end

Font file pixelfont-11p.png: fontImageData

Result: result picture

Upvotes: 1

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