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Creates a new font by loading a [[ImageFontFormat|specifically formatted]] image.
 
Creates a new font by loading a [[ImageFontFormat|specifically formatted]] image.
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== Function ==
 
== Function ==
 
=== Synopsis ===
 
=== Synopsis ===

Revision as of 18:28, 27 January 2012

Available since LÖVE 0.2.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Creates a new font by loading a specifically formatted image.

O.png This function can be slow if it is called repeatedly, such as from love.update or love.draw. If you need to use a specific resource often, create it once and store it somewhere it can be reused!  



Function

Synopsis

font = love.graphics.newImageFont( image, glyphs )

Arguments

Image image
The Image object to create the font from.
string glyphs
A string of the characters in the image in order from left to right.

Returns

Font font
A Font object which can be used to draw text on screen.

Function

Synopsis

font = love.graphics.newImageFont( filename, glyphs )

Arguments

string filename
The filepath to the image file.
string glyphs
A string of the characters in the image in order from left to right.

Returns

Font font
A Font object which can be used to draw text on screen.

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