love.graphics.printf
Draws formatted text, with word wrap and alignment.
See additional notes in love.graphics.print.
NOTE: aligning does not work like as one might expect! It doesn't align to the x/y coordinates given, but in a rectangle. See https://love2d.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=9709&p=59709
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Function
Synopsis
love.graphics.printf( text, x, y, limit, align )
Arguments
string text- A text string.
number x- The position on the x-axis.
number y- The position on the y-axis.
number limit- Wrap the line after this many horizontal pixels.
AlignMode align ("left")- The alignment.
Returns
Nothing.
Examples
Draw text to the screen with right alignment and a horizontal limit of 125.
love.graphics.printf("This text is aligned right, and wraps when it gets too big.", 25, 25, 125, "right")
Notes
Note that the limit argument affects the position of your text for 'center' and 'right' alignment.
love.graphics.printf("This text is aligned center",100, 100, 200,"center") -- center your text around x = 200/2 + 100 = 200
love.graphics.printf("This text is aligned right",100, 100, 200,"right") -- align right to x = 100 + 200 = 300
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