love.graphics.newFont
Creates a new Font. Created fonts are not cached, in that calling this function with the same arguments will always create a new Font object.
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.newFont( filename, size )
Arguments
string filename
- The filepath to the font file.
number size (12)
- The size of the font in pixels.
Returns
Font font
- A Font object which can be used to draw text on screen.
Function
Synopsis
font = love.graphics.newFont( data, size )
Arguments
Data data
- The encoded data to decode into a font.
number size (12)
- The size of the font in pixels.
Returns
Font font
- A Font object which can be used to draw text on screen.
Function
This variant uses the default font (Vera Sans) with a custom size.
Synopsis
font = love.graphics.newFont( size )
Arguments
number size (12)
- The size of the font in pixels.
Returns
Font font
- A Font object which can be used to draw text on screen.
Examples
Use newFont to draw a custom styled text
-- load ttf file font. set 20px font-size mainFont = love.graphics.newFont("anyfont.ttf", 20); function love.draw() -- set font before draw text love.graphics.setFont(mainFont); -- draw text "Hello world!" at left: 100, top: 200 love.graphics.print("Hello world!", 100, 200); end;
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