Module gamejs/font

Methods for creating Font objects which can render text to a Surface.

Example

// create a font
    var font = new Font('20px monospace');
    // render text - this returns a surface with the text written on it.
    var helloSurface = font.render('Hello World')

Class Font

Instance Methods

render(text, color)
size(text)

Instance Properties

backgroundColor

Font (fontSettings, backgroundColor)

Create a Font to draw on the screen. The Font allows you to render() text. Rendering text returns a Surface which in turn can be put on screen.

Parameters

String	fontSettings	a css font definition, e.g., "20px monospace"
STring	backgroundColor	valid #rgb string, "#ff00cc"

Font.prototype.backgroundColor

Font.prototype.render (text, color)

Returns a Surface with the given text on it.

Parameters

String	text	the text to render
String	color	a valid #RGB String, "#ffcc00"

Returns

gamejs.Surface

Surface with the rendered text on it.

Font.prototype.size (text)

Determine the width and height of the given text if rendered with this Font.

Parameters

String text the text to measure

Returns

Array

the [width, height] of the text if rendered with this Font