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

Instance Properties

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