Font

Defines the shape of characters than can be drawn onto the screen.

Constructors

love.graphics.newFont Creates a new Font from a TrueType Font or BMFont file.
love.graphics.newImageFont Creates a new Font by loading a specifically formatted image. Added since 0.2.0

Functions

Font:getAscent Gets the ascent of the Font in pixels. Added since 0.9.0
Font:getBaseline Gets the baseline of the Font in pixels. Added since 0.9.0
Font:getDPIScale Gets the DPI scale factor of the Font. Added since 11.0
Font:getDescent Gets the descent of the Font in pixels. Added since 0.9.0
Font:getFilter Gets the filter mode for a font. Added since 0.9.0
Font:getHeight Gets the height of the Font in pixels.
Font:getKerning Gets the kerning between two characters in the Font. Added since 11.4
Font:getLineHeight Gets the line height.
Font:getWidth Determines the width of the given text.
Font:getWrap Gets formatting information for text, given a wrap limit. Added since 0.7.0
Font:hasGlyphs Gets whether the Font can render a character or string. Added since 0.9.0
Font:setFallbacks Sets other Fonts to use if this Font doesn't have a specific character. Added since 0.10.0
Font:setFilter Sets the filter mode for a font. Added since 0.9.0
Font:setLineHeight Sets the line height.
Object:release Immediately destroys the object's Lua reference. Added since 11.0
Object:type Gets the type of the object as a string.
Object:typeOf Checks whether an object is of a certain type.

Supertypes

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