love.graphics.newText

Available since LÖVE 0.10.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Creates a new drawable Text object.

O.png 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

text = love.graphics.newText( font, textstring )

Arguments

Font font
The font to use for the text.
string textstring (nil)
The initial string of text that the new Text object will contain. May be nil.

Returns

Text text
The new drawable Text object.

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