Text

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

Drawable text.

O.png Text may appear blurry if it's rendered at non-integer pixel locations.  


Constructors

love.graphics.newText Creates a new drawable Text object. Added since 0.10.0

Functions

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.
Text:add Adds additional colored text to the Text object at the specified position. Added since 0.10.0
Text:addf Adds additional formatted / colored text to the Text object at the specified position. Added since 0.10.0
Text:clear Clears the contents of the Text object. Added since 0.10.0
Text:getDimensions Gets the width and height of the text. Added since 0.10.1
Text:getFont Gets the Font used with the Text object. Added since 0.10.0
Text:getHeight Gets the height of the text. Added since 0.10.0
Text:getWidth Gets the width of the text. Added since 0.10.0
Text:set Replaces the contents of the Text object with a new string. Added since 0.10.0
Text:setFont Replaces the Font used with the text. Added since 0.10.0
Text:setf Replaces the contents of the Text object with a new formatted string. Added since 0.10.0

Supertypes

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