Class "Font"⚓︎

Info

This class can be accessed by using its constructor or this function:

Game.GetFont()

Example Code

local myFont = Font()

Constructors⚓︎

Font ()⚓︎

Font Font ( )⚓︎

Constructor for the "Font" class.

Example Code

Example usage.

local f = Font() -- init font object
f:Load("font/terminus.fnt") -- load a font into the font object
f:DrawString("Hello World!",60,50,KColor(1,1,1,1),0,true) -- render string with loaded font on position 60x50y

Functions⚓︎

Draw·String ()⚓︎

void DrawString ( string String, float PositionX, float PositionY, KColor RenderColor, int BoxWidth = 0, boolean Center = false )⚓︎

void DrawString ( string String, float PositionX, float PositionY, float sizeX, float sizeY, KColor RenderColor, FontRenderSettings settings )⚓︎

Converts UTF8 to UTF16, then draws the string on screen.

The BoxWidth and Center parameters can be used for aligning the text. Some things to note about this:

If BoxWidth is zero, the text will be left-aligned and the Center parameter will be ignored.
If BoxWidth is NOT zero, and the Center parameter is false, then the text will be right-aligned inside the BoxWidth size.
If BoxWidth is NOT zero, and the Center parameter is true, then the text will be centered inside the BoxWidth size.

Bug

Calling this function with nil as either the String or RenderColor parameters will crash the game.

Example Code

Example usage.

-- In an initialization function:
local f = Font() -- init font object
f:Load("font/terminus.fnt") -- load a font into the font object

-- In a render function on every frame:
f:DrawString("Hello World!",60,50,KColor(1,1,1,1),0,true) -- render string with loaded font on position (60, 50)

Draw·String·Scaled ()⚓︎

void DrawStringScaled ( string String, float PositionX, float PositionY, float ScaleX, float ScaleY, KColor RenderColor, int BoxWidth = 0, boolean Center = false )⚓︎

Converts UTF8 to UTF16, then draws the scaled string on the screen.

Bug

Calling this function with nil as either the String or RenderColor parameters will crash the game.

Example Code

Example usage.

local f = Font() -- init font object
f:Load("font/terminus.fnt") -- load a font into the font object
f:DrawStringScaled("Hello World!",60,50,0.5,0.5,KColor(1,1,1,1),0,true) -- render string with loaded font on position 60x50y

Draw·String·Scaled·UTF8 ()⚓︎

void DrawStringScaledUTF8 ( string String, float PositionX, float PositionY, float ScaleX, float ScaleY, KColor RenderColor, int BoxWidth = 0, boolean Center = false )⚓︎

Draws a scaled string of Unicode text on the screen.

Bug

Calling this function with nil as either the String or RenderColor parameters will crash the game.

Example Code

Example usage.

local f = Font() -- init font object
f:Load("font/terminus.fnt") -- load a font into the font object
f:DrawStringScaledUTF8("Hello World!",60,50,0.5,0.5,KColor(1,1,1,1),0,true) -- render string with loaded font on position 60x50y

Draw·String·UTF8 ()⚓︎

void DrawStringUTF8 ( string String, float PositionX, float PositionY, KColor RenderColor, int BoxWidth = 0, boolean Center = false )⚓︎

Draws a string of Unicode text on the screen.

The BoxWidth and Center parameters can be used for aligning the text. Some things to note about this:

If BoxWidth is zero, the text will be left-aligned and the Center parameter will be ignored.
If BoxWidth is NOT zero, and the Center parameter is false, then the text will be right-aligned inside the BoxWidth size.
If BoxWidth is NOT zero, and the Center parameter is true, then the text will be centered inside the BoxWidth size.

Bug

Calling this function with nil as either the String or RenderColor parameters will crash the game.

Example Code

Example usage.

local f = Font() -- init font object
f:Load("font/terminus.fnt") -- load a font into the font object
f:DrawStringUTF8("Hello World!",60,50,KColor(1,1,1,1),0,true) -- render string with loaded font on position 60x50y

Get·Baseline·Height ()⚓︎

int GetBaselineHeight ( )⚓︎

Returns the number of pixels from the absolute top of the line to the base of the characters.

Get·Character·Width ()⚓︎

int GetCharacterWidth ( char Character )⚓︎

Returns the width of a specific character in pixels.

Get·Line·Height ()⚓︎

int GetLineHeight ( )⚓︎

Returns the distance in pixels between each line of text.

Get·String·Width ()⚓︎

int GetStringWidth ( string String )⚓︎

Converts a string from UTF8 to UTF16, and returns the string's width in pixels.

Bug

Calling this function with nil as the parameter will crash the game.

Get·String·Width·UTF8 ()⚓︎

int GetStringWidthUTF8 ( string String )⚓︎

Returns the string width of a Unicode text in pixels.

Is·Loaded ()⚓︎

boolean IsLoaded ( )⚓︎

Returns whether a font is loaded or not.

Load ()⚓︎

void Load ( string FilePath )⚓︎

Loads a font. To check that the font actually got loaded, call the IsLoaded() method afterwards.

Bug

When loading a custom font, the path provided to this function is actually relative to the game's resources folder instead of your mod's resources folder, which is inconsistent with things such as Sprite:Load(). You can load a custom font with the following code:

local MOD_FOLDER_NAME = "mymod" -- change to your mod's directory. note that this can be different depending on how the mod was downloaded: if downloaded from the steam workshop, it will have an underscore with the mod's steam id at the end (e.g. "mymod_12345")
local CUSTOM_FONT_FILE_PATH = "font/mycoolfont.fnt" -- relative to your "resources" folder

local customFont = Font()
customFont:Load("mods/" .. MOD_FOLDER_NAME .. "/resources/" .. CUSTOM_FONT_FILE_PATH)

Example Code

Example usage.

local f = Font() -- init font object
f:Load("font/terminus.fnt") -- load a font into the font object
f:DrawString("Hello World!", 60, 50, KColor.White, 0, true) -- render string with loaded font on position 60x50y

Set·Missing·Character ()⚓︎

void SetMissingCharacter ( char MissingCharacter )⚓︎

Sets the character that will be used when a missing character is encountered by the font.

Unload ()⚓︎

void Unload ( )⚓︎

Unloads the font from memory.

Last update: April 26, 2025