love.font.newRasterizer

Available since LÖVE 0.7.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Creates a new Rasterizer.

Function

Synopsis

rasterizer = love.font.newRasterizer( filename )

Arguments

string filename

The font file.

Returns

Rasterizer rasterizer

The rasterizer.

Function

Synopsis

rasterizer = love.font.newRasterizer( data )

Arguments

FileData data

The FileData of the font file.

Returns

Rasterizer rasterizer

The rasterizer.

Function

Create a TrueTypeRasterizer with the default font.

Synopsis

rasterizer = love.font.newRasterizer( size, hinting, dpiscale )

Arguments

number size (12)

The font size.

HintingMode hinting ("normal") Available since 0.10.0

True Type hinting mode.

number dpiscale (love.window.getDPIScale()) Available since 11.0

The font DPI scale.

Returns

Rasterizer rasterizer

The rasterizer.

Function

Create a TrueTypeRasterizer with custom font.

Synopsis

rasterizer = love.font.newRasterizer( fileName, size, hinting, dpiscale )

Arguments

string fileName

Path to font file.

number size (12)

The font size.

HintingMode hinting ("normal") Available since 0.10.0

True Type hinting mode.

number dpiscale (love.window.getDPIScale()) Available since 11.0

The font DPI scale.

Returns

Rasterizer rasterizer

The rasterizer.

Function

Create a TrueTypeRasterizer with custom font.

Synopsis

rasterizer = love.font.newRasterizer( fileData, size, hinting, dpiscale )

Arguments

FileData fileData

File data containing font.

number size (12)

The font size.

HintingMode hinting ("normal") Available since 0.10.0

True Type hinting mode.

number dpiscale (love.window.getDPIScale()) Available since 11.0

The font DPI scale.

Returns

Rasterizer rasterizer

The rasterizer.

Function

Creates a new BMFont Rasterizer.

Synopsis

rasterizer = love.font.newRasterizer( imageData, glyphs, dpiscale )

Arguments

ImageData imageData

The image data containing the drawable pictures of font glyphs.

string glyphs

The sequence of glyphs in the ImageData.

number dpiscale (1) Available since 11.0

DPI scale.

Returns

Rasterizer rasterizer

The rasterizer.

Function

Creates a new BMFont Rasterizer.

Synopsis

rasterizer = love.font.newRasterizer( fileName, glyphs, dpiscale )

Arguments

string fileName

The path to file containing the drawable pictures of font glyphs.

string glyphs

The sequence of glyphs in the ImageData.

number dpiscale (1) Available since 11.0

DPI scale.

Returns

Rasterizer rasterizer

The rasterizer.

See Also

• love.font
• love.font.newTrueTypeRasterizer
• love.font.newBMFontRasterizer
• love.font.newImageRasterizer
• Rasterizer