Drawing Text in SDL

eektor · 2006-06-11T19:23:04

I'm pretty new and I know there must be an easier way to draw text with SDL. This is how I'm doing it. g_graphics->drawText(FONT_TYPE, "Press 'i' for instructions.", FONT_SIZE, 340,345,255,255,255,0,0,0); g_graphics is a class that deals with all the SDL graphics including drawing text. drawText is a function. The part that makes it complicated is the 340, 345, which are the x and y values for the screen. (The other numbers are the font color and background color.) Is there an easier way than trying to put the x and y for each line you type? I mean is there an easier way to center the text, write paragraphs, etc.?

Engines and Middleware Programming

Started by eektor May 13, 2006 08:43 PM

10 comments, last by MatrixCubed 17 years, 10 months ago

ender_341

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May 15, 2006 09:07 PM

Quote:Original post by eektor
@ender_341 Thanks I need that. Does that deal with the font size as well or is that just the font type? For example what do I put in the parenthisis, Arial or 12?

Neither, you send it the TTF_Font that has the font loaded to it.

-Matt S.

MatrixCubed

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June 11, 2006 07:23 PM

I use LMNOpc Bitmap Font Builder to create bitmapped fonts of various sizes that will be used in my game, then use my general-purpose tile/sprite library to render the text onscreen.

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