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BMFont: Should kerning value be added to the xadvance?

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Started by ehmdjii February 26, 2014 02:30 PM

0 comments, last by WitchLord 10 years, 1 month ago

ehmdjii

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February 26, 2014 02:30 PM

to get the x position of the next character, one should shift by xadvance.

but should one also add any possible kerning amount?

so:

x_pos_for_next_char = current_x_pox + character.xadvance

x_pos_for_next_char = current_x_pos + character.xadvance + kerning

thanks!

WitchLord

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February 26, 2014 07:26 PM

The latter :)

Of course, the kerning will be different for different character sequences so you need to lookup the correct kerning based on the current and next character pair.

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