Phaser

Class: BitmapFont

Phaser. BitmapFont

Phaser.BitmapFont

new BitmapFont(game, key, characterWidth, characterHeight, chars, charsPerRow, xSpacing, ySpacing, xOffset, yOffset)

Parameters:
Name Type Argument Default Description
game Phaser.Game

Current game instance.
key string

The font set graphic set as stored in the Game.Cache.
characterWidth number

The width of each character in the font set.
characterHeight number

The height of each character in the font set.
chars string

The characters used in the font set, in display order. You can use the TEXT_SET consts for common font set arrangements.
charsPerRow number

The number of characters per row in the font set.
xSpacing number <optional>
 0

If the characters in the font set have horizontal spacing between them set the required amount here.
ySpacing number <optional>
 0

If the characters in the font set have vertical spacing between them set the required amount here.
xOffset number <optional>
 0

If the font set doesn't start at the top left of the given image, specify the X coordinate offset here.
yOffset number <optional>
 0

If the font set doesn't start at the top left of the given image, specify the Y coordinate offset here.
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Extends

Members

<static, constant> ALIGN_CENTER :string

Align each line of multi-line text in the center.

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> ALIGN_LEFT :string

Align each line of multi-line text to the left.

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> ALIGN_RIGHT :string

Align each line of multi-line text to the right.

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET1 :string

Text Set 1 = !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET2 :string

Text Set 2 = !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET3 :string

Text Set 3 = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET4 :string

Text Set 4 = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 0123456789

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET5 :string

Text Set 5 = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.,/() '!?-*:0123456789

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET6 :string

Text Set 6 = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!?:;0123456789\"(),-.'

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET7 :string

Text Set 7 = AGMSY+:4BHNTZ!;5CIOU.?06DJPV,(17EKQW\")28FLRX-'39

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET8 :string

Text Set 8 = 0123456789 .ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET9 :string

Text Set 9 = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ()-0123456789.:,'\"?!

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET10 :string

Text Set 10 = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Type:
  • string
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<static, constant> TEXT_SET11 :string

Text Set 11 = ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ.,\"-+!?()':;0123456789

Type:
  • string
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align

Properties:
Name Type Description
align string

Alignment of the text when multiLine = true or a fixedWidth is set. Set to BitmapFont.ALIGN_LEFT (default), BitmapFont.ALIGN_RIGHT or BitmapFont.ALIGN_CENTER.
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autoUpperCase

Properties:
Name Type Description
autoUpperCase boolean

Automatically convert any text to upper case. Lots of old bitmap fonts only contain upper-case characters, so the default is true.
Default Value:
  • true
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characterHeight

Properties:
Name Type Description
characterHeight number

The height of each character in the font set.
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characterPerRow

Properties:
Name Type Description
characterPerRow number

The number of characters per row in the font set.
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characterSpacingX

Properties:
Name Type Description
characterSpacingX number

If the characters in the font set have horizontal spacing between them set the required amount here.
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characterSpacingY

Properties:
Name Type Description
characterSpacingY number

If the characters in the font set have vertical spacing between them set the required amount here.
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characterWidth

Properties:
Name Type Description
characterWidth number

The width of each character in the font set.
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customSpacingX

Properties:
Name Type Description
customSpacingX number

Adds horizontal spacing between each character of the font, in pixels.
Default Value:
  • 0
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customSpacingY

Properties:
Name Type Description
customSpacingY number

Adds vertical spacing between each line of multi-line text, set in pixels.
Default Value:
  • 0
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fixedWidth

If you need this BitmapFont image to have a fixed width you can set the width in this value. If text is wider than the width specified it will be cropped off.

Properties:
Name Type Description
fixedWidth number
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fontSet

Properties:
Name Type Description
fontSet HTMLImage

A reference to the image stored in the Game.Cache that contains the font.
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game

Properties:
Name Type Description
game Phaser.Game

A reference to the currently running game.
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key

Properties:
Name Type Description
key string

The key of the RenderTexture in the Cache, if stored there.
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multiLine

Properties:
Name Type Description
multiLine boolean

If set to true all carriage-returns in text will form new lines (see align). If false the font will only contain one single line of text (the default)
Default Value:
  • false
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offsetX

Properties:
Name Type Description
offsetX number

If the font set doesn't start at the top left of the given image, specify the X coordinate offset here.
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offsetY

Properties:
Name Type Description
offsetY number

If the font set doesn't start at the top left of the given image, specify the Y coordinate offset here.
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type

Properties:
Name Type Description
type number

Base Phaser object type.
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Methods

buildBitmapFontText()

Updates the BitmapData of the Sprite with the text

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buildBitmapFontText(line, x, y, customSpacingX)

Internal function that takes a single line of text (2nd parameter) and pastes it into the BitmapData at the given coordinates. Used by getLine and getMultiLine

Parameters:
Name Type Description
line string

The single line of text to paste.
x number

The x coordinate.
y number

The y coordinate.
customSpacingX number

Custom X spacing.
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getLongestLine() → {number}

Works out the longest line of text in _text and returns its length

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Returns:

The length of the longest line of text.

Type
number

<protected> removeUnsupportedCharacters(stripCR) → {string}

Internal helper function that removes all unsupported characters from the _text String, leaving only characters contained in the font set.

Parameters:
Name Type Argument Default Description
stripCR boolean <optional>
 true

Should it strip carriage returns as well?
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Returns:

A clean version of the string.

Type
string

render(displayObject, position, clear)

This function will draw the display object to the texture.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
displayObject Phaser.Sprite | Phaser.Image | Phaser.Text | Phaser.BitmapText | Phaser.Group

The display object to render to this texture.
position Phaser.Point

A Point object containing the position to render the display object at.
clear boolean

If true the texture will be cleared before the display object is drawn.
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renderXY(displayObject, x, y, clear)

This function will draw the display object to the texture.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
displayObject Phaser.Sprite | Phaser.Image | Phaser.Text | Phaser.BitmapText | Phaser.Group

The display object to render to this texture.
x number

The x position to render the object at.
y number

The y position to render the object at.
clear boolean

If true the texture will be cleared before the display object is drawn.
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resize()

Over rides the default PIXI.RenderTexture resize event as we need our baseTexture resized as well.

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setFixedWidth(width, lineAlignment)

If you need this FlxSprite to have a fixed width and custom alignment you can set the width here.<br> If text is wider than the width specified it will be cropped off.

Parameters:
Name Type Argument Default Description
width number

Width in pixels of this BitmapFont. Set to zero to disable and re-enable automatic resizing.
lineAlignment string <optional>
 'left'

Align the text within this width. Set to BitmapFont.ALIGN_LEFT (default), BitmapFont.ALIGN_RIGHT or BitmapFont.ALIGN_CENTER.
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setText(content, multiLine, characterSpacing, lineSpacing, lineAlignment, allowLowerCase)

A helper function that quickly sets lots of variables at once, and then updates the text.

Parameters:
Name Type Argument Default Description
content string

The text of this sprite.
multiLine boolean <optional>
 false

Set to true if you want to support carriage-returns in the text and create a multi-line sprite instead of a single line.
characterSpacing number <optional>
 0

To add horizontal spacing between each character specify the amount in pixels.
lineSpacing number <optional>
 0

To add vertical spacing between each line of text, set the amount in pixels.
lineAlignment string <optional>
 'left'

Align each line of multi-line text. Set to BitmapFont.ALIGN_LEFT, BitmapFont.ALIGN_RIGHT or BitmapFont.ALIGN_CENTER.
allowLowerCase boolean <optional>
 false

Lots of bitmap font sets only include upper-case characters, if yours needs to support lower case then set this to true.
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