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Font

Inherits: Resource < RefCounted < Object

Inherited By: FontFile, FontVariation, SystemFont

Abstract base class for fonts and font variations.

Description

Abstract base class for different font types. It has methods for drawing text and font character introspection.

Methods

float	draw_char ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, int char, int font_size, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1) ) const
float	draw_char_outline ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, int char, int font_size, int size=-1, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1) ) const
void	draw_multiline_string ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, int max_lines=-1, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1), BitField<LineBreakFlag> brk_flags=3, BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const
void	draw_multiline_string_outline ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, int max_lines=-1, int size=1, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1), BitField<LineBreakFlag> brk_flags=3, BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const
void	draw_string ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1), BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const
void	draw_string_outline ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, int size=1, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1), BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const
RID	find_variation ( Dictionary variation_coordinates, int face_index=0, float strength=0.0, Transform2D transform=Transform2D(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0) ) const
float	get_ascent ( int font_size=16 ) const
Vector2	get_char_size ( int char, int font_size ) const
float	get_descent ( int font_size=16 ) const
int	get_face_count ( ) const
Font[]	get_fallbacks ( ) const
String	get_font_name ( ) const
int	get_font_stretch ( ) const
BitField<FontStyle>	get_font_style ( ) const
String	get_font_style_name ( ) const
int	get_font_weight ( ) const
float	get_height ( int font_size=16 ) const
Vector2	get_multiline_string_size ( String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, int max_lines=-1, BitField<LineBreakFlag> brk_flags=3, BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const
Dictionary	get_opentype_features ( ) const
Dictionary	get_ot_name_strings ( ) const
RID[]	get_rids ( ) const
int	get_spacing ( SpacingType spacing ) const
Vector2	get_string_size ( String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const
String	get_supported_chars ( ) const
Dictionary	get_supported_feature_list ( ) const
Dictionary	get_supported_variation_list ( ) const
float	get_underline_position ( int font_size=16 ) const
float	get_underline_thickness ( int font_size=16 ) const
bool	has_char ( int char ) const
bool	is_language_supported ( String language ) const
bool	is_script_supported ( String script ) const
void	set_cache_capacity ( int single_line, int multi_line )
void	set_fallbacks ( Font[] fallbacks )

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Method Descriptions

float draw_char ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, int char, int font_size, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1) ) const

Draw a single Unicode character char into a canvas item using the font, at a given position, with modulate color. pos specifies the baseline, not the top. To draw from the top, ascent must be added to the Y axis.

Note: Do not use this function to draw strings character by character, use draw_string or TextLine instead.

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float draw_char_outline ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, int char, int font_size, int size=-1, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1) ) const

Draw a single Unicode character char outline into a canvas item using the font, at a given position, with modulate color and size outline size. pos specifies the baseline, not the top. To draw from the top, ascent must be added to the Y axis.

Note: Do not use this function to draw strings character by character, use draw_string or TextLine instead.

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void draw_multiline_string ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, int max_lines=-1, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1), BitField<LineBreakFlag> brk_flags=3, BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const

Breaks text into lines using rules specified by brk_flags and draws it into a canvas item using the font, at a given position, with modulate color, optionally clipping the width and aligning horizontally. pos specifies the baseline of the first line, not the top. To draw from the top, ascent must be added to the Y axis.

See also CanvasItem.draw_multiline_string.

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void draw_multiline_string_outline ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, int max_lines=-1, int size=1, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1), BitField<LineBreakFlag> brk_flags=3, BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const

Breaks text to the lines using rules specified by brk_flags and draws text outline into a canvas item using the font, at a given position, with modulate color and size outline size, optionally clipping the width and aligning horizontally. pos specifies the baseline of the first line, not the top. To draw from the top, ascent must be added to the Y axis.

See also CanvasItem.draw_multiline_string_outline.

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void draw_string ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1), BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const

Draw text into a canvas item using the font, at a given position, with modulate color, optionally clipping the width and aligning horizontally. pos specifies the baseline, not the top. To draw from the top, ascent must be added to the Y axis.

See also CanvasItem.draw_string.

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void draw_string_outline ( RID canvas_item, Vector2 pos, String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, int size=1, Color modulate=Color(1, 1, 1, 1), BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const

Draw text outline into a canvas item using the font, at a given position, with modulate color and size outline size, optionally clipping the width and aligning horizontally. pos specifies the baseline, not the top. To draw from the top, ascent must be added to the Y axis.

See also CanvasItem.draw_string_outline.

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RID find_variation ( Dictionary variation_coordinates, int face_index=0, float strength=0.0, Transform2D transform=Transform2D(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0) ) const

Returns TextServer RID of the font cache for specific variation.

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float get_ascent ( int font_size=16 ) const

Returns the average font ascent (number of pixels above the baseline).

Note: Real ascent of the string is context-dependent and can be significantly different from the value returned by this function. Use it only as rough estimate (e.g. as the ascent of empty line).

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Vector2 get_char_size ( int char, int font_size ) const

Returns the size of a character. Does not take kerning into account.

Note: Do not use this function to calculate width of the string character by character, use get_string_size or TextLine instead. The height returned is the font height (see also get_height) and has no relation to the glyph height.

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float get_descent ( int font_size=16 ) const

Returns the average font descent (number of pixels below the baseline).

Note: Real descent of the string is context-dependent and can be significantly different from the value returned by this function. Use it only as rough estimate (e.g. as the descent of empty line).

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int get_face_count ( ) const

Returns number of faces in the TrueType / OpenType collection.

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Font[] get_fallbacks ( ) const

Returns array of fallback Fonts.

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String get_font_name ( ) const

Returns font family name.

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int get_font_stretch ( ) const

Returns font stretch amount, compared to a normal width. A percentage value between 50% and 200%.

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BitField<FontStyle> get_font_style ( ) const

Returns font style flags, see FontStyle.

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String get_font_style_name ( ) const

Returns font style name.

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int get_font_weight ( ) const

Returns weight (boldness) of the font. A value in the 100...999 range, normal font weight is 400, bold font weight is 700.

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float get_height ( int font_size=16 ) const

Returns the total average font height (ascent plus descent) in pixels.

Note: Real height of the string is context-dependent and can be significantly different from the value returned by this function. Use it only as rough estimate (e.g. as the height of empty line).

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Vector2 get_multiline_string_size ( String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, int max_lines=-1, BitField<LineBreakFlag> brk_flags=3, BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const

Returns the size of a bounding box of a string broken into the lines, taking kerning and advance into account.

See also draw_multiline_string.

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Dictionary get_opentype_features ( ) const

Returns a set of OpenType feature tags. More info: OpenType feature tags.

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Dictionary get_ot_name_strings ( ) const

Returns Dictionary with OpenType font name strings (localized font names, version, description, license information, sample text, etc.).

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RID[] get_rids ( ) const

Returns Array of valid Font RIDs, which can be passed to the TextServer methods.

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int get_spacing ( SpacingType spacing ) const

Returns the spacing for the given type (see SpacingType).

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Vector2 get_string_size ( String text, HorizontalAlignment alignment=0, float width=-1, int font_size=16, BitField<JustificationFlag> justification_flags=3, Direction direction=0, Orientation orientation=0 ) const

Returns the size of a bounding box of a single-line string, taking kerning, advance and subpixel positioning into account. See also get_multiline_string_size and draw_string.

For example, to get the string size as displayed by a single-line Label, use:

GDScriptC#

var string_size = $Label.get_theme_font("font").get_string_size($Label.text, HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_LEFT, -1, $Label.get_theme_font_size("font_size"))