Can Corona GE support image text?

Games
#1

i have tried the system text, via newText method

but how can i make the game more stunning by using image text?
Eg.
http://s3files.core77.com/blog/images/bGjfANdAG7alsuh2zGhPTTyk_500.jpg

instead of creating words and callout via newImage, i believe using the load font image above would be faster

Thanks [import]uid: 10373 topic_id: 3606 reply_id: 303606[/import]

#2

load it as a spritesheet. set up a spriteset with all the letters in, then write a function to place the letters next to each other for your word (bear in mind you’ll have to implement your own word wrapping, but you should be able to find algorithms on the internet for that)

(you should trim the space in between each letter to save memory too) [import]uid: 6645 topic_id: 3606 reply_id: 10970[/import]

#3

Yeah OP, I’m pretty much using images for text anyways, especially on static UI with dynamic info that needs updating since text just seems to overwrite itself and get messy. [import]uid: 11024 topic_id: 3606 reply_id: 10987[/import]

#4

guess corona GE should provide a friendly font framework :slight_smile:

So, i take it as a NO for current stage.
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#5

why a NO? you could easily do this in the way i’ve already suggested [import]uid: 6645 topic_id: 3606 reply_id: 11096[/import]

#6

hi jmp909,

dont get me wrong :slight_smile:
what i mean is, this can be done via custom function

and what i am looking for is http://love2d.org/wiki/love.graphics.newImageFont
once the font-image.png loaded, whatever type ‘ABCD’ will auto callout the image

if there is no such func provide by corona, then i am going to focus on other instead of the font feat :slight_smile:

sorry if i say anything wrongly [import]uid: 10373 topic_id: 3606 reply_id: 11110[/import]

#7

hi jmp909,

dont get me wrong :slight_smile:
what i mean is, this can be done via custom function

and what i am looking for is http://love2d.org/wiki/love.graphics.newImageFont
once the font-image.png loaded, whatever type ‘ABCD’ will auto callout the image

if there is no such func provide by corona, then i am going to focus on other instead of the font feat :slight_smile:

sorry if i say anything wrongly [import]uid: 10373 topic_id: 3606 reply_id: 11111[/import]