How to convert characters in a text field to an image? mask?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I would like to animate the characters the user enters in a text field.

For example, the user enters ‘apple’ so the app will display the word ‘apple’ in a very small size in the the screen and grow bigger until it fits the width of the screen.

Will I need to convert the text to a image and then scale the image? How do I convert text to an image?

Thanks
Bosco [import]uid: 18718 topic_id: 22534 reply_id: 322534[/import]

#2

I would remove the textbox, do newText with the entered text (in this case, “apple”) then manipulate that text.

Does that make sense?

If you want it to look like the textbox is still there you could fake that out with an image.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 22534 reply_id: 89847[/import]

#3

That did it! Thank you [import]uid: 18718 topic_id: 22534 reply_id: 89853[/import]

#4

Is there a way to create a mask of a character (for example. “A”) in a newText display object? I want to know the x y coordinates of a character and then draw an outline of character.

Thanks
Bosco [import]uid: 18718 topic_id: 22534 reply_id: 89946[/import]

#5

If you were masking you’d likely have masks already set up - you couldn’t draw the outline and create a mask from that, no.

Drawing the outline might be possible but that would be quite tricky and time consuming.

Do you have an example of the sort of effect you’re going for? I like to provide alternative ideas for how it might be achieved when I can :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 22534 reply_id: 90075[/import]