text Width/Height Troubles

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hi, hope somebody can help.

I’m trying to set the width/height properties on hint messages displayed during a load screen to enable multiple lines if needed - as some of the messages are quite long.

Unfortunately whenever I set the width/height properties on a newText object it seems to ignore the custom font and font size property. I’m also having a nightmare centering the text, but that’s another issue:

I currently have this:
[blockcode]
local hint = display.newText(hintMessages[ran].label, 0, 280,460,0, “GangofThree”,18)
localGroup:insert(hint)
hint:setReferencePoint(display.TopCenterReferencePoint)
hint.x = _H/2
[/blockcode]

Any help or advice would be extremely grateful…

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#2

For centering text I use the following which seems to work on V644

hint:setReferencePoint(display.TopLeftReferencePoint) hint.x = display.contentWidth \*0.5 - (hint.width \* 0.25) [import]uid: 103163 topic_id: 19544 reply_id: 75478[/import]

#3

Hi leginus - thanks that works like a charm. Now I’ve just got to try and see why setting height/width attributes is stopping the custom font from showing…

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