Struct Text

common/font.go:334–348

Text represents a string drawn onto the screen, as used by the `TextShader`.

// Text represents a string drawn onto the screen, as used by the `TextShader`.
type Text struct {
	// Font is the reference to the font you're using to render this. This includes the color, as well as the font size.
	Font *Font
	// Text is the actual text you want to draw. This may include newlines (\n).
	Text string
	// LineSpacing is the amount of additional spacing there is between the lines (when `Text` consists of multiple lines),
	// relative to the `Size` of the `Font`.
	LineSpacing float32
	// LetterSpacing is the amount of additional spacing there is between the characters, relative to the `Size` of
	// the `Font`.
	LetterSpacing float32
	// RightToLeft is an experimental variable used to indicate that subsequent characters come to the left of the
	// previous character.
	RightToLeft bool
}

// Texture returns nil because the Text is generated from a FontAtlas. This implements the common.Drawable interface.
func (t Text) Texture() *gl.Texture { return nil }