Noble.Text

Text and font handling.

Constants

Noble.Text.ALIGN_LEFT

An alternate way to call Playdate SDK's kTextAlignment.left

Noble.Text.ALIGN_RIGHT

An alternate way to call Playdate SDK's kTextAlignment.right

Noble.Text.ALIGN_CENTER

An alternate way to call Playdate SDK's kTextAlignment.center

Fonts

Usage

Noble.Text.FONT_SMALL = Graphics.font.new("assets/fonts/MySmallFont")
Noble.Text.setFont(Noble.Text.FONT_SMALL)

Noble.Text.FONT_SYSTEM

The Playdate system font.

Noble.Text.FONT_SMALL

Noble Sans: A sans-serif 8×9 font, with English and Japanese-Kana character sets.

Noble.Text.FONT_MEDIUM

Noble Slab: (This font is not ready yet!)

Noble.Text.FONT_LARGE

Satchel Roughed: A sans-serif 17×14 rounded font, with an English character set.

Functions

Noble.Text.getCurrentFont()

Returns

The currently set font.

Noble.Text.setFont(__font, __variant)

Set the current font

Parameters

• __font
  any
• __variant
  any

Noble.Text.draw(__string, __x, __y[, __alignment=Noble.Text.ALIGN_LEFT[, __localized=false[, __font=Noble.Text.getCurrentFont()]]])

Abstracts multiple playdate.text drawing functions into one.

Parameters

• __string string
  Display text or localization key.
• __x number
  
• __y number
  
• __alignment = Noble.Text.ALIGN_LEFT (default)
  Left, right, or center!
• __localized boolean = false (default)
  If true, __string is a localization key rather than display text.
• __font = Noble.Text.getCurrentFont() (default)
  A font to use. If not set, the currentFont is used. If set, the currentFont is not updated.