Text Renderer

Text Renderer  -  Render a Text or group of text

TextRenderer TextRenderer TextRenderer TextRenderer

Unlike other layers, LocalTextGenerator Icon Text Generator does not allow multiple renderers to be added to a generator.

Layouting options

Some layouting options can be used directly in the text renderer but can be highly customized thanks TextModifier Icon Text Modifier

LeadingExample LeadingExample

Your text can also have options to fit a box thanks the Size parameters.

Understand Texture Atlas

The TextLayer Icon Text layer has been designed for realtime. In order not to load the characters twice, each of them are saved in an Atlas. This atlas is updated when:

  • A new character is added

  • The size of the font changed

  • A font variation (Bold or italic) is requested, through the LocalTextGenerator Icon Text Generator options as well as through a BoldTextModifier Icon Bold or ItalicTextModifier Icon Italic

  • A new font is requested (example: with a FontTextModifier Icon Font modifier

  • A new font or new character are requested with a AppendTextModifier Icon Append or with a InsertTextModifier Icon Insert .

TextureAtlasFilling TextureAtlasFilling

You can visualize the texture atlas by going in renderer->Advanced parameters->Show Texture Atlas

TextureAtlas-Parameters TextureAtlas-Parameters

The Texture Atlas is basically a canvas with it’s own resolution that is going to be filled with new characters.

Depending of the number of characters and variations you wan’t to display, the texture atls might be filled to capacity. An error will then occured:

TextureAtlasFull TextureAtlasFull

Increase the resolution of the Atlas to solve this problem.

Python

    Oil.createObject("TextRenderer")
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