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<font> XML Node

XML Node Summary

<font
  name=""
  render="TRUE"
  ttf_name="Arial"
  size="14"
  >
  <text_2d
    >
    <color
      r="1.0"
      g="1.0"
      b="1.0"
      >
    </color>
    <position
      x="0"
      y="0"
      >
    </position>
    <text
      text=""
      >
    </text>
  </text_2d>
</font>

<font>

Description
The font node makes it possible to display information in textual form. It uses Windows TTF fonts (True Type Fonts). The texts can be displayed in 2d or 3d coordinates (useful to perform an axis graduation for example).

font element has 4 attributes and 1 sub-element(s)

Attributes

name [STRING]: Name of font node
render [BOOLEAN]: Enables or disables the rendering of the font. - Default value = TRUE
ttf_name [STRING]: Name of the TrueType used font: Arial, Verdana, Trebuchet MS, etc. - Default value = Arial
size [INTEGER]: Specifies the font size - Default value = 14

Code sample :

<text_2d>

Description
Allows to render texts in 2d screen coordinates.

text_2d element has 0 attributes and 3 sub-element(s)

<color>

Description
Specifies the color of the text.

color element has 3 attributes and 0 sub-element(s)

Attributes

r [REAL]: red component of the color - Default value = 1.0
g [REAL]: green component of the color - Default value = 1.0
b [REAL]: blue component of the color - Default value = 1.0

<position>

Description
Specifies the position of the text. The position x=0 and y=0 is the left-top corner of the screen.

position element has 2 attributes and 0 sub-element(s)

Attributes

x [INTEGER]: X coordinate of the beginning of the text - Default value = 0
y [INTEGER]: Y coordinate of the beginning of the text - Default value = 0