love-font

When to use this skill

{{SKILL_DESCRIPTION}} Use this skill when working with font operations, text display, text formatting, or any font-related operations in LÖVE games.

Common use cases

• Loading and managing font files
• Rendering text with different styles and sizes
• Working with text formatting and layout
• Handling international text and Unicode characters
• Implementing custom text rendering effects

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Examples

Loading and using fonts

-- Load a font file
local font = love.graphics.newFont("arial.ttf", 24)

-- Set as default font
love.graphics.setFont(font)

-- Draw text
love.graphics.print("Hello World!", 100, 100)

Text formatting

-- Create fonts with different styles
local titleFont = love.graphics.newFont(36)
local bodyFont = love.graphics.newFont(18)
local boldFont = love.graphics.newFont("bold.ttf", 20)

function love.draw()
  love.graphics.setFont(titleFont)
  love.graphics.print("Game Title", 100, 50)

  love.graphics.setFont(bodyFont)
  love.graphics.printf("This is a paragraph of text that will be wrapped to fit within the specified width.", 100, 150, 400, "left")

  love.graphics.setFont(boldFont)
  love.graphics.print("Important Message!", 100, 300)
end

Best practices

• Load fonts during initialization to avoid runtime delays
• Use appropriate font sizes for different screen resolutions
• Consider memory usage when loading multiple fonts
• Handle font loading errors gracefully
• Test text rendering on target platforms

Platform compatibility

• Desktop (Windows, macOS, Linux): Full font support
• Mobile (iOS, Android): Full support with some font limitations
• Web: Good support but some fonts may not be available