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FontManager

The font manager lets you manage fonts and get them.

Structures​

SCFont​

A SCFont (SCF in short, ScrapComputers Font for full name) is a font that has a fixed with and height for EVERY singular character.

Fields​

  • fontWidth [ integer ] The width of the font.
  • fontHeight [ integer ] The height of the font.
  • characters [ string ] All characters that are usable in the font.
  • errorChar [ string[] ] The character used for a gylph that doesn't exist.
  • charset [ table<string, string[]> ] Contains all gylph data for all characters.

Functions​

getFont​

sm.scrapcomputers.fontManager.getFont(fontName)

Retrieves a font by name.

Arguments:

  • fontName [ string ] The name of the font to retrieve.

Returns:

  • [ SCFont? ] The requested font, or nil if not found.
  • [ string? ] The error message, or nil if the font was found successfully.

getFontNames​

sm.scrapcomputers.fontManager.getFontNames()

Retrieves all font names currently loaded.

Returns:

  • [ string[] ] A list of all font names currently loaded.

getDefaultFontName​

sm.scrapcomputers.fontManager.getDefaultFontName()

Retrieves the name of the default font.

Returns:

  • [ string ] The name of the default font.

getDefaultFont​

sm.scrapcomputers.fontManager.getDefaultFont()

Retrieves the default font used by ScrapComputers.

Returns:

  • [ SCFont ] The default font.