font_add_sprite_ext(spr, string_map, prop, sep);
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| spr | The sprite to add a font based on. |
| string_map | String from which sprite sub-image order is taken. |
| prop | Set as proportional font or not. |
| sep | The space to leave between each letter. |
Returns: Real
With this function you can use a "sprite strip" (the sprite
itself must be a sprite asset from the resource tree, or a
sprite you have added to the game resources using
sprite_add) to create a new font asset, where each
sub-image would be an individual symbol or letter. Unlike the
normal font_add_sprite
which has a specific order for the sub-images of the sprite, this
function will map the sprite sub-images based on the argument
"string_map" of the function. This argument is a string that you
can use to tell GameMaker: Studio what order the sub-images
of the sprite font are and it will map these automatically when
writing text. So, for example, if you have a string-map of
"AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHh", your sprite font must have the
sub-images ordered in this way.
You can also set the spacing for the font to be proportional
(true) or not (false), where a proportional font
is spaced based on the actual width of the letters (so the letter
"i" takes less room than the letter "w", for example) while a
non-proportional font will be spaced based on the sub-image width,
like a monospaced font. Finally, you can define the space to leave
between each letter when writing, and this can be any integer
value, with 0 being no space (the letters will "touch" if
proportional). The function returns an index value that
should be stored in a variable as this will be needed in all
further codes that refer to this font.
NOTE: When you load a font into GameMaker: Studio you
must remember to remove it again (with font_delete) when no longer needed,
otherwise there is risk of a memory leak which will slow down and
eventually crash your game.
global.Font = font_add_sprite_ext(spr_CalcFont,
"0123456789+-*/=", true, 2);
The above code will create a new font asset from the sprite indexed in the variable "spr_CalcFont" and store the index of the new font in the variable "global.Font". The sub-images of the sprite font will be mapped to the string specified.