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  Reference for Processing (BETA) version 91+. If you have a previous version, use the reference included with your software. If you see any errors or have any comments, let us know.  
Name  

text()

   
Examples  
PFont font; 
// The font must be located in the sketch's 
// "data" directory to load successfully 
font = loadFont("FFScala-32.vlw"); 
textFont(font, 32); 
text("word", 15, 30); 
fill(0, 102, 153); 
text("word", 15, 60); 
fill(0, 102, 153, 51); 
text("word", 15, 90);  
size(100, 100, P3D); 
PFont font; 
font = loadFont("FFScala-32.vlw"); 
textFont(font, 32); 
text("word", 15, 60, -30); 
fill(0, 102, 153); 
text("word", 15, 60); 
PFont font; 
font = loadFont("FFScala-Bold-12.vlw"); 
textFont(font, 12); 
String s = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."; 
text(s, 15, 20, 70, 70); 
Description   Draws text to the screen. Displays the information specified in the data or stringdata parameters on the screen in the position specified by the x and y parameters and the optional z parameter. A font must be set with the textFont() function before text() may be called. The width and height parameters define a rectangular area to display within and may only be used with string data. The text displays in relation to the textAlign() function, which gives the option to draw to the left, right, and center of the coordinates. Use the textMode() function with the SCREEN parameter to display text in 2D at the surface of the window. Change the color of the text with the fill() function.
   
Syntax  
text(data, x, y)
text(data, x, y, z)
text(stringdata, x, y, width, height)
text(stringdata, x, y, width, height, z)
   
Parameters  
data   String, char, int, or float: the alphanumeric symbols to be displayed

x   int or float: x-coordinate of text

y   int or float: y-coordinate of text

z   int or float: z-coordinate of text

stringdata   String: letters to be displayed

width   int or float: width of text box

height   int or float: height of text box

   
Returns   None
   
Usage   Web & Application
   
Related   textAlign()
textMode()
loadFont()
PFont
textFont()
 
 






   
 
Updated: Fri Jul 15 16:36:13 PDT 2005
 
 








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