romfont

romfont

Read a raw binary font file and creates a Framebuffer font object.

Classes

ROMFont

ROMFont(font_file)

Create a new ROMFont object. The font file is a raw binary file containing 256 characters. Each character is 8 pixels wide and any number of pixels high.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
font_file	str	The path to the raw binary font file.	required

Usage

font = ROMFont("fontfile.bin") font.text(canvas, "Hello", 0, 0, 1)

Methods:

char

char(canvas, c, x, y, key=-1, pal=None)

Place a character on the canvas.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
canvas	FrameBuffer	The canvas to draw on.	required
c	str	The character to draw.	required
x	int	The x coordinate.	required
y	int	The y coordinate.	required
key	int	The color key.	-1
pal	FrameBuffer	The palette to use.	None

Returns:

Type	Description
Area	The area of the canvas that was drawn on.

text

text(canvas, s, x, y, fg, bg=None)

   Place text on the canvas.  Breaks on

to next line.

   Does not break on line going off canvas.

   Args:
       canvas (Canvas): The DisplayDriver, FrameBuffer, or other canvas-like object to draw on.
       s (str): The text to draw.
       x (int): The x coordinate.
       y (int): The y coordinate.
       fg (int): The foreground color.
       bg (int): The background color.

   Returns:
       Area: The area of the canvas that was drawn on.