Rasterizer

Description:

  A Rasterizer handles font rendering, containing the font data (image or TrueType font) and drawable glyphs.

release

Type: Function.

Description:

  Destroys the object's Lua reference. The object will be completely deleted if it's not referenced by any other LÖVE object or thread. This method can be used to immediately clean up resources without waiting for Lua's garbage collector.

Signature:

release: function(self: Rasterizer): boolean

Returns:

Return Type	Description
boolean	True if the object was released by this call, false if it had been previously released.

type

Type: Function.

Description:

  Gets the type of the object as a string.

Signature:

type: function(self: Rasterizer): string

Returns:

Return Type	Description
string	The type as a string.

Of

Type: Function.

Description:

  Checks whether an object is of a certain type. If the object has the type with the specified name in its hierarchy, this function will return true.

Signature:

typeOf: function(self: Rasterizer, type_name: string): boolean

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
type_name	string	The name of the type to check for.

Returns:

Return Type	Description
boolean	True if the object is of the specified type, false otherwise.

getHeight

Type: Function.

Description:

  Gets font height.

Signature:

getHeight: function(self: Rasterizer): integer

Returns:

Return Type	Description
integer	Font height

getAdvance

Type: Function.

Description:

  Gets font advance.

Signature:

getAdvance: function(self: Rasterizer): integer

Returns:

Return Type	Description
integer	Font advance.

getAscent

Type: Function.

Description:

  Gets ascent height.

Signature:

getAscent: function(self: Rasterizer): integer

Returns:

Return Type	Description
integer	Ascent height.

getDescent

Type: Function.

Description:

  Gets descent height.

Signature:

getDescent: function(self: Rasterizer): integer

Returns:

Return Type	Description
integer	Descent height.

getLineHeight

Type: Function.

Description:

  Gets line height of a font.

Signature:

getLineHeight: function(self: Rasterizer): integer

Returns:

Return Type	Description
integer	Line height of a font.

getGlyphData

Type: Function.

Description:

  Gets glyph data of a specified glyph.

Signature:

getGlyphData: function(self: Rasterizer, glyph: string | integer): GlyphData

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
glyph	string or integer	Glyph

Returns:

Return Type	Description
GlyphData	Glyph data

getGlyphCount

Type: Function.

Description:

  Gets number of glyphs in font.

Signature:

getGlyphCount: function(self: Rasterizer): integer

Returns:

Return Type	Description
integer	Glyphs count.

hasGlyphs

Type: Function.

Description:

  Checks if font contains specified glyphs.

Signature:

hasGlyphs: function(self: Rasterizer, glyph: string | integer, ...: string | integer): boolean

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
glyph	string or integer	Glyph
...	string or integer	The ... parameter.

Returns:

Return Type	Description
boolean	Whatever font contains specified glyphs.