RichText

Rich text class for SFML2. Allows the user to draw lines of text with different styles and colors.

License

This code is licensed under public domain.

Authors

• Cristian Pallarés - Original code
• Lukas Dürrenberger - Conversion to the new SFML2 API

How to use

1. Include the header and the source to your project.
2. Link to SFML2 (obviously :P!).
3. Use a C++11 ready compiler.

Note: For a non C++11 ready compilers, there is a support branch. However, it's not guaranteed to be fully updated.

Repository

You can get the current development version from the git repository.

Example

#include "RichText.hpp"
#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
 
int main()
{
    sf::RenderWindow window;
    window.create(sf::VideoMode(800, 600), "sfe::RichText");
    window.setFramerateLimit(30);

    sf::Font font;
    font.loadFromFile("/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeMono.ttf");

    sfe::RichText text(font);
    text << sf::Text::Bold       << sf::Color::Cyan  << "This "
         << sf::Text::Italic     << sf::Color::White << "is\ncool\n"
         << sf::Text::Regular    << sf::Color::Green << "mate"
         << sf::Color::White     << ".\n"
         << sf::Text::Underlined << "I wish I could lick it!";
 
    text.setCharacterSize(25);
    text.setPosition(400, 300);
    text.setOrigin(text.getGlobalBounds().width / 2.f, text.getGlobalBounds().height / 2.f);

    while (window.isOpen()) {
        sf::Event event;
        while (window.pollEvent(event))
            if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();

        window.clear();
        window.draw(text);
        window.display();
    }

    return 0;
}