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ptong
Flipping text horizontally
Oct 23rd, 2009, 7:32am  
I've seen similar topics about flipping an image horizontally but is it possible to do the same thing with text elements without converting them to an image beforehand?

Much thanks in advance.
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PhiLho 
Re: Flipping text horizontally
Reply #1 - Oct 23rd, 2009, 7:53am  
Yes.
Use scale(-1.0, 1.0); and put a negative x coordinate to the text() call.

[EDIT] Demo:
Code:
void setup()
{
  size(400, 400);
  PFont font = createFont("Verdana", 24);
  textFont(font);
}

void draw()
{
  background(255);


  fill(#008080);
  text("X coordinate: " + mouseX, 200, 100);

  fill(#8000FF);
  pushMatrix();
  scale(-1.0, 1.0);
  text("Y coordinate: " + mouseY, -200, 200);
  popMatrix();

  fill(#00FF80);
  pushMatrix();
  scale(1.0, -1.0);
  text("Time: " + (millis() / 1000), 200, -300);
  popMatrix();
}
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Quark
Re: Flipping text horizontally
Reply #2 - Oct 23rd, 2009, 8:57am  
Brilliant - I didn't know you could do that!  Cheesy
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ptong
Re: Flipping text horizontally
Reply #3 - Oct 24th, 2009, 6:39am  
Works great.

Thank you.
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