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lungenfetzer

Array Fonts
May 17^th, 2010, 1:09pm

Hallo people,

i want to create some fonts and use it by random.

but i cant see through.
PLZ HELP!

Code:

PFont afont, bfont, cfont;
 
String[]mainfont = {"afont", "bfont", "cfont"};

 void setup() { 
  size(200,200);
   
  afont = createFont("FreeMono", 1);
  bfont = createFont("Kinnari-Italic", 1);
  cfont = createFont("Norasi", 1);

 }
 
 void draw(){ 
  
  float x = random(0,2);
  int y = int (x);
  
  textFont(mainfont[y]); 

// GET THE MESSAGE: method textFont(PFont) in the type PApplet is // not applicable for the arguments (String)

  text("I want to get here everytime another FONTtype", 50, 50);
  }

PhiLho

Re: Array Fonts
Reply #1 - May 17^th, 2010, 2:22pm

You cannot call a variable by its name (well, you can, but it is beyond your basic need).
What you want is an array of fonts, not an array of variable names:
Code:

PFont[] fontList = new PFont[3];

void setup() { 
  size(200, 200);
   
  fontList[0] = createFont("FreeMono", 1);
  fontList[1] = createFont("Kinnari-Italic", 1);
  fontList[2] = createFont("Norasi", 1);
}
 
void draw() { 
  background(255);
  float x = random(0, 2);
  int y = int(x);
  
  textFont(fontList[y], 12); 
  text("I want to get here everytime another FONTtype", 50, 50);
}

lungenfetzer YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 11	Re: Array Fonts Reply #2 - May 17^th, 2010, 2:52pm Great! Thank you for the fast HELP! Greetings :]

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