How can I control my font?

jondoh

I needed to learn to use PGraphics to achieve what I wanted in my code - scrolling text across the screen and the ability to "graffiti" it too".

However, since re-writing, my font, size, boldness etc won't change!

In my non-PGraphics code, I used

font = createFont("CourierNewPS-BoldMT-48", 44, true);

However, in my new code, it doesn't seem to use the values that 'font' has.

My new code is (sorry for the length - I have no idea where the font code should be)

import ddf.minim.spi.*;
import ddf.minim.signals.*;
import ddf.minim.*;
import ddf.minim.analysis.*;
import ddf.minim.ugens.*;
import ddf.minim.effects.*;
// import necessary libraries to play sound effect
String[] tickerText =
{
  "children were some of the greatest victims", "I was a child soldier", 
// ....
};

Minim minim;
AudioPlayer sound1; // variable name
AudioPlayer sound2;
PGraphics pg;
PFont font; //declare PFont object called font
PImage background; 
float x; // location of text on x axis
int index = 0;


void setup() {

  size(615, 762, P2D);

  font = createFont("CourierNewPS-BoldMT-48", 44, true);
  background = loadImage ("background_Text_Image.JPG"); // load background image
  minim = new Minim(this); //define construction
  sound1 = minim.loadFile("Children_Playing_Sound.mp3");
  sound1.loop(); // is looped

  pg = createGraphics(width, height, P2D);
  pg.beginDraw();
  pg.background(background); // draw background as imported image
  pg.endDraw(); 

  font = createFont("CourierNewPS-BoldMT-48", 44, true);

  x = 0; // the int x is used as the entry point for the text scrolling in
}

void draw() {
  if (mousePressed) { //function activated by mouse
    pg.beginDraw();
    pg.line(mouseX, mouseY, pmouseX, pmouseY);
    pg.stroke(random(255), random(255), random(255)); // stroke changed to random RBG values, each with a max of 255
    pg.strokeWeight (random(4, 8)); // random stroke weight, with a min of 4 and max of 8 pixels
    pg.endDraw();
  }
  background( pg.get() );
  textFont(font);  
  fill(255,0,0); //sets colour of font, red
  text(tickerText[index], x, height/2); //location of text on x axis - in this case mid-way


  x = x - 1; 
  float w = textWidth(tickerText[index]); // calculates the width of the text string - necessary for knowing when the text leaves the screen
  if (x < -w) { // when x moves completely off the screen new text appears
    x = width; 
    index = (index + 1) % tickerText.length;

   }
}

Thank you in advance

GoToLoop

Each PGraphics instance has its own properties, including its own active PFont.
If you wanna use some PFont in some specific PGraphics, you need to apply textFont() there!