Text x,y coordinates

Princesannor

Where are the x & y coordinates in the text function located on the drawn text in Processing? It doesn't seem to follow the CORNER rectangle system.

Thank you in advance.

Chrisir

You can test it

I think it’s lower left corner so that the text appears right and above (!) the given point

You can change that with textMode or textAlign (with 2 Parameters)

Best, Chrisir ;-)

koogs

it's the baseline on the left, by default (so descenders can be below this).

koogs

size(200, 200);
stroke(0);
fill(0);
ellipse(50, 100, 5, 5);
textSize(50);
text("yyy", 50, 100);

jeremydouglass

There are also code examples along with an illustration to explain how text alignment works -- here:

• https://processing.org/reference/textAlign_.html

...and general discussion -- here:

• https://processing.org/tutorials/typography/

If you are trying to include descenders (and/or ascenders) in your text layout math, you may be interested in:

• https://processing.org/reference/textDescent_.html
• https://processing.org/reference/textAscent_.html