Can't change font color in Libgdx

Question

I'm trying to change the color of the font I use in my application. But whatever I try the font remains black. I made this font using Hiero font tool.

My code is something like this:

SpriteBatch batch = new SpriteBatch();
BitmapFont font = new BtimapFont( Gdx.files.internal(MainAssets.pathToAssets + "font/comic.fnt"), Gdx.files.internal(MainAssets.pathToAssets +  "font/comic.png"), false );

In render where I draw the font:

batch.begin();
font.setColor(1, 0, 0, 1);
font.draw(batch, "Hello World!", 0, 0);
batch.end();

I found a similar issue to mine but there was still no solution.

http://code.google.com/p/libgdx/issues/detail?id=370

score 22 · Answer 1 · answered May 21 '13 at 17:18

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You need to set output format with 32-bit depth and white colour with alpha (in case you are using BMFont tool, dont know about the Hiero ).

answered May 21 '13 at 17:18

far

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nmw · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-08T14:33:57.027

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If your font is black then it won't be colour tinted (which is what you're doing when calling setColor). Try generating the font in Hiero again in white.

edited Oct 08 '12 at 14:33

answered Oct 08 '12 at 14:28

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I have the same problem. Tried both white and black fonts, but not able to change color. – Roar Skullestad Feb 25 '13 at 22:49

score 14 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 05 '13 at 11:34

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you can use this

font.setColor(Color.BLUE);

simplest way

edited Oct 05 '13 at 11:34

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answered Oct 05 '13 at 11:13

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score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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Had the same problem with latest libGDX and in my case it was about font image format. For details check this message:

font.setColor method not working after libGDX update to latest version

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

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answered Jan 06 '17 at 10:33

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Can't change font color in Libgdx

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