How to load custom TrueTypeFonts in Slick2D

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People are having a lot of problems loading custom fonts into Slick2D to draw strings with the graphics tool, so here is how I did it.

It is not a question at all; poster just puts up a HOWTO do something. — GhostCat, Oct 24 '15 at 22:01
Since there wasn't anything around teaching people how to do it, I choose to answer my own question. — Plumetone, Oct 24 '15 at 22:03

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 24 '15 at 21:57

First go in your class where you want to use the font.
Declare these variables under the part where your class starts, like so:
```
public class Easy extends BasicGameState{

//Fonts
java.awt.Font UIFont1;
org.newdawn.slick.UnicodeFont uniFont;
```
Since TrueTypeFont loading has many problems, we can use UnicodeFont to load the .ttf fonts(it's exactly the same thing).

Place this in your init{ ... } and replace the properties to your liking:

try{
        UIFont1 = java.awt.Font.createFont(java.awt.Font.TRUETYPE_FONT,
        org.newdawn.slick.util.ResourceLoader.getResourceAsStream("res/fonts/yourFontFile.ttf"));
        UIFont1 = UIFont1.deriveFont(java.awt.Font.PLAIN, 16.f); //You can change "PLAIN" to "BOLD" or "ITALIC"... and 16.f is the size of your font

        uniFont = new org.newdawn.slick.UnicodeFont(UIFont1);
        uniFont.addAsciiGlyphs();
        uniFont.getEffects().add(new ColorEffect(java.awt.Color.white)); //You can change your color here, but you can also change it in the render{ ... }
        uniFont.addAsciiGlyphs();
        uniFont.loadGlyphs();
        }catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

Finally, in your render{ ... }, place this in ituniFont.drawString(x, y, "What you want to write here", Color.ChooseYourColorHere)

You can of course change the default names I put for the variables. Keep in mind that I am not the author of all this, I just want to clearly show you how to do it since all the sources I have used either haven't finished, or were just suggestions.

Thanks, albeit this was not a proper question, it helped a lot. — Hydren, Jan 11 '16 at 19:10

How to load custom TrueTypeFonts in Slick2D

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