How to disable anti-aliasing in SKLabelNode?

Question

I want to use a pixel font in my SpriteKit game.
But I can't use a bitmap font because I need to support many languages (too many characters).
So I should use a ttf font file.

I tried the following code, but characters were blurred by anti-aliasing.

let myLabel = SKLabelNode(fontNamed:"My-Pixel-Font")
myLabel.text = "Hello"
myLabel.fontSize = 10
myLabel.position = CGPoint(x: 100.0, y: 100.0)
myLabel.fontColor = SKColor.GrayColor()
self.addChild(myLabel);

Is there a good way to disable anti-aliasing in SKLabelNode?

My English is not good.
Thank you.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '16 at 08:20

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You can call [textureFromNode:] method on your SKView to get your SKLabelNode's texture, set it's filteringMode property to SKTextureFilteringNearest and create new SKSpriteNode with that texture.

answered Apr 22 '16 at 08:20

Vahan Babayan

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Wouldn't the font render the anti-aliasing regardless of this? The only thing you are changing is how the texture should render when scaling. – Knight0fDragon Apr 22 '16 at 14:11
@Knight0fDragon You can render the label with small size to disable anti-aliasing and then scale it's texture to normal size. – Vahan Babayan Apr 22 '16 at 14:22
I guess for a pixel font that is ok – Knight0fDragon Apr 22 '16 at 14:24
Thanks a lot. I was able to solve the problem thanks to your answer. – Mac Apr 22 '16 at 16:14
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There has got to be a better way to do this. – twodayslate Mar 17 '17 at 04:19

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 18 '18 at 03:09

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let label = SKLabelNode()
label.text = "Test"
let node = SKSpriteNode(texture: view.texture(from: label))
node.texture?.filteringMode = .nearest
addChild(node)

answered Oct 18 '18 at 03:09

Hamer

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How to disable anti-aliasing in SKLabelNode?

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