Object Text

The text object is used to draw text.

Example

The text object looks as the following:

{
    "type":             "text",
    "desc":             "Text",
    "x":                0,
    "y":                "0%",
    "color":            "#000000",
    "text":             "Some Text",
    "align":            "center",
    "font":             "secrcode",
    "font_style":       null,
    "font_size":        50,
    "anchor":           null,
    "spacing":          15,
    "padding":          50,
    "logic":            null,
    "max_width":        null,
    "stretch_line":     false
}

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default Value
type	Defines the type of the object you are using and is mandatory for the interpreter to work.	-
desc	Sets a description for your object that can help your differentiate between different objects or can explain what this specific object does. This parameter has no further impact on your design.	"Some Text"
x	Sets the starting x coordinate of your object in pixel. Depending on your anchor and align setting.	0
y	Sets the starting y coordinate of your object in pixel. Depending on your anchor and align setting.	0
color	Sets the text color.	#000000
text	Sets the text to be displayed	"Some Text"
align	This setting defines how the text should be aligned. The available alignments are: left, center, right	"center"
font	Sets the font which is used to display the text	"secrcode"
font_style	Currently usupported Set the font style if there are multiple style of the fonts available. the font style "bold" or the font "secrcode" will look for the font file "secrcode-bold".	null
font_size	Set a font size	50
anchor	Set the anchor of the text object: lt, rb, mm, ...	null
spacing	Set the space that is used to space lines when there are multiple lines to be displayed	15
padding	-	50
max_width	Set the maximum width for the text. If the line would be too long the programm will do a line break. Set to null to disbale this feature.	null
stretch_line	If enabled the text will be stretched out using spaces between the words to fill out the entire width.	false
logic	Apply logic for to an object. For more information on how logic works look into the logic section.	null