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Overview

This documentation specifies methods of the hsa.Console and java.awt.Font classes which can be used to display graphical text.

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Drawing Text

To draw graphical text you can use the void hsa.Console.drawString(String str, int x, int y) method which will draw the string str with its bottom left corner at (x, y) (the y position is the baseline of the text).

It is important to note that this method does not respond to the void hsa.Console.setTextColor(java.awt.Color color) method. Instead use void hsa.Console.setColor(java.awt.Color color).

import hsa.Console; // or import hsa.*;
import java.awt.Color; // or import java.awt.*;

class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Console c = new Console();
        // set the text colour to red
        c.setColour(Color.RED);
    }
}

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Changing Fonts

You can customize the font used to draw the text with the void hsa.Console.setFont(Font f) method.

Custom Fonts

You can use any font which is installed on your system through the java.awt.Font constructor method:

• java.awt.Font Font(String name, int style, int size)

Parameters

• String name: specifies the name of the font as it is installed on your system.
• int style: specifies the style (plain, bold, italic, etc..) of the created font.
• int size: specifies font size measured in points.

You can access the complete java.awt.Font reference here.

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Examples

import hsa.Console; // or import hsa.*;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Color; // or import java.awt.*;

class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Console c = new Console();
        // create a new font of size 
        // set the font colour to red
        c.setColour(Color.RED);
    }
}

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What Next?

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Check out the documentation on drawing utility functions of hsa.Console here.