HGL-3.2.2: A simple graphics library based on X11 or Win32

Copyright(c) Alastair Reid, 1999-2003
LicenseBSD-style (see the file libraries/base/LICENSE)
Maintainerlibraries@haskell.org
Stabilityprovisional
Portabilitynon-portable (requires concurrency)
Safe HaskellNone
LanguageHaskell98

Graphics.HGL.Draw.Text

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Description

Drawing text.

Synopsis

Drawing text

text :: Point -> String -> Graphic Source

Render a String positioned relative to the specified Point.

textInfo :: String -> Draw (Point, Size) Source

textInfo s returns:

  1. The offset at which the string would be drawn according to the current text alignment (e.g., (Center, Baseline) will result in an offset of (-width/2,0))
  2. The size at which the text would be drawn using the current font.

Color

data RGB Source

A color, comprising red, green and blue components.

Constructors

RGB Word8 Word8 Word8 

setTextColor :: RGB -> Draw RGB Source

Set the foreground color for drawing text, returning the previous value.

setBkColor :: RGB -> Draw RGB Source

Set the background color for drawing text, returning the previous value. The background color is ignored when the mode is Transparent.

data BkMode Source

Background mode for drawing text.

Constructors

Opaque

Draw text on a bounding rectangle filled with the current background color.

Transparent

Draw text without a background rectangle.

setBkMode :: BkMode -> Draw BkMode Source

Set the background mode for drawing text, returning the previous value.

Alignment

type Alignment = (HAlign, VAlign) Source

How strings drawn with text are positioned relative to the specified reference point.

data HAlign Source

Horizontal alignment of text. Names have a tick to distinguish them from Prelude names.

Constructors

Left'

align the left edge of the text with the reference point

Center

center the text with the reference point

Right'

align the right edge of the text with the reference point

data VAlign Source

Vertical alignment of text.

Constructors

Top

align the top edge of the text with the reference point

Baseline

align the baseline of the text with the reference point

Bottom

align the bottom edge of the text with the reference point

setTextAlignment :: Alignment -> Draw Alignment Source

Set the alignment for drawing text, returning the previous value.