jit.gl.text Reference

Render text in a GL context

jit.gl.text

Description

Draws text in the named drawing context. The text is drawn as 2D, 3D, or outline, depending on the mode attribute. The text can be sent as a symbol, a list of symbols, or as a jit.matrix containing char data. When a jit.matrix is used, each row of the matrix is interpreted as one line of text.

Attributes

align [int]

Text alignment mode (default = 0 (left)) Possible values:

0 = 'left'
1 = 'center'
2 = 'right'
3 = 'justify'

depth [float]

The depth (z extent) of the 3D geometry relative to the height of the font (default = 0.) If a depth of 0 is used, no extruded character sides are generated, which will draw much faster. Only valid if mode is 3d.

floatchomp [int]

Toggles floating-point precision rounding.

floatplaces [int]

When float point precision rounding is enabled set via the floatchomp attribute, this value sets the precision of the number.

fontname [symbol]

Set the name of the font type used.

fontsize [int]

Set the font size in pixels (default = 9). Only valid if mode is 2d.

leadscale [float]

The leading between multiple rows of text as a multiple of the standard leading. (default = 1.)

line_length [float]

The line length specified in gl-units for mode 3d and outline, and in pixels for 2d. Lines of text extending beyond this value will wrap to the next line. The default value of -1 specifies no line length, and therefore no wrapping.

mode [symbol]

Defines how the rendered text is drawn (default = 2d). Possible values:

'2d'
'3d'
'outline'

plane [int]

The plane of a multi-plane char input matrix which will be interpreted as text. (default = 0)

precision [float]

Sets the precision of the quadratic curve calculation [0 ->inf], The default is 1.0

screenmode [int]

If screenmode = 1, some 3D transformations are skipped so that pixel-accurate text can be drawn. The origin of the text on screen is determined by the usual projection of the object's position, but the text remains the same size. Rotation is only applied around the z axis. Screenmode is useful for making fixed-size labels which follow objects in space. With screenmode off, the text is transformed in space in the usual way for an OB3D-group object. (default = 1) Only valid if mode is 2d.

slant [int]

Text slant (default = normal) Possible values:

0 = 'normal'
1 = 'italic'

tracking [float]

The tracking (intra-character spacing) as a multiple of the standard tracking for the face. (default = 1.)

weight [int]

Text weight (default = normal) Possible values:

0 = 'normal'
1 = 'bold'

Common Box Attributes

annotation [symbol]

Sets the text that will be displayed in the Clue window when the user moves the mouse over the object.

background [int] (default: 0)

Adds or removes the object from the patcher's background layer. background 1 adds the object to the background layer, background 0 removes it. Objects in the background layer are shown behind all objects in the default foreground layer.

color [4 floats]

Sets the color for the object box outline.

fontface [int]

Sets the type style used by the object. The options are:

plain
bold
italic
bold italic Possible values:

0 = 'regular'
1 = 'bold'
2 = 'italic'
3 = 'bold italic'

fontname [symbol]

Sets the object's font.

fontsize [float]

Sets the object's font size (in points). Possible values:

'8'
'9'
'10'
'11'
'12'
'13'
'14'
'16'
'18'
'20'
'24'
'30'
'36'
'48'
'64'
'72'

hidden [int] (default: 0)

Toggles whether an object is hidden when the patcher is locked.

hint [symbol]

Sets the text that will be displayed in as a pop-up hint when the user moves the mouse over the object in a locked patcher.

ignoreclick [int] (default: 0)

Toggles whether an object ignores mouse clicks in a locked patcher.

jspainterfile [symbol]

JS Painter File

patching_rect [4 floats] (default: 0. 0. 100. 0.)

Sets the position and size of the object in the patcher window.

position [2 floats]

g/s(set)

Sets the object's x and y position in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation), leaving its size unchanged.

presentation [int] (default: 0)

Sets whether an object belongs to the patcher's presentation.

presentation_rect [4 floats] (default: 0. 0. 0. 0.)

Sets the x and y position and width and height of the object in the patcher's presentation, leaving its patching position unchanged.

rect [4 floats]

g/s(set)

Sets the x and y position and width and height of the object in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation).

size [2 floats]

g/s(set)

Sets the object's width and height in both patching and presentation modes (if the object belongs to its patcher's presentation), leaving its position unchanged.

textcolor [4 floats]

Sets the color for the object's text in RGBA format.

textjustification [int]

Sets the justification for the object's text. Possible values:

0 = 'left'
1 = 'center'
2 = 'right'

varname [symbol]

Sets the patcher's scripting name, which can be used to address the object by name in pattr, scripting messages to thispatcher, and the js object.

OB3D Attributes

anim [symbol]

The name of a jit.anim.node object that handles all spatial transforms for this instance (default = UID). The default value references an internal object, but can be overridden by setting to the name of an existing external jit.anim.node instance. This allows for more advanced control of the spatial transform.

anchor [3 floats]

The anchor position in local space (default = 0. 0. 0.). Allows for offsetting the local 3D origin around which transforms are applied.

animmode [symbol]

Determines which space the anim_move and anim_turn messages will affect the position and orientation of this object (default = parent).
local = Rotate relative to local axis
parent = Rotate relative to parent axis
world = Rotate relative to world axis

antialias [int]

Antialiasing flag (default = 0) On some hardware, the blend_enable attribute must also be enabled for antialiasing to work.

automatic [int]

Automatic rendering flag (default = 1) When the flag is set, rendering occurs when the associated jit.gl.render object receives a bang message

auto_material [int]

Automatic material attributes flag (default = 1) When the flag is set, and lighting is enabled for the object, the diffuse and ambient material components for the object will be set to the object's color, and the specular and emissive lighting components are disabled.

aux_color [4 floats]

The auxiliary color in the form red green blue alpha (default = 0. 0. 0. 0.) The list elements should be in the range 0.-1.

axes [int]

x/y/z axis rendering off/on (default = 0)

blend [symbol]

The named blending mode. The possible values are:
add = blend_mode 1 1
multiply = blend_mode 2 1
screen = blend_mode 4 1
exclusion = blend_mode 4 5
colorblend = blend_mode 3 4
alphablend = blend_mode 6 7
coloradd = blend_mode 3 1
alphaadd = blend_mode 6 1

blend_enable [int]

Blending flag (default = 0) When the flag is set, blending is enabled for all rendered objects.

blend_mode [2 ints]

The source and destination planes associated with the blend mode (default = 6 7) Blend modes are specified in the form src_blend_mode dst_blend_mode. The supported modes are:
0 = zero
1 = one
2 = destination color
3 = source color
4 = one minus destination color
5 = one minus source color
6 = source alpha
7 = one minus source alpha
8 = destination alpha
9 = one minus destination alpha
10 = source alpha saturate

capture [symbol]

The name of a texture to be rendered to - e.g. jit.gl.nurbs @capture mytex will capture to jit.gl.texture @name mytex.

cull_face [int]

Face culling mode (default = 0 (no culling))
0 = no culling
1 = cull back faces
2 = cull front faces

depth_clear [int]

Depth buffer clear flag (default = 0) When the flag is set, the depth buffer is cleared before rendering the object.

depth_enable [int]

Depth buffering flag (default = 1) When the flag is set, depth buffering is enabled.

depth_write [int]

Depth write flag (default = 1). When the flag is set, writing to the depth buffer is enabled. This will have no effect if depth_enable is turned off.

drawto [symbol]

The named drawing context in which to draw (default = none) A named drawing context is a named instance of a jit.window, jit.pwindow, or jit.matrix object that has an instance of the jit.gl.render object associated with it.

enable [int]

Enable flag (default = 1) When the flag is set, drawing is enabled.

filterclass [symbol]

The name of this object's pick filter class (default = default). This controls the visibility of objects to the jit.gl.handle and jit.gl.picker objects. In order to select this object, the filterclass value must be in the picking object's filters list.

fog_params [7 floats]

The fog parameters in the form red green blue alpha density start end (default = 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.) The list's color elements should be in the range 0.-1.

fog [float]

The amount of fog effect (default = 0.)

layer [int]

Object layer number (default = 0) When in automatic mode, the layer number determines the rendering order (low to high). Objects in the same layer have no guarantee which will be rendered first.

lighting_enable [int]

Lighting enabled flag (default = 0) When the flag is set, lighting is calculated.

line_width [float]

The drawing line width (default = 1.)

mat_ambient [4 floats]

The ambient light material property in the form red green blue alpha (default = 0. 0. 0. 0.) The list elements should be in the range 0.-1.

mat_diffuse [4 floats]

The diffuse light material property in the form red green blue alpha (default = 0. 0. 0. 0.) The list elements should be in the range 0.-1.

mat_emission [4 floats]

The material emission property in the form red green blue alpha (default = 0. 0. 0. 0.) The list elements should be in the range 0.-1.

mat_specular [4 floats]

The specular light material property in the form red green blue alpha (default = 0. 0. 0. 0.) The list elements should be in the range 0.-1.

matfile [symbol]

The Jitter material file to apply (.jitmtl)

matrixoutput [int]

Matrix output mode (default = 0)
0 = issue render commands
1 = output geometry matrices
2 = output geometry matrices with local transform applied

name [symbol]

The instance name (default = UID)

point_mode [symbol]

Point drawing mode to use when points drawing primitive (poly_mode 2) is enabled (default = circle). Possible values:

'square' ( Draw point as square )
'circle' ( Draw point as circle )
'square_depth' ( Draw point as square with depth scaling )
'circle_depth' ( Draw point as circle with depth scaling )
'user_shader' ( Allow writing to gl_PointSize in custom vertex shader )

point_size [float]

The draw point size (default = 1.)

poly_mode [2 ints]

Polygon rendering modes (default 0 0) Rendering modes are expressed in the form frontface backface. Supported rendering modes are:
0 = render as filled polygons
1 = render as lines
2 = render as points

position [3 floats]

The 3D origin in the form x y z (default = 0. 0. 0.)

quat [4 floats]

The current rotation as a quaternion(default = 0. 0. 0. 1.). A quaternion is a mathematical construct that is a four dimensional vector, and can be visualized as a rotation around an arbitrary axis. Quaternions are a useful representation of an orientation in 3D space.

rotate [4 floats]

The angle of rotation and the xyz vector about which the rotation is performed in the form rotation-angle x y z (default = 0. 0. 0. 1.)

rotatexyz [3 floats]

Sets the current rotation to the concatenation of rotations about the positive x, y, and z axes, also known as Euler angles (default = 0. 0. 0.). The default order is yzx and can be changed with the jit.gl.render rotate_order attribute. Angles are expressed in degrees.

scale [3 floats]

The 3D scaling factor in the form x y z (default = 1. 1. 1.)

shadow_caster [int]

Shadow caster flag (default = 0) When the flag is set, object will cast shadows.

shininess [float]

The material shininess value (default = 16.0) The value should be a float in the range 0.-255.

smooth_shading [int]

Smooth shading flag (default = 0) When the flag is set, smooth shading is used when rendering.

tex_map [int]

Mode for automatic generation of texture coordinate controls (default = 0)
0 = no coordinates are generated.
1 = OpenGL's texture generation is used with mode GL_OBJECT_LINEAR. This applies the texture in a fixed orientation relative to the object.
2 = OpenGL's texture generation is used with mode GL_SPHERE_MAP. This can be used to create a reflection effect.
3 = OpenGL's texture generation is used with mode GL_EYE_LINEAR. This applies the texture in a fixed orientation relative to OpenGL's eye coordinates.
Modes 1 and 3 are affected by the value of the tex_plane_s and tex_plane_t attributes listed below.

tex_plane_s [4 floats]

The texture generation coefficients a b c d that apply to tex_map modes 1 and 3. (default = 1. 0. 0. 0.)
The four coefficients define a plane used to generate the s texture coordinate, which corresponds to the x axis of the texture image. If the tex_map mode is 1, s = ax + by + cz + dw, where x, y, z, and w are the homogeneous coordinates of the vertex.

tex_plane_t [4 floats]

The texture generation coefficients a b c d, which apply to tex_map modes 1 and 3. (default = 0. 1. 0. 0)
The four coefficients define a plane which is used to generate the t texture coordinate, which corresponds to the y axis of the texture image.

shader [symbol]

The name of the shader to be applied (default = none)

texture [8 symbols]

The name of the texture to be applied (default = none). If multiple textures are specified, uses multi-texturing.

transform_reset [int]

Modelview and projection transform reset flag (default = 0) When the flag is set, the modelview and projection transforms are set to the identity transform before rendering the object. This is useful for sprite or billboard overlays, or automatic scaling to window size. The transform_reset flag modes are:
0 = do nothing (default)
1 = proportional orthographic glOrtho(-aspect, aspect, -1.0, 1.0, near_clip, far_clip);
2 = orthographic normalized glOrtho(-1.0, 1.0, -1.0, 1.0, near_clip, far_clip);
3 = proportional perspective with near clip = 0.001 gluPerspective(lens_angle, aspect, 0.001/*near_clip*/, far_clip);
4 = normalized perspective with near clip = 0.001 gluPerspective(lens_angle, 1.0, 0.001/*near_clip*/, far_clip);

viewalign [int]

View aligned transformation flag (default = 0)

Messages

append

Arguments

text-to-append [list]
Appends the specified symbol or list to the stored text string.

face

Arguments

face-variant [list]
Specifies the face variant of the current font. One or more face variants may be specified. The Supported font faces are normal, bold, italic.

font

Arguments

fontname [symbol]
size [int]
Specifies the font in which to draw.

size

Set the font size in points

style

Equivalent to face.

text

Arguments

text [list]
Replace the current text string with a symbol or list of symbols.

OB3D Messages

bang

Equivalent to the draw message.

draw

Draws the object in the named drawing destination. If the matrixoutput attribute is supported and set to 1, the geometry matrices are sent out the object's left outlet.

drawraw

Equivalent to draw with the inherit_all attribute set to 1.

drawimmediate

Equivalent to draw but ignoring any potential renderer setup

anim_move

Arguments

x [float]
y [float]
z [float]
Move the object along the axis provided, relative to the space indicated by animmode.

anim_turn

Arguments

x [float]
y [float]
z [float]
Rotate the object along each axis by the amount provided, relative to the space indicated by animmode.

anim_grow

Arguments

x [float]
y [float]
z [float]
Scale the object along each axis by the amount provided.

anim_reset

Reset the local transformation attributes to their default values (position = 0 0 0, rotatexyz = 0 0 0, and scale = 1 1 1)

update_node

Update the node transformation attributes.

import_material

Import a Jitter material file (.jitmtl).

export_material

Export material state as a material file (.jitmtl).

jit_gl_texture

Arguments

texture-name [symbol]
Binds the texture specified by texture-name to this object. Equivalent to setting the texture attribute to texture-name .

get_shader

Open an editor window containing the object's current JXS shader.

See Also

Name Description
Working with OpenGL Working with OpenGL
jit.gl.graph Graph floats into 3D space
jit.gl.gridshape Generate simple geometric shapes as a grid
jit.gl.handle Use mouse movement to control position/rotation
jit.gl.isosurf Generate a GL based surface extraction
jit.gl.mesh Generate GL geometry from matrices
jit.gl.isosurf Generate a GL based surface extraction
jit.gl.mesh Generate GL geometry from matrices
jit.gl.model Read and draw various 3D model formats
jit.gl.nurbs Generate NURBS surface
jit.gl.plato Generate platonic solids
jit.gl.render Render Jitter OpenGL objects
jit.gl.shader Manage a GL shader
jit.gl.sketch Use drawing commands with OpenGL
jit.gl.slab Process texture data
jit.gl.texture Create OpenGL textures
jit.gl.videoplane Display video in OpenGL
jit.gl.volume Create a volume visualization
Tutorial 30: Drawing 3D text Tutorial 30: Drawing 3D text