Custom Font Color: TRANSPARENT :-(

SO CLOSE. I created a set of custom fonts. Easy. Added to my resources file, loaded them. No problem.

I replaced the default font in my drawText() method with my custom font. This line is preceded with a setColor() method.

I checked with a System.println that getFontHeight() and getTextDimensions()[0] show that the output is being rendered correctly.

However, for some reason, the default font displays properly, but my custom font is transparent. Any ideas? I get this fixed and I'm all set with fonts.

I created the FNT file using the following settings in BMfont:

Unicode, Font Smoothing, ClearType Outline Thickness = 1, Bit Depth = 8, Glyph, PNG, Compression = deflate

jim_m_58 over 6 years ago

What do the fonts look like in the .png file? I mainly use the defaults. So Outline=0, etc. and just set the size, bold, etc as needed, and export png and text

DaveBrillhart over 6 years ago

If this means anything... the PNG file is a black box with white font characters. My setColor() sets a foreground color and transparent as the background.

Ok - apparently I need to put both the PNG and the FNT files in the resources directory, not just the FNT file. Solved. Thanks.