SDF Fonts - Improved Text Scaling in GameMaker
The draw_text functions in GameMaker have always been a little lacking, but in 2023.1 the built-in text renderer got a little bit better with the addition of SDF fonts! This means that you can now draw text scaled to different sizes without aliasing (within reason).
Starting in 2023.8, GameMaker also includes a few built-in effects (outlined text, glows, drop shadows) that you can apply to SDF fonts:
• Glow, Outline, and Font Effects in Ga...
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0:00 Introduction
0:43 Drawing text with a scale
2:36 Signed Distance Fields
3:06 SDF fonts can be scaled
5:51 SDF fonts can't be scaled infinitely
7:00 SDF fonts and shaders
8:15 Other comments
9:57 The end
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