BMGlyphLabel (Swift Version)

This is a class to add the ability to easily add bmGlyph font files to SpriteKit.

Usage:

Import the BMGlyphLabel folder in your project (with the 2 .swift files)

You may create font objects like so:

var font: BMGlyphFont?
(...)
font  = BMGlyphFont(name:"chrome")

It's useful to cache these as the initial load can be slow.

Create labels like this:

 var label: BMGlyphLabel?
 label = BMGlyphLabel(txt: "bmGlyph\nswift", fnt: font!)

 label!.position = CGPointMake(CGRectGetMidX(self.frame), CGRectGetMidY(self.frame));   
 self.addChild(label!)

Use "\n" in your string to signify a newline.

BMGlyphLabel inherits from SKNode, so you are able to apply any SKNode properties or methods to it (position). It also includes additional functionality, specific to the class:

horizontalAlignment property

Valid values:

BMGlyphHorizontalAlignment.Centered,
BMGlyphHorizontalAlignment.Right,
BMGlyphHorizontalAlignment.Left

Usage:

label!.setHorizontalAlignment(BMGlyphLabel.BMGlyphHorizontalAlignment.Left)

verticalAlignment property

Valid values:

BMGlyphVerticalAlignment.Middle,
BMGlyphVerticalAlignment.Top,
BMGlyphVerticalAlignment.Bottom

Usage:

label!.setVerticalAlignment(BMGlyphLabel.BMGlyphVerticalAlignment.Middle)

textJustify property

Valid values:

BMGlyphJustify.Left,
BMGlyphJustify.Right,
BMGlyphJustify.Center

Usage:

label!.setTextJustify(BMGlyphLabel.BMGlyphJustify.Center)

color property

This is the same usage as SKSpriteNode. SKColor value, etc etc.

Note: I like to make grayscale fonts that I then colorize. They can look very nice if done right.

colorBlendFactor property

This is the same usage as SKSpriteNode. CGFloat value ranging from 0.0 to 1.0, etc etc.

text property

NSString object. You can change this to change the text of the label.

Usage:

label!.setGlyphText("-- justify --\ncenter")
label!.setTextJustify(BMGlyphLabel.BMGlyphJustify.Center)