Python display text with font & color?

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maxhud picture maxhud · Apr 9, 2012 · Viewed 100.8k times · Source

Is there a way I can display text on a pygame window using python?

I need to display a bunch of live information that updates and would rather not make an image for each character I need.

Can I blit text to the screen?

Answer

veiset picture veiset · Apr 9, 2012

Yes. It is possible to draw text in pygame:

# initialize font; must be called after 'pygame.init()' to avoid 'Font not Initialized' error
myfont = pygame.font.SysFont("monospace", 15)

# render text
label = myfont.render("Some text!", 1, (255,255,0))
screen.blit(label, (100, 100))

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