How to change text size (bigger)

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Hi! I want to understand how to change the size of a texte, to make it bigger. I read the doc but i don't understand how to. I want to use the font system.

Thanks!

My code:

playdate.graphics.drawText("My text", 10,10)
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You have to use a different (bigger) font.

The relevant section of the docs: Inside Playdate: Fonts

There are fonts you can copy into your project directory and call out, they're located in '..\PlaydateSDK\resources\Fonts'.

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thanks, i read this section but i don't understand how to use a different font. Have you got a link to a tuto or github examples?

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Here you go (also see attached):

local gfx = playdate.graphics

gfx.setColor(gfx.kColorWhite)

ash14 = playdate.graphics.font.new("fonts/Asheville-Sans-14-Light")
ash24 = playdate.graphics.font.new("fonts/Asheville-Sans-24-Light")

function playdate.update()
    gfx.fillRect(0, 0, 400, 240)
    gfx.setImageDrawMode(gfx.kDrawModeNXOR)

    gfx.setFont(ash14)
    gfx.drawText("This is Asheville-Sans-14-Light", 5, 5)

    gfx.setFont(ash24)
    gfx.drawText("This is Asheville-Sans-24-Light", 5, 30)

    ash14:drawText("This is Asheville-Sans-14-Light", 5, 65)

    ash24:drawText("This is Asheville-Sans-24-Light", 5, 90)
end

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FontExample.pdx.zip (16.5 KB)
FontExample.zip (48.2 KB)

The .pdx you unzip somewhere and then load in the simulator.

The 'FontExample.zip' you unzip somewhere and that shows you the project directory structure.

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Awesome! Thank you for the files!!