Legacy:Font/setColorMask

Set color masking for the font.

Usage

Font.setColorMask(color);

• color Sphere Color object. The mask color

Examples

The easiest way to take advantage of this function is to make/take a completely white font, and use colors in-game to control the color of the font.

var font = GetSystemFont();
var red = CreateColor(255, 0, 0);
font.setColorMask(red);
font.drawText(0, 0, "Hello everynyun~!");

The following is a simple demo of a line of text with a pulsating color:

var font = GetSystemFont();
var direction = 1;
var greenness = 0;

SetFrameRate(60);

while (!IsAnyKeyPressed())
{
  greenness += direction;
  if (greenness > 255)
  {
    greenness = 255;
    direction = -1;
  }
  if (greenness < 0)
  {
    greenness = 0;
    direction = 1;
  }
  
  var col = CreateColor(0, greenness, 0);
  font.setColorMask(col);
  font.drawText("Press any key to quit...");
  
  FlipScreen();
}

Notes

• Once you set a mask color, it remains with the font until you change it. To reset the font's mask, use pure white (255, 255, 255) as the masking color.
• This function uses the filtering/shaping method of color masking.
• If you wish to change and restore the mask color, use Font.getColorMask().

See also

• Sphere Font object
• Sphere Color object
• Color masking
• CreateColor()
• FlipScreen()
• Font.drawText()
• Font.getColorMask()
• GetSystemFont()
• IsAnyKeyPressed()
• SetFrameRate()