pygame_outline_text

This is a small bit of code to easily create outlined text in pygame.

usage

text = OutlinedText(text, position, outline_width, font_size, screen, foreground_color=(255, 255, 255), background_color=(0, 0, 0))

parameters:

• text: bytes or unicode text
• position: tuple of screen position of form (x, y) where you wish text to be rendered.
• outline_width: outline width in pixels
• font_size: font size
• screen: pygame screen you want text rendered to
• foreground_color: foreground color of text defaults to white
• background_color: background color of text defaults to black

methods:

get_width() Returns width of text, including border.

change_position(position) Changes position to coordinates in the position tuple (x, y)

change_text(text) Changes the text to text, which is given in bytes or unicode.

change_foreground_color(color) Changes the foreground color of the text.

change_background_color(color) Changes the outline color of the text.

draw() Blits the text to the screen.