The Text class

This class is used to display text on the screen outside of the text window.

Objects of this class behave like sprites, which means you can use methods like move to animate them.

Properties

Type	Name	Default value	Description
string	ellipsis	“…”	Sets the ellipsis string to use when the text is truncated
number	spacing	0	Sets the spacing of the lines

The Text class inherits all of the properties of the Sprite class.

Member functions

Method	Description
(constructor)	Create a Text object
setText	Set the text to display
setMaxSize	Set the maximum size of the text box
getCurrentTextSize	Get the size of the text currently being displayed

The Text class inherits all of the methods of the Sprite class except defineSpriteSheet and setFrame.