Font & Text

- label & print

simple

Use font to label in the draw zone.

Primitive Alt Action
Label "abcd
SetFontName n
SetFontSize s
SetFontJustify [h v]

SetFN
SetFS
Turtle labels 'abcd' at current position and heading. *
Set font name to number n.
Set font size to s pixels.
Set font justification. (h and v can be 0, 1 or 2).
LabelLength "abcd   Return length of label "abcd, (pixels).

Use text to print in the text zone.

Primitive Alt Action
Print "abcd
Write "abcd
SetTextSize s
SetTextName n
SetTextColor c
SetStyle [list]
Pr

SetTS
SetTN
SetTC
SetSty
Print 'abcd' in text window on new line.
Write 'abcd' in text window on same line.
Set text size to s pixels.
Set text name to number n.
Set text color to c. (See Colors)
Set text to style(s) defined in list.
ClearText CT Clear the text area.

Underlined Set can be removed from a primitive name in order to return information.
eg. SetHeading sets the heading of the turtle. Heading returns the heading of the turtle.

* turtle position and heading remain unchanged.

SetFontJustify [h v]
[2 0] [1 0] [0 0]
[2 1] [1 1] [0 1]
[2 2] [1 2] [0 2]
So for instance use [1 1] for text horizontally and vertically centred on the turtles position.

See perspective for label text in 3d.

Note

  1. Setting the text size, name or color will only affect text that is printed or written in the text window. Error messages and command line history are unaffected.
  2. Styles available are: none, bold, italic, strike, underline, superscript, and subscript.
  3. Print and Label can be contained in parenthesis. Eg (Print "a "b "c) prints a b c.
  4. Label, Print and Write remove outer list brackets and initial quotes.
    Eg Print [hello] prints hello.
  5. Spaces are ignored. Use \ to print a space. eg Label "Hello\ World prints Hello World.
    Use \n to print on a new line. eg Print "Hello\nWorld
  6. Print First .123 prints 0. The decimal point can never be printed on it's own.
  7. Print " prints an empty line.