draw.DrawText

From GMod Wiki

Function
Syntax	draw.DrawText( String Text, String Font, Number X, Number Y, Color Color, Number Xalign ) Where is this used?
Description:
Draws text at the specified position on the screen, with your choice of font/colour/text-align.
Returns:	nil
Part of Library:	Draw
Realm:
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Examples

Description	Print text on the screen.
Used on
Code	function GM:HUDPaint() draw.DrawText("Hello World", "ScoreboardText", ScrW() / 2 - 70, ScrH() - 63, Color(255, 255, 255, 255),TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER) end
Output	Prints "Hello World" on the screen.

Additional Notes

Valid values for xalign and yalign:

SHARED | 0000000000000000 | 00000000000000000 | TEXT_ALIGN_LEFT
SHARED | 0000000000000001 | 00000000000000001 | TEXT_ALIGN_CENTER
SHARED | 0000000000000002 | 00000000000000010 | TEXT_ALIGN_RIGHT
SHARED | 0000000000000003 | 00000000000000011 | TEXT_ALIGN_TOP
SHARED | 0000000000000004 | 00000000000000100 | TEXT_ALIGN_BOTTOM

See Also

• draw
• draw.SimpleText
• draw.SimpleTextOutlined
• draw.Text
• Working_with_Fonts
• draw.TextShadow
• surface.DrawText
• surface.GetTextSize
• ScrW
• ScrH
• Color structure