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I need to have some text showing up in my Godot game in a way that each character overlaps the character directly to its right, like so:

 -- --- -- -- / / \ | | | / / \| | | / / /---\ \ | ---- / / / \ \ \ | | -- -- -- -- - -------

Using a BMFont (.fnt) in a Label node with the values of xadvance specified in the font smaller than the characters width I get this:

 -- --- -- -- / / \ | | | / / \| | | / / /---\ | | ---- / / / \ \ | | | -- -- -- -- - -------

What approach can I use to still be able to use my .fnt font and also store the text with the characters in their natural order, as it would be stored for using with a normal Label or Button control? Which would help for language localization purposes.

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    \$\begingroup\$ Hack the source, draw in the opposite order? github.com/godotengine/godot/blob/master/scene/gui/… \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 14, 2021 at 22:59
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    \$\begingroup\$ @hangar it seems it could be accomplished very easily making a few changes to that segment of the source code. I'll be more than happy to award you the bounty if you post an answer with the corresponding snippet of code. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 15, 2021 at 12:44

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Here’s a easy method using a Label node:

extends Label # Set the textual content you want to display var display_text = "Hello" func _ready(): var x_offset = zero for char in display_text: var char_label = Label.New() char_label.Textual content = char char_label.Rect_position.X = x_offset add_child(char_label) # Adjust x_offset based totally at the font's xadvance cost x_offset = char.Get_xadvance() * 0.5 # Adjust the multiplier as wanted
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  • \$\begingroup\$ Get_xadvance() isn't listed in the Godot docs for Strings & while var x_offset = zero could work (if you've previously declared zero), I don't see a good reason to do that instead of using an actual 0. I also don't see how the loop is reversing the render order. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 1 at 3:14

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