Simplest way to use font and print it onto screen.

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Feb 16 2015, 7:37 am
(See the best response by Nadrew.)
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Problem description:I already have a font file saved into my game. What I would like to know is what is the simplest way to put it to my desired location? I looked at the references already but had no idea where it would be located after searching around for a bit, I have a brief understanding of it, I just haven't done this before.

Feb 16 2015, 7:38 am
print it on a HUD system
Feb 16 2015, 4:09 pm
Best response
Take a look at the 'maptext' variable in the reference.
Feb 16 2015, 4:50 pm (Edited on Feb 16 2015, 5:51 pm)
Read up on maptext and other variables here: http://www.byond.com/docs/ref/info.html#/atom/var/maptext

var/list/font_resources = list('fonts/file.ttf') //Directory of your font.

obj
    ExampleMapText
        screen_loc = "CENTER:-32,CENTER-1" // : will offset by pixels. - or + will offset it by world.icon_size * the value.
        maptext = "<b><font size=5 color=#555>Example Text</font></b>"
        maptext_height = 40
        maptext_width = 200

client.screen += new/obj/ExampleMapText
Feb 16 2015, 7:16 pm
In response to Xirre
ahhh okay thanks a lot. I knew about half of that I was missing the stuff with maptext. Thanks for the help!