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UCanvas::DrawText

Draws a string of text to the screen.

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References

Module	Engine
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Classes/Engine/Canvas.h
Include	#include "Engine/Canvas.h"
Source	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Private/UserInterface/Canvas.cpp

Syntax

float DrawText
(
    const UFont * InFont,
    const FString & InText,
    float X,
    float Y,
    float XScale,
    float YScale,
    const FFontRenderInfo & RenderInfo
)

Remarks

Draws a string of text to the screen.

Returns

The Y extent of the rendered text.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
InFont	The font to draw with.
InText	The string to be drawn.
X	Position to draw X.
Y	Position to draw Y.
XScale	The horizontal scaling to apply to the text.
YScale	The vertical scaling to apply to the text.
RenderInfo	The FontRenderInfo to use when drawing the text.

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