Text outline? (So white text on white background becomes visible.)

Troubleshooting graphics
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Hi!

Is there a way to add an outline to my BitmapText? I want my text to be visible even if it happens to get on top of white background.

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You can’t.
Usually what is done is to add the outline in the bitmap font itself, or add a semi transparent black background to the text (like what is done for the stat view)

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@nehon
OK…
How would I add it to a bitmap font? What is the format of the png file? Transparent for everything that is not part of a letter, and whatever colors we like for the letters? Or is it just grayscale?

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We have a plugin in the sd kthat generates a bitmap font from a system font. You have some control over what it generates, but basically that’s a png file with an transparent background and white letters, and a fnt file that is a text format.
You can edit this png in any image editor. So you can change the color, add an outline, or anything you fancy.

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@nehon ok will have to try it out. Thank you!