Inserting graphics into the text in NVL mode.

[Scott]

If I were to make images containing, for example, custom characters, is there a way to insert them into the normal text in NVL mode?

[PyTom]

Sure. That's what the {img=character.png} text tag is for.

[Scott]

I went a little nuts trying to figure out why that didn't work until I was finally able to find the appropriate page of documentation: http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/reference/Text#tags

It's {image=file}.

That said, is there a way to change the height/width in the tag itself, or should I make separate images?

[PyTom]

IIRC, the width is the width of the image, and the height is fixed to the height of the current line of text. (So it should automatically do the right thing.)

[Scott]

No, I mean... for example, if I have an image that's the height of the text and one pixel wide -- and I put a white pixel in it, can I adjust the width of the image like I could in an HTML tag to create a dash?

[Scott]

Also, is it possible to do a global replace within all NVL text to replace a character with an image? For example, if I use a hyphen (-) in the text, the engine would replace it with {image=dash.png}...

[monele]

If you want a dash, you'll need an image with a dash in it... it just pastes the image in and there's no post processing such as enlarging it.
But your last question is something I've been wondering about : could there be an easier way to put images in the text? Such as... using alias codes or something?

[Scott]

Yeah, I figured as much after messing with the code. I ended up making a couple different dashes, heh. And some ellipses.

[Scott]

I'm going to guess that's a no to both the aliasing and being able to adjust image width in the tag a la HTML tags.

[monele]

*wonders if PyTom has a trigger on his username*....

I think he just missed the post ^_^. Let's wait some more ... or if needed, we/you can pm him.

[PyTom]

No, no trigger on my username. There's no way of resizing images, or of aliasing images to give them shorter names. Image inclusion is meant to be a rare thing... if you really need lots of special characters, you should look at editing your font to include them. (For example, most fonts already include ‐, –, ‒, —, and ― characters, which should take care of the dashes.)

[Criptych]

I suppose this is related:

You mentioned "editing your font to include" special characters; is there a way to temporarily switch fonts to get those special characters from another font?

For example, "What the {font=pottymouth.ttf}abcd{/font}!?"
(Not exactly my intent, but just an example. )

[PyTom]

Yes, simply use the {font=foo.ttf}text{/font} text tag.

[monele]

Mhhhh... so I guess an actual solution would be to create an SFont with regular characters AND special characters you wouldn't use otherwise assigned to little pictures... Like having Arial combined with Wingdings or something? ^^;

[Criptych]

Yes, simply use the {font=foo.ttf}text{/font} text tag.

...Undocumented feature? Or did I just not read carefully enough?

Thanks a lot, though.