---
title: "BitmapText"
docs: "Phaser v4.0.0"
url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

> This page is about the open-source Phaser framework, for writing a game's code by hand. To make a game with AI, use Phaser AE (https://phaser.io/): the desk's tools work with Web MCP, and the CLI works with your own coding agent. See "For AI agents: Phaser AE" at the end of this page.

# BitmapText

BitmapText objects work by taking a texture file and an XML or JSON file that describes the font structure.

During rendering for each letter of the text is rendered to the display, proportionally spaced out and aligned to match the font structure.

BitmapText objects are less flexible than Text objects, in that they have less features such as shadows, fills and the ability to use Web Fonts, however you trade this flexibility for rendering speed. You can also create visually compelling BitmapTexts by processing the font texture in an image editor, applying fills and any other effects required.

To create multi-line text insert \r, \n or \r\n escape codes into the text string.

To create a BitmapText data files you need a 3rd party app such as:

BMFont (Windows, free): [http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/](http://www.angelcode.com/products/bmfont/) Glyph Designer (OS X, commercial): [http://www.71squared.com/en/glyphdesigner](http://www.71squared.com/en/glyphdesigner) Snow BMF (Web-based, free): [https://snowb.org/](https://snowb.org//) Littera (Flash-based, free): [http://kvazars.com/littera/](http://kvazars.com/littera/)

For most use cases it is recommended to use XML. If you wish to use JSON, the formatting should be equal to the result of converting a valid XML file through the popular X2JS library. An online tool for conversion can be found here: [http://codebeautify.org/xmltojson](http://codebeautify.org/xmltojson)

**Constructor**

`new BitmapText(scene, x, y, font, [text], [size], [align])`

**Parameters**
| name | type | optional | default | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| scene | [Phaser.Scene](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/scene.md) | No |  | The Scene to which this Game Object belongs. It can only belong to one Scene at any given time. |
| x | number | No |  | The x coordinate of this Game Object in world space. |
| y | number | No |  | The y coordinate of this Game Object in world space. |
| font | string | No |  | The key of the font to use from the Bitmap Font cache. |
| text | string \| Array.\<string> | Yes |  | The string, or array of strings, to be set as the content of this Bitmap Text. |
| size | number | Yes |  | The font size of this Bitmap Text. |
| align | number | Yes | 0 | The alignment of the text in a multi-line BitmapText object. |

---


**Scope**: static


**Extends**

> [Phaser.GameObjects.GameObject](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Alpha](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-alpha.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.BlendMode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-blendmode.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Depth](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-depth.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.GetBounds](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Lighting](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-lighting.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Mask](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-mask.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Origin](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-origin.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.RenderNodes](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendernodes.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.ScrollFactor](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-scrollfactor.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Texture](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-texture.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Tint](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Transform](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md)  
> [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Visible](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-visible.md)  



> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L19](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L19)  
Since: 3.0.0

## Inherited Members


**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Alpha](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-alpha.md):**


 - [alpha](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-alpha.md#alpha)
 - [alphaBottomLeft](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-alpha.md#alphabottomleft)
 - [alphaBottomRight](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-alpha.md#alphabottomright)
 - [alphaTopLeft](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-alpha.md#alphatopleft)
 - [alphaTopRight](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-alpha.md#alphatopright)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.BlendMode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-blendmode.md):**


 - [blendMode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-blendmode.md#blendmode)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Depth](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-depth.md):**


 - [depth](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-depth.md#depth)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Filters](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md):**


 - [filterCamera](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#filtercamera)
 - [filters](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#filters)
 - [filtersAutoFocus](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#filtersautofocus)
 - [filtersFocusContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#filtersfocuscontext)
 - [filtersForceComposite](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#filtersforcecomposite)
 - [maxFilterSize](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#maxfiltersize)
 - [renderFilters](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#renderfilters)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Lighting](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-lighting.md):**


 - [lighting](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-lighting.md#lighting)
 - [selfShadow](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-lighting.md#selfshadow)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Mask](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-mask.md):**


 - [mask](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-mask.md#mask)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Origin](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-origin.md):**


 - [displayOriginX](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-origin.md#displayoriginx)
 - [displayOriginY](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-origin.md#displayoriginy)
 - [originX](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-origin.md#originx)
 - [originY](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-origin.md#originy)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.RenderNodes](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendernodes.md):**


 - [customRenderNodes](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendernodes.md#customrendernodes)
 - [defaultRenderNodes](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendernodes.md#defaultrendernodes)
 - [renderNodeData](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendernodes.md#rendernodedata)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.ScrollFactor](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-scrollfactor.md):**


 - [scrollFactorX](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-scrollfactor.md#scrollfactorx)
 - [scrollFactorY](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-scrollfactor.md#scrollfactory)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Texture](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-texture.md):**


 - [frame](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-texture.md#frame)
 - [texture](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-texture.md#texture)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Tint](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md):**


 - [isTinted](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#istinted)
 - [tint](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#tint)
 - [tintBottomLeft](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#tintbottomleft)
 - [tintBottomRight](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#tintbottomright)
 - [tintMode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#tintmode)
 - [tintTopLeft](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#tinttopleft)
 - [tintTopRight](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#tinttopright)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Transform](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md):**


 - [angle](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#angle)
 - [hasTransformComponent](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#hastransformcomponent)
 - [rotation](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#rotation)
 - [scale](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#scale)
 - [scaleX](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#scalex)
 - [scaleY](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#scaley)
 - [w](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#w)
 - [x](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#x)
 - [y](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#y)
 - [z](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#z)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Visible](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-visible.md):**


 - [visible](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-visible.md#visible)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.GameObject](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md):**


 - [active](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#active)
 - [body](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#body)
 - [cameraFilter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#camerafilter)
 - [data](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#data)
 - [displayList](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#displaylist)
 - [ignoreDestroy](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#ignoredestroy)
 - [input](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#input)
 - [isDestroyed](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#isdestroyed)
 - [name](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#name)
 - [parentContainer](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#parentcontainer)
 - [renderFlags](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#renderflags)
 - [scene](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#scene)
 - [state](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#state)
 - [tabIndex](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#tabindex)
 - [type](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#type)
 - [vertexRoundMode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#vertexroundmode)




---

## Public Members

### align

#### align: number


**Description:**

Controls the alignment of each line of text in this BitmapText object.

Only has any effect when this BitmapText contains multiple lines of text, split with carriage-returns. Has no effect with single-lines of text.

See the methods `setLeftAlign`, `setCenterAlign` and `setRightAlign`.

0 = Left aligned (default) 1 = Middle aligned 2 = Right aligned

The alignment position is based on the longest line of text.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L887](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L887)  
Since: 3.11.0


---

### ALIGN_CENTER

#### ALIGN_CENTER: number


**Description:**

Center align the text characters in a multi-line BitmapText object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1185](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1185)  
Since: 3.11.0


---

### ALIGN_LEFT

#### ALIGN_LEFT: number


**Description:**

Left align the text characters in a multi-line BitmapText object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1176](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1176)  
Since: 3.11.0


---

### ALIGN_RIGHT

#### ALIGN_RIGHT: number


**Description:**

Right align the text characters in a multi-line BitmapText object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1194](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1194)  
Since: 3.11.0


---

### displayHeight

#### displayHeight: number


**Description:**

The displayed height of this Bitmap Text.

This value takes into account the scale factor.

This property is read-only.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1111](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1111)  
Since: 3.60.0


---

### displayWidth

#### displayWidth: number


**Description:**

The displayed width of this Bitmap Text.

This value takes into account the scale factor.

This property is read-only.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1090](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1090)  
Since: 3.60.0


---

### dropShadowAlpha

#### dropShadowAlpha: number


**Description:**

The alpha value of the drop shadow.

You can set this directly, or use `Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText#setDropShadow`.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L275](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L275)  
Since: 3.50.0


---

### dropShadowColor

#### dropShadowColor: number


**Description:**

The color of the drop shadow.

You can set this directly, or use `Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText#setDropShadow`.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L264](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L264)  
Since: 3.50.0


---

### dropShadowX

#### dropShadowX: number


**Description:**

The horizontal offset of the drop shadow.

You can set this directly, or use `Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText#setDropShadow`.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L242](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L242)  
Since: 3.50.0


---

### dropShadowY

#### dropShadowY: number


**Description:**

The vertical offset of the drop shadow.

You can set this directly, or use `Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText#setDropShadow`.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L253](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L253)  
Since: 3.50.0


---

### font

#### font: string


**Description:**

The key of the Bitmap Font used by this Bitmap Text. To change the font after creation please use `setFont`.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L100](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L100)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### fontData

#### fontData: [Phaser.Types.GameObjects.BitmapText.BitmapFontData](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/typedef/types-gameobjects-bitmaptext.md#BitmapFontData)


**Description:**

The data of the Bitmap Font used by this Bitmap Text.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L118](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L118)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### fontSize

#### fontSize: number


**Description:**

The font size of this Bitmap Text.

You can also use the method `setFontSize` if you want a chainable way to change the font size.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L943](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L943)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### fromAtlas

#### fromAtlas: boolean


**Description:**

Indicates whether the font texture is from an atlas or not.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L286](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L286)  
Since: 3.54.0


---

### height

#### height: number


**Description:**

The height of this Bitmap Text.

This property is read-only.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1069](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1069)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### letterSpacing

#### letterSpacing: number


**Description:**

Adds / Removes spacing between characters.

Can be a negative or positive number.

You can also use the method `setLetterSpacing` if you want a chainable way to change the letter spacing.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L967](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L967)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### lineSpacing

#### lineSpacing: number


**Description:**

Adds / Removes spacing between lines.

Can be a negative or positive number.

You can also use the method `setLineSpacing` if you want a chainable way to change the line spacing.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L993](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L993)  
Since: 3.60.0


---

### maxWidth

#### maxWidth: number


**Description:**

The maximum display width of this BitmapText in pixels.

If BitmapText.text is longer than maxWidth then the lines will be automatically wrapped based on the last whitespace character found in the line.

If no whitespace was found then no wrapping will take place and consequently the maxWidth value will not be honored.

Disable maxWidth by setting the value to 0.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1019](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1019)  
Since: 3.21.0


---

### text

#### text: string


**Description:**

The text that this Bitmap Text object displays.

You can also use the method `setText` if you want a chainable way to change the text content.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L920](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L920)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### width

#### width: number


**Description:**

The width of this Bitmap Text.

This property is read-only.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1048](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1048)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### wordWrapCharCode

#### wordWrapCharCode: number


**Description:**

The character code used to detect for word wrapping. Defaults to 32 (a space character).


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L222](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L222)  
Since: 3.21.0


---

## Inherited Methods


**From [Phaser.Events.EventEmitter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md):**


 - [addListener](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#addlistener)
 - [emit](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#emit)
 - [eventNames](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#eventnames)
 - [listenerCount](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#listenercount)
 - [listeners](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#listeners)
 - [off](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#off)
 - [on](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#on)
 - [once](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#once)
 - [removeAllListeners](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#removealllisteners)
 - [removeListener](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#removelistener)
 - [shutdown](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/events-eventemitter.md#shutdown)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Alpha](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-alpha.md):**


 - [clearAlpha](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-alpha.md#clearalpha)
 - [setAlpha](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-alpha.md#setalpha)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.BlendMode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-blendmode.md):**


 - [setBlendMode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-blendmode.md#setblendmode)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Depth](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-depth.md):**


 - [setAbove](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-depth.md#setabove)
 - [setBelow](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-depth.md#setbelow)
 - [setDepth](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-depth.md#setdepth)
 - [setToBack](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-depth.md#settoback)
 - [setToTop](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-depth.md#settotop)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Filters](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md):**


 - [enableFilters](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#enablefilters)
 - [focusFilters](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#focusfilters)
 - [focusFiltersOnCamera](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#focusfiltersoncamera)
 - [focusFiltersOverride](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#focusfiltersoverride)
 - [renderWebGLFilters](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#renderwebglfilters)
 - [setFiltersAutoFocus](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#setfiltersautofocus)
 - [setFiltersFocusContext](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#setfiltersfocuscontext)
 - [setFiltersForceComposite](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#setfiltersforcecomposite)
 - [setFilterSize](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#setfiltersize)
 - [setRenderFilters](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#setrenderfilters)
 - [willRenderFilters](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-filters.md#willrenderfilters)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.GetBounds](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md):**


 - [getBottomCenter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md#getbottomcenter)
 - [getBottomLeft](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md#getbottomleft)
 - [getBottomRight](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md#getbottomright)
 - [getBounds](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md#getbounds)
 - [getCenter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md#getcenter)
 - [getLeftCenter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md#getleftcenter)
 - [getRightCenter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md#getrightcenter)
 - [getTopCenter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md#gettopcenter)
 - [getTopLeft](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md#gettopleft)
 - [getTopRight](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-getbounds.md#gettopright)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Lighting](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-lighting.md):**


 - [setLighting](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-lighting.md#setlighting)
 - [setSelfShadow](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-lighting.md#setselfshadow)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Mask](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-mask.md):**


 - [clearMask](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-mask.md#clearmask)
 - [createGeometryMask](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-mask.md#creategeometrymask)
 - [setMask](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-mask.md#setmask)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Origin](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-origin.md):**


 - [setDisplayOrigin](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-origin.md#setdisplayorigin)
 - [setOrigin](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-origin.md#setorigin)
 - [setOriginFromFrame](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-origin.md#setoriginfromframe)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.RenderNodes](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendernodes.md):**


 - [initRenderNodes](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendernodes.md#initrendernodes)
 - [setRenderNodeData](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendernodes.md#setrendernodedata)
 - [setRenderNodeRole](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendernodes.md#setrendernoderole)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.RenderSteps](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendersteps.md):**


 - [addRenderStep](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendersteps.md#addrenderstep)
 - [renderWebGLStep](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-rendersteps.md#renderwebglstep)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.ScrollFactor](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-scrollfactor.md):**


 - [setScrollFactor](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-scrollfactor.md#setscrollfactor)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Texture](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-texture.md):**


 - [setFrame](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-texture.md#setframe)
 - [setTexture](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-texture.md#settexture)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Tint](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md):**


 - [clearTint](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#cleartint)
 - [setTint](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#settint)
 - [setTintFill](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#settintfill)
 - [setTintMode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-tint.md#settintmode)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Transform](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md):**


 - [copyPosition](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#copyposition)
 - [getLocalPoint](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#getlocalpoint)
 - [getLocalTransformMatrix](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#getlocaltransformmatrix)
 - [getParentRotation](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#getparentrotation)
 - [getWorldPoint](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#getworldpoint)
 - [getWorldTransformMatrix](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#getworldtransformmatrix)
 - [setAngle](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#setangle)
 - [setPosition](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#setposition)
 - [setRandomPosition](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#setrandomposition)
 - [setRotation](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#setrotation)
 - [setScale](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#setscale)
 - [setW](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#setw)
 - [setX](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#setx)
 - [setY](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#sety)
 - [setZ](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-transform.md#setz)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Visible](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-visible.md):**


 - [setVisible](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/gameobjects-components-visible.md#setvisible)





**From [Phaser.GameObjects.GameObject](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md):**


 - [addedToScene](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#addedtoscene)
 - [addToDisplayList](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#addtodisplaylist)
 - [addToUpdateList](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#addtoupdatelist)
 - [destroy](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#destroy)
 - [disableInteractive](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#disableinteractive)
 - [getData](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#getdata)
 - [getDisplayList](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#getdisplaylist)
 - [getIndexList](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#getindexlist)
 - [incData](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#incdata)
 - [removedFromScene](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#removedfromscene)
 - [removeFromDisplayList](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#removefromdisplaylist)
 - [removeFromUpdateList](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#removefromupdatelist)
 - [removeInteractive](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#removeinteractive)
 - [setActive](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#setactive)
 - [setData](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#setdata)
 - [setDataEnabled](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#setdataenabled)
 - [setInteractive](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#setinteractive)
 - [setName](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#setname)
 - [setState](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#setstate)
 - [setVertexRoundMode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#setvertexroundmode)
 - [toggleData](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#toggledata)
 - [update](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#update)
 - [willRender](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#willrender)
 - [willRoundVertices](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-gameobject.md#willroundvertices)




---

## Public Methods

### getCharacterAt

#### \<instance> getCharacterAt(x, y, [camera])


**Description:**

Gets the character located at the given x/y coordinate within this Bitmap Text.

The coordinates you pass in are translated into the local space of the Bitmap Text, however, it is up to you to first translate the input coordinates to world space.

If you wish to use this in combination with an input event, be sure to pass in `Pointer.worldX` and `worldY` so they are in world space.

In some cases, based on kerning, characters can overlap. When this happens, the first character in the word is returned.

Note that this does not work for DynamicBitmapText if you have changed the character positions during render. It will only scan characters in their un-translated state.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| x | number | No | The x position to check. |
| y | number | No | The y position to check. |
| camera | [Phaser.Cameras.Scene2D.Camera](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/cameras-scene2d-camera.md) | Yes | The Camera which is being tested against. If not given will use the Scene default camera. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.Types.GameObjects.BitmapText.BitmapTextCharacter](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/typedef/types-gameobjects-bitmaptext.md#BitmapTextCharacter) - The character object at the given position, or `null`.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L748](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L748)  
Since: 3.50.0


---

### getTextBounds

#### \<instance> getTextBounds([round])


**Description:**

Calculate the bounds of this Bitmap Text.

An object is returned that contains the position, width and height of the Bitmap Text in local and global contexts.

Local size is based on just the font size and a [0, 0] position.

Global size takes into account the Game Object's scale, world position and display origin.

Also in the object is data regarding the length of each line, should this be a multi-line BitmapText.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | default | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| round | boolean | Yes | false | Whether to round the results up to the nearest integer. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.Types.GameObjects.BitmapText.BitmapTextSize](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/typedef/types-gameobjects-bitmaptext.md#BitmapTextSize) - An object that describes the size of this Bitmap Text.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L711](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L711)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### ParseFromAtlas

#### \<static> ParseFromAtlas(scene, fontName, textureKey, frameKey, xmlKey, [xSpacing], [ySpacing])


**Description:**

Parse an XML Bitmap Font from an Atlas.

Adds the parsed Bitmap Font data to the cache with the `fontName` key.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| scene | [Phaser.Scene](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/scene.md) | No | The Scene to parse the Bitmap Font for. |
| fontName | string | No | The key of the font to add to the Bitmap Font cache. |
| textureKey | string | No | The key of the BitmapFont's texture. |
| frameKey | string | No | The key of the BitmapFont texture's frame. |
| xmlKey | string | No | The key of the XML data of the font to parse. |
| xSpacing | number | Yes | The x-axis spacing to add between each letter. |
| ySpacing | number | Yes | The y-axis spacing to add to the line height. |


**Returns:** boolean - Whether the parsing was successful or not.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1203](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1203)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### ParseXMLBitmapFont

#### \<static> ParseXMLBitmapFont(xml, frame, [xSpacing], [ySpacing])


**Description:**

Parse an XML font to Bitmap Font data for the Bitmap Font cache.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | default | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| xml | XMLDocument | No |  | The XML Document to parse the font from. |
| frame | [Phaser.Textures.Frame](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/textures-frame.md) | No |  | The texture frame to take into account when creating the uv data. |
| xSpacing | number | Yes | 0 | The x-axis spacing to add between each letter. |
| ySpacing | number | Yes | 0 | The y-axis spacing to add to the line height. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.Types.GameObjects.BitmapText.BitmapFontData](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/typedef/types-gameobjects-bitmaptext.md#BitmapFontData) - The parsed Bitmap Font data.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1223](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1223)  
Since: 3.17.0


---

### preDestroy

#### \<instance> preDestroy()


**Description:**

Internal destroy handler, called as part of the destroy process.


**Access:** protected


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1160](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1160)  
Since: 3.50.0


---

### setCenterAlign

#### \<instance> setCenterAlign()


**Description:**

Set the lines of text in this BitmapText to be center-aligned. This only has any effect if this BitmapText contains more than one line of text.


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L339](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L339)  
Since: 3.11.0


---

### setCharacterTint

#### \<instance> setCharacterTint([start], [length], [tintMode], [topLeft], [topRight], [bottomLeft], [bottomRight])


**Description:**

Sets a tint on a range of characters in this Bitmap Text, starting from the `start` parameter index and running for `length` quantity of characters.

The `start` parameter can be negative. In this case, it starts at the end of the text and counts backwards `start` places.

You can also pass in -1 as the `length` and it will tint all characters from `start` up until the end of the string. Remember that spaces and punctuation count as characters.

This is a WebGL only feature and only works with Static Bitmap Text, not Dynamic.

The tint applies a color to the pixel color values from the Bitmap Text texture in one of several modes:

- Phaser.TintModes.MULTIPLY (default)

- Phaser.TintModes.FILL

- Phaser.TintModes.ADD

- Phaser.TintModes.SCREEN

- Phaser.TintModes.OVERLAY

- Phaser.TintModes.HARD_LIGHT

You can provide either one color value, in which case the whole character will be tinted in that color. Or you can provide a color per corner. The colors are blended together across the extent of the character range.

To modify the tint color once set, call this method again with new color values.

Using `setWordTint` can override tints set by this function, and vice versa.

To remove a tint call this method with just the `start`, and optionally, the `length` parameters defined.

**Tags:**

 - webglOnly

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | default | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| start | number | Yes | 0 | The starting character to begin the tint at. If negative, it counts back from the end of the text. |
| length | number | Yes | 1 | The number of characters to tint. Remember that spaces count as a character too. Pass -1 to tint all characters from `start` onwards. |
| tintMode | number | Yes | "Phaser.TintModes.MULTIPLY" | The tint mode to use. |
| topLeft | number | Yes | "0xffffff" | The tint being applied to the top-left of the character. If no other values are given this value is applied evenly, tinting the whole character. |
| topRight | number | Yes |  | The tint being applied to the top-right of the character. |
| bottomLeft | number | Yes |  | The tint being applied to the bottom-left of the character. |
| bottomRight | number | Yes |  | The tint being applied to the bottom-right of the character. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L515](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L515)  
Since: 3.50.0


---

### setDropShadow

#### \<instance> setDropShadow([x], [y], [color], [alpha])


**Description:**

Sets a drop shadow effect on this Bitmap Text.

This is a WebGL only feature and only works with Static Bitmap Text, not Dynamic.

You can set the vertical and horizontal offset of the shadow, as well as the color and alpha.

Once a shadow has been enabled you can modify the `dropShadowX` and `dropShadowY` properties of this Bitmap Text directly to adjust the position of the shadow in real-time.

If you wish to clear the shadow, call this method with no parameters specified.

**Tags:**

 - webglOnly

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | default | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| x | number | Yes | 0 | The horizontal offset of the drop shadow. |
| y | number | Yes | 0 | The vertical offset of the drop shadow. |
| color | number | Yes | "0x000000" | The color of the drop shadow, given as a hex value, i.e. `0x000000` for black. |
| alpha | number | Yes | 0.5 | The alpha of the drop shadow, given as a float between 0 and 1. This is combined with the Bitmap Text alpha as well. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L477](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L477)  
Since: 3.50.0


---

### setFont

#### \<instance> setFont(font, [size], [align])


**Description:**

Changes the font this BitmapText is using to render.

The new texture is loaded and applied to the BitmapText. The existing text, size and alignment are preserved, unless overridden via the arguments.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | default | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| font | string | No |  | The key of the font to use from the Bitmap Font cache. |
| size | number | Yes |  | The font size of this Bitmap Text. If not specified the current size will be used. |
| align | number | Yes | 0 | The alignment of the text in a multi-line BitmapText object. If not specified the current alignment will be used. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L815](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L815)  
Since: 3.11.0


---

### setFontSize

#### \<instance> setFontSize(size)


**Description:**

Set the font size of this Bitmap Text.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| size | number | No | The font size to set. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L375](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L375)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### setLeftAlign

#### \<instance> setLeftAlign()


**Description:**

Set the lines of text in this BitmapText to be left-aligned. This only has any effect if this BitmapText contains more than one line of text.


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L321](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L321)  
Since: 3.11.0


---

### setLetterSpacing

#### \<instance> setLetterSpacing([spacing])


**Description:**

Sets the letter spacing between each character of this Bitmap Text. Can be a positive value to increase the space, or negative to reduce it. Spacing is applied after the kerning values have been set.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | default | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| spacing | number | Yes | 0 | The amount of horizontal space to add between each character. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L394](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L394)  
Since: 3.4.0


---

### setLineSpacing

#### \<instance> setLineSpacing([spacing])


**Description:**

Sets the line spacing value. This value is added to the font height to calculate the overall line height.

Spacing can be a negative or positive number.

Only has an effect if this BitmapText object contains multiple lines of text.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | default | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| spacing | number | Yes | 0 | The amount of space to add between each line in multi-line text. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L417](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L417)  
Since: 3.60.0


---

### setMaxWidth

#### \<instance> setMaxWidth(value, [wordWrapCharCode])


**Description:**

Sets the maximum display width of this BitmapText in pixels.

If `BitmapText.text` is longer than `maxWidth` then the lines will be automatically wrapped based on the previous whitespace character found in the line.

If no whitespace was found then no wrapping will take place and consequently the `maxWidth` value will not be honored.

Disable maxWidth by setting the value to 0.

You can set the whitespace character to be searched for by setting the `wordWrapCharCode` parameter or property.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| value | number | No | The maximum display width of this BitmapText in pixels. Set to zero to disable. |
| wordWrapCharCode | number | Yes | The character code to check for when word wrapping. Defaults to 32 (the space character). |


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L853](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L853)  
Since: 3.21.0


---

### setRightAlign

#### \<instance> setRightAlign()


**Description:**

Set the lines of text in this BitmapText to be right-aligned. This only has any effect if this BitmapText contains more than one line of text.


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L357](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L357)  
Since: 3.11.0


---

### setText

#### \<instance> setText(value)


**Description:**

Set the textual content of this BitmapText.

An array of strings will be converted into multi-line text. Use the align methods to change multi-line alignment.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| value | string \| Array.\<string> | No | The string, or array of strings, to be set as the content of this BitmapText. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L441](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L441)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### setWordTint

#### \<instance> setWordTint(word, [count], [tintMode], [topLeft], [topRight], [bottomLeft], [bottomRight])


**Description:**

Sets a tint on a matching word within this Bitmap Text.

The `word` parameter can be either a string or a number.

If a string, it will run a string comparison against the text contents, and if matching, it will tint the whole word.

If a number, it will tint that word, based on its index within the words array.

The `count` parameter controls how many words are replaced. Pass in -1 to replace them all.

This parameter is ignored if you pass a number as the `word` to be searched for.

This is a WebGL only feature and only works with Static Bitmap Text, not Dynamic.

The tint applies a color to the pixel color values from the Bitmap Text texture in one of several modes:

- Phaser.TintModes.MULTIPLY (default)

- Phaser.TintModes.FILL

- Phaser.TintModes.ADD

- Phaser.TintModes.SCREEN

- Phaser.TintModes.OVERLAY

- Phaser.TintModes.HARD_LIGHT

You can provide either one color value, in which case the whole character will be tinted in that color. Or you can provide a color per corner. The colors are blended together across the extent of the character range.

To modify the tint color once set, call this method again with new color values.

Using `setCharacterTint` can override tints set by this function, and vice versa.

**Tags:**

 - webglOnly

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | default | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| word | string \| number | No |  | The word to search for. Either a string, or an index of the word in the words array. |
| count | number | Yes | 1 | The number of matching words to tint. Pass -1 to tint all matching words. |
| tintMode | number | Yes | "Phaser.TintModes.MULTIPLY" | The tint mode to use. |
| topLeft | number | Yes | "0xffffff" | The tint being applied to the top-left of the word. If no other values are given this value is applied evenly, tinting the whole word. |
| topRight | number | Yes |  | The tint being applied to the top-right of the word. |
| bottomLeft | number | Yes |  | The tint being applied to the bottom-left of the word. |
| bottomRight | number | Yes |  | The tint being applied to the bottom-right of the word. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This BitmapText Object.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L631](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L631)  
Since: 3.50.0


---

### toJSON

#### \<instance> toJSON()


**Description:**

Build a JSON representation of this Bitmap Text.


**Overrides:** Phaser.GameObjects.GameObject#toJSON


**Returns:** [Phaser.Types.GameObjects.BitmapText.JSONBitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/typedef/types-gameobjects-bitmaptext.md#JSONBitmapText) - A JSON representation of this Bitmap Text.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1132](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L1132)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

### updateDisplayOrigin

#### \<instance> updateDisplayOrigin()


**Description:**

Updates the Display Origin cached values internally stored on this Game Object. You don't usually call this directly, but it is exposed for edge-cases where you may.


**Overrides:** Phaser.GameObjects.Components.Origin#updateDisplayOrigin


**Returns:** [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) - This Game Object instance.


> Source: [src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L797](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/gameobjects/bitmaptext/static/BitmapText.js#L797)  
Since: 3.0.0


---

---

## For AI agents: Phaser AE

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