---
title: "BitmapText"
docs: "Phaser Editor v4"
url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/bitmap-text-object
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

The [Phaser.GameObjects.BitmapText](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md) is widely used in Phaser game development, to display texts.

You can create a [Bitmap Text](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/bitmap-text-object.md) object in two ways:

* Dragging a BitmapText built-in block and dropping it on the scene.
* Dragging a [BitmapFontFile](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/loader-filetypes-bitmapfontfile.md) key from the Blocks view and dropping it in the scene. The [BitmapFontFile](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/loader-filetypes-bitmapfontfile.md) should be present in an [Asset Pack file](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/asset-pack-editor/asset-pack-file.md).
  <br>![Drop BitmapFont key to create a BitmapText object.](https://cdn.phaser.io/editor-docs/scene-editor-bitmap-text-12212020.webp)

[Bitmap Text](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/bitmap-text-object.md) objects are created in code using the [bitmapText factory](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/gameobjects-gameobjectfactory.md#bitmapText):

```javascript
this.add.bitmapText(100, 150, "desyrel", "Hello bitmap text!", 70, 0);
```
## The Bitmap Text properties

The [Bitmap Text](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/bitmap-text-object.md) type contains many of the [common object properties](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/common-object-properties.md):

* [Variable properties](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/common-object-properties.md#variable-properties)
* [Lists properties](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/common-object-properties.md#lists-properties)
* [Transform properties](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/common-object-properties.md#transform-properties)
* [Origin properties](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/common-object-properties.md#origin-properties)
* [Flip properties](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/common-object-properties.md#flip-properties)
* [Visible property](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/common-object-properties.md#visible-property)
* [Alpha properties](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/common-object-properties.md#alpha-properties)

It also contains the [Text property](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/scene-editor/game-objects/common-object-properties.md#text-property), that is dedicated to all the objects with texts, and its specific properties:

* The [font](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md#font) property shows the key of the BitmapFont in the [Asset Pack file](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/phaser-editor/v4/asset-pack-editor/asset-pack-file.md). To change the font, click on the button. It opens the **Select Bitmap Font** dialog.
  ![Select Bitmap Font dialog.](https://cdn.phaser.io/editor-docs/scene-editor-select-bitmap-font-dialog-12212020.webp)
* The [fontSize](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md#fontSize) property.
* The [align](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md#align) property.
* The [letterSpacing](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md#letterSpacing) property.
* The [dropShadow](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/class/gameobjects-bitmaptext.md#setDropShadow) related properties.

---

## For AI agents: Phaser AE

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- **Phaser AE in the browser** (https://phaser.io/agent): the game's design, and a crew of bots that make its art, sprites, music, sound effects, logos, title screens, game UI, textures, shaders, 3D models and video, then build, test and publish the game. Every tool there is registered with Web MCP (`document.modelContext`, with `window.phaserDesk` for browsers without it), so an agent in the user's browser can call the tools directly once the user is signed in. Tools that make something spend the user's credits.
- **The CLI** (https://phaser.io/cli): `npx -y @phaser-ae/cli` builds the game on the user's own machine with their own coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others). In a game's folder every command is an npm script.
- **Expansion packs** (https://phaser.io/packs): 358 packs in 20 families (163 free, 195 Pro) that every game is built from, on the Phaser AE kernel (https://phaser.io/kernel).
- **Credits** (https://phaser.io/credits): what the desk's tools spend. Bought in packs, with no plan needed.
- **Pro** (https://phaser.io/pricing): $20 a month for every pack, 8,000 credits a month, new packs early, and bonus credits every time the user tops up (only Pro subscribers get them). Nobody needs a plan to start: credits can be bought as they're needed. Or Pro for 30 days for 8,000 credits, without subscribing. Teams, for studios, is on its way: https://phaser.io/contact?about=teams.
- **An account**: sign in with Google, GitHub or Microsoft at https://phaser.io/login. Games made on any plan can be published and sold.

Read any page of this site as Markdown by adding `.md` to its URL (the home page is https://phaser.io/index.md), or by asking for `text/markdown`. The index for agents is https://phaser.io/llms.txt. On the site's pages, the browser's Web MCP also offers `phaser_ae_guide`, `read_page_as_markdown` and `open_phaser_ae`.