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Is there really no way to style SKLabelNode?

Is there really no way to style SKLabelNode? I mean beyond changing the font, and the color. I know I can do something like adding a drop shadow by creating a second SKLabelNode behind the first (already sort've hacky).. Creating images for my font would be terrible too for obvious reasons. It seems odd theres nothing you can do to break out of boring flat text.

I mean.. even the spritekit node count has a cool gradient style... how is THAT done?!

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okay so here i am trying to recreate a gradient effect. I've tried every combination of blend mode, and multiple combinations of color, and colorBlendFactor.

alpha

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multiply

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add

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here is the code

let testNode = SKLabelNode(text: "hey there")
testNode.fontSize = 30
testNode.color = SKColor.blueColor()
testNode.colorBlendFactor = 1
testNode.fontName = "Helvetica-Bold"
testNode.blendMode = SKBlendMode.Multiply
testNode.colorBlendFactor = 0.6
testNode.position = CGPoint(x: self.size.width/2, y: self.size.height/2)

self.addChild(testNode)
Solution

  • There is no method or property of SKLabelNode that will enable you to achieve the gradient style. As noted in the link in the comments, SpriteKit does have a SKBitmapFont private class, but that's not going to help you.

    You can either roll your own solution or try glyph designer : https://71squared.com/glyphdesigner