Is it possible to change the size of Heiro generated font in the code?-LibGdx

Question

I am using a font generated by Heiro tool.

game.scoreFont = new BitmapFont(Gdx.files.internal("fonts/score.fnt"), false);

I applied it for a label;

private void drawScore() {
        Label.LabelStyle scoreStyle = new Label.LabelStyle();// style
        scoreStyle.font = game.scoreFont;   
        scoreLabel2 = new Label(scoreController.getScoreString(), scoreStyle);// label
        scoreLabel2.setPosition(scoreBox.getX()+scoreBox.getWidth()/2.7f,scoreBox.getY()+scoreBox.getHeight()/2);
        scoreLabel2.setAlignment( Align.center);
    }

While generating font,I gave a size of 32. But same font I want to use for a label somewhere else in the game ,with a little bit bigger size.

Is it possible to increase the size then?or Should I generate a new font of required size with Heiro tool again?

Answer 1

You can scale your BitmapFont by

bitmapFont.getData().setScale(2);

and then use this font in LabelStyle, however you can also scale in this way

labelStyle.font.getData().setScale(2);

It works on reference of BitmapFontso it scaled everywhere, where you're using that BitmapFont in your game.

So you can create two object of BitmapFont with same file and scale one font and use where you want bigger font.

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I'll recommend you to create two font with different size using your tools. Scaling is never a good solution.