Draw string with BitmapFont

Question

Sorry for that stupid question but I'm a quiet noob. I can't figure out how to draw Bitmap Font in Libgdx. Well, I've used HIERO v2.0 tool to make BitmapFont file. Then I initialize it in code:

BitmapFont font = new BitmapFont(Gdx.files.internal("data/fonts/Georgia.fnt"), Gdx.files.internal("data/fonts/Georgia.png"), false);

But when I try to draw it on screen:

game.batch.begin();    
font.draw(game.batch, "Text string", game.screenWidth * 0.5f, game.screenHeight * 0.5f);
game.batch.end();

I get this result: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/bitmapfont.png/ Does anybody know, what I'm doing wrong?

It's possible, I'm reading this: rengelbert.com/tutorial.php?id=175&show_all=true and the Libgdx wiki where is a similar example (for screens). I also try to get font through TrueTypeFontFactory but it is not stable and I get exception: Couldn't load shared library: 'gdx-stb-truetype' for target Windows 7, 64-bit — Thash

Richard Taylor Richard Taylor · Accepted Answer · 2012-04-22T16:06:50

This tends to happen when the Georgia.fnt and Georgia.png are out of sync. That is, they are from different exports.

Double check that you saved both in HIERO

Draw string with BitmapFont

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