# love.graphics.newImageFont

Available since LÖVE 0.2.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Creates a new Font by loading a specifically formatted image. There can be up to 256 glyphs.

| This function can be slow if it is called repeatedly, such as from love.update or love.draw. If you need to use a specific resource often, create it once and store it somewhere it can be reused! |

| In versions prior to 0.9.0, LÖVE expects ISO 8859-1 encoding for the glyphs string. |

## Function

### Synopsis

    font = love.graphics.newImageFont( filename, glyphs )

### Arguments

`string filename`
  The filepath to the image file.
`string glyphs`
  A string of the characters in the image in order from left to right.

### Returns

`Font font`
  A Font object which can be used to draw text on screen.

## Function

### Synopsis

    font = love.graphics.newImageFont( data, glyphs )

### Arguments

`Data data`
  The encoded data to decode into image data.
`string glyphs`
  A string of the characters in the image in order from left to right.

### Returns

`Font font`
  A Font object which can be used to draw text on screen.

## Function

### Synopsis

    font = love.graphics.newImageFont( imageData, glyphs )

### Arguments

`ImageData imageData`
  The ImageData object to create the font from.
`string glyphs`
  A string of the characters in the image in order from left to right.

### Returns

`Font font`
  A Font object which can be used to draw text on screen.

## Function

### Synopsis

    font = love.graphics.newImageFont( image, glyphs )

### Arguments

`Image image`
  The Image object to create the font from.
`string glyphs`
  A string of the characters in the image in order from left to right.

### Returns

`Font font`
  A Font object which can be used to draw text on screen.

## See Also

- love.graphics
- Font
- Image Font Format

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Category:

- Functions