Files and Fonts

This section covers file loading and font setup for Gum projects. The font pages form a small hub: start at Fonts to pick a strategy, then follow the links from there for detail.

Fonts

• Fonts — start here. Decision tree: which font strategy fits your game.

• Font Strategies — detailed walkthroughs of each strategy with code samples.

• Font Performance — where the costs live (generation, memory, draw calls).

• Font Preloading — making sure every font/size/style your game uses is ready before gameplay starts.

• Fonts on Web — bandwidth vs CPU tradeoffs for web targets.

• Font Localization — current behavior and the planned per-locale system.

• Font Cache — the build-time .fnt atlas system.

• BitmapFont — text measurement API and character info.

Files

• File Loading — RelativeDirectory, file caching, and general file loading.

• Content Using Embedded Resources — mobile and cross-platform file loading.

• Troubleshooting — file loading issues.