[page:Loader] →

[name]

Class for loading a font in JSON format. Returns a font, which is an array of [page:Shape Shapes] representing the font. This uses the [page:FileLoader] internally for loading files.

You can convert fonts online using [link:https://gero3.github.io/facetype.js/ facetype.js]

Import

[name] is an add-on, and must be imported explicitly. See [link:#manual/introduction/Installation Installation / Addons].


			import { FontLoader } from 'three/addons/loaders/FontLoader.js';

Code Example


		const loader = new FontLoader();
		const font = loader.load(
			// resource URL
			'fonts/helvetiker_bold.typeface.json',

			// onLoad callback
			function ( font ) {
				// do something with the font
				console.log( font );
			},

			// onProgress callback
			function ( xhr ) {
				console.log( (xhr.loaded / xhr.total * 100) + '% loaded' );
			},

			// onError callback
			function ( err ) {
				console.log( 'An error happened' );
			}
		);

Examples

[example:webgl_geometry_text_shapes geometry / text / shapes ]
[example:webgl_geometry_text geometry / text ]

Constructor

[name]( [param:LoadingManager manager] )

[page:LoadingManager manager] — The [page:LoadingManager loadingManager] for the loader to use. Default is [page:LoadingManager THREE.DefaultLoadingManager].

Creates a new [name].

Properties

See the base [page:Loader] class for common properties.

Methods

See the base [page:Loader] class for common methods.

[method:undefined load]( [param:String url], [param:Function onLoad], [param:Function onProgress], [param:Function onError] )

[page:String url] — the path or URL to the file. This can also be a [link:https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/Data_URIs Data URI].
[page:Function onLoad] — Will be called when load completes. The argument will be the loaded font.
[page:Function onProgress] — Will be called while load progresses. The argument will be the XMLHttpRequest instance, which contains .[page:Integer total] and .[page:Integer loaded] bytes. If the server does not set the Content-Length header; .[page:Integer total] will be 0.
[page:Function onError] — Will be called when load errors.

Begin loading from url and pass the loaded font to onLoad.

[method:Font parse]( [param:Object json] )

[page:Object json] — The `JSON` structure to parse.

Parse a `JSON` structure and return a font.

Source

[link:https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/master/examples/jsm/loaders/FontLoader.js examples/jsm/loaders/FontLoader.js]