Character and line spacing

spacing.cpp

#include <SFML/Graphics.hpp>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    sf::RenderWindow window(sf::VideoMode(800, 600), "Character Spacing Example");
    window.setFramerateLimit(60);

    // load font
    sf::Font font;
    if(!font.loadFromFile("data/fonts/BilboSwashCaps-Regular.otf"))
    {
        std::cerr << "Failed to load font!" << std::endl;
        return 1;
    }

    sf::Text sizeText("M", font);
    sizeText.setCharacterSize(100);
    sf::FloatRect size = sizeText.getLocalBounds();
    std::cout << "x: " << size.left << " y: " << size.top << " width: " << size.width << " height: " << size.height << std::endl;

    // setup the texts
    sf::Text normalText("SFML rocks! 123", font);
    normalText.setCharacterSize(100);
    normalText.setPosition(30, 10);
    normalText.setStyle(sf::Text::Style::Bold);

    sf::Text smallText("SFML rocks! 123", font);
    smallText.setCharacterSize(30);
    smallText.setPosition(30, 150);
    smallText.setStyle(sf::Text::Style::Bold);

    sf::Text stretchedText("SFML rocks! 123", font);
    stretchedText.setCharacterSize(100);
    stretchedText.setPosition(30, 200);
    stretchedText.setStyle(sf::Text::Style::Bold);
    stretchedText.setLetterSpacing(6.f);

    sf::Text smallStretchedText("SFML rocks! 123", font);
    smallStretchedText.setCharacterSize(30);
    smallStretchedText.setPosition(30, 350);
    smallStretchedText.setStyle(sf::Text::Style::Bold);
    smallStretchedText.setLetterSpacing(1.f);

    sf::Text multiplineText("SFML \nrockx! \n123", font);
    multiplineText.setCharacterSize(30);
    multiplineText.setPosition(30, 400);
    multiplineText.setStyle(sf::Text::Style::Bold | sf::Text::Style::Underlined | sf::Text::Style::StrikeThrough);
    multiplineText.setLineSpacing(-10.f);

    // run the program as long as the window is open
    while (window.isOpen())
    {
        // check all the windows events
        sf::Event event;
        while (window.pollEvent(event))
        {
            // "close requested" event: we close the window
            if (event.type == sf::Event::Closed)
                window.close();

            else if (event.type == sf::Event::KeyReleased) {
                // close if escape key was pressed
                if (event.key.code == sf::Keyboard::Escape) {
                    window.close();
                }
            }
        }

        // clear the window to black
        window.clear();

        // draw text
        window.draw(normalText);
        window.draw(smallText);
        window.draw(stretchedText);
        window.draw(smallStretchedText);
        window.draw(multiplineText);

        // display the windows content
        window.display();
    }
    return 0;
}