It is very common in our games to add text for displaying information to the player. This could be done by using either the TrueType fonts or bitmap fonts, which will allow us more flexibility, and is, indeed, the most used type of font in professional games because it allows us to give a custom look to our games. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
Creating TrueType font labels
Adding label effects
Creating system fonts
Creating bitmap font labels