How to do it...

To create a digital clock, follow these steps:

1. Create a new Unity 2D project.
2. Import the provided Fonts folder, as described in the Getting ready section. Copy these font files into your Unity project – they need to be in your Assets folder.
3. In the Hierarchy window, add a UI Text GameObject to the scene named Text-clock.

4. Ensure that the Text-clock GameObject is selected in the Hierarchy window. Now, in the Inspector window, ensure that the following properties are set:

• • Font Type set to Xolonium Bold
  • Font Size set to 20
  • Alignment set to horizontal and vertical-center
  • Horizontal and Vertical Overflow settings set to Overflow
  • Color set to white

5. In Rect Transform, click on the Anchor Presets square icon, which will result in the appearance of several rows and columns of preset position squares. Hold down Shift + Alt and click on the top and center column rows.
6. In the Project window, create a folder named _Scripts...