Typewriter
Reveals UTF-8 text one code point at a time while preloading its glyphs and sizing the panel from the complete wrapped message. Press Space to restart or hold it to reveal the text faster.
local natiny = require("natiny")
natiny.backend.init()
local win = natiny.window.create("Typewriter", 900, 600)
natiny.window.set_scale_mode(win, natiny.window.SCALE_MODE_STRETCH)
local res = natiny.resource.load("common/fonts/roboto.ttf")
local font = natiny.font.create(res, 26)
local small = natiny.font.create(res, 18)
local MESSAGE = "Missing glyphs are baked when first drawn. preload does this during " ..
"loading, so the pause stays hidden."
natiny.font.preload(font, MESSAGE)
natiny.font.set_line_spacing(font, 1.15)
local BG = natiny.color.from_hex("#151E2C")
local OBJECT = natiny.color.from_hex("#A9B3C5")
local ACCENT = natiny.color.from_hex("#F8F9FD")
local LIGHT_TEXT = natiny.color.from_hex("#F3F5FA")
local DARK_TEXT = natiny.color.from_hex("#111827")
local X, Y, W = 120, 140, 660
local TOTAL = utf8.len(MESSAGE)
local shown, blink = 0, 0
natiny.backend.loop(function(dt)
natiny.window.bind(win, function()
shown = math.min(TOTAL, shown + dt * 26)
blink = blink + dt
local cut = utf8.offset(MESSAGE, math.floor(shown) + 1) or (#MESSAGE + 1)
local visible = MESSAGE:sub(1, cut - 1)
local caret = (blink % 1.0 < 0.55) and "_" or " "
local _, full_h = natiny.font.measure_wrapped(font, MESSAGE, W)
natiny.render.clear(BG)
natiny.render.set_color(OBJECT)
natiny.render.rectangle(X - 24, Y - 24, W + 48, full_h + 48)
natiny.render.set_color(DARK_TEXT)
natiny.render.text_box(font, X, Y, W, full_h, visible .. caret)
natiny.render.set_color(OBJECT)
natiny.render.rectangle(X, Y + full_h + 44, W, 4)
natiny.render.set_color(ACCENT)
natiny.render.rectangle(X, Y + full_h + 44, W * shown / TOTAL, 4)
natiny.render.set_color(LIGHT_TEXT)
natiny.render.text(small, X, Y + full_h + 60,
string.format("%d / %d code points", math.floor(shown), TOTAL))
end)
end)
natiny.backend.shutdown()