Python Pygame text error

[User8574]

I enter this code but all that appears is a black rectangle. What do I do to make it output the player_score variable in text?

font = pygame.font.Font("LEMONMILK-Regular.otf", 30)

player_score = 0
player_score_text = font.render(str(player_score), True, pygame.Color("black"), pygame.Color("white"))

player_score_rect = player_score_text.get_rect()
player_score_rect.center = (200,200)

pygame.draw.rect(screen, black, player_score_rect)

 

[Deleted member 2829]

You are only drawing the rectangle. Which isn't really necessary unless you want a border of background to your text.
What you really need to do is blit the image to the screen :

screen.blit(player_score_text, (200, 200))

Personally I would rename that variable. It's not a text, it's an image.
HTH

 

[menator01]

Quick example of text.

import pygame
pygame.init()

pygame.font.init()

clock = pygame.time.Clock()
fps = 60

screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800,600))

font = pygame.font.SysFont(None, 24)
sysfont = pygame.font.get_default_font()





running = True
while running:
    screen.fill('lightgray')
    event = pygame.event.poll()
    if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
        running = False

    
    text_surface = font.render('Hello World!', True, (0,0,0))
    screen.blit(text_surface, (350, 50))

    text_surface2 = font.render('Hello World!', True, pygame.Color(20,255,20))

    box = pygame.draw.rect(screen, (0,200,0), (300,100,200,40))
    box_rect = text_surface2.get_rect(topleft=(350,115))
    
    screen.blit(text_surface2, box_rect)
    



    pygame.display.update()
    clock.tick(fps)

 

[menator01]

Here is a class example of drawing labels and text

# Do the imports
import pygame
from random import choice, randint
# Initiate pygame
pygame.init()
# Initiate pygame fonts
pygame.font.init()
# Pygame clock
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
# Frames per second
fps = 60
# Setup the screen display
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800,600))
# Create the random font from list
def rndfont():
    return choice(pygame.font.get_fonts())
def rndcolor():
    return randint(0, 255), randint(0, 255), randint(0, 255)
# Create the label class
class MyLabel:
    '''
        MyLabel class needs x pos, y pos, width of label, height of label, text for label, and color of label
    '''
    def __init__(self, x, y, width, height, text, textcolor=(0,0,0), default_font=False):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y
        self.width = width
        self.height = height
        self.text = text
        # Check if default is set to True or False
        if default_font:
            self.font = None
            size = 40
        else:
            self.font = rndfont()
            size = 30
        self.sysfont = pygame.font.SysFont(self.font, size)
        # Conditional statement to bot show if default_font is set to True
        show = '' if default_font else f'({self.font})'
        
        # Create label surface and label rect. Add text to label
        self.label_surface = pygame.Surface((self.width, self.height))
        self.label_rect = pygame.Rect(self.x, self.y, self.width, self.height)
        self.label_surf = self.sysfont.render(f'{self.text} {show}', True, textcolor)
        # center text on label
        self.text_rect = self.label_surf.get_rect(center=(self.width/2, self.height/2))
    # draw blits text to label and label to screen
    def draw(self):
        self.label_surface.blit(self.label_surf, self.text_rect)
        screen.blit(self.label_surface, (self.x, self.y))

# Create labels
label = MyLabel(30,10,580,80, 'Not all fonts will show correct', textcolor='tomato', default_font=True)
label1 = MyLabel(30, 110, 580, 80, 'Some Label Text', rndcolor())
label2 = MyLabel(30, 210, 580, 80, 'More text here', rndcolor())
running = True
while running:
    screen.fill('lightgray')
    event = pygame.event.poll()
    if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
        running = False
    # Draw labels to screen
    label.draw()
    label1.draw()
    label2.draw()
    pygame.display.update()
    clock.tick(fps)

 

[Deleted member 2829]

You've been given a solution and two excellent examples. Is there anything else you're expecting ? Why not acknowledge the replies and mark the thread solved ?