Text

Text
Level editor tool
Object type	Text
Available in Happy Wheels since version	1.??

All current font types

Text is a tool that is available in the Level Editor. With this you can type text or numbers and place it in a level.

There are currently 5 font types:

1. Basic, regular text.
2. Same as the basic text, only bold. This is the default font.
3. Same as the basic text, only a lot more bolder.
4. A much more fancy-looking text.
5. Same as the fancy-looking text, only bold.

The size of the text ranges from 10 (smallest) to 100 (largest). 15 is the default size.

Alignment can be changed on the text, with left alignment, middle alignment, and right alignment possible.

Text can be rotated, and colored. Opacity was added in V1.69. It can also be grouped and changed color. The default color is black.

Glitches

An unrealistic number that doesn't start with "0" still triggers the message box.

• The text-detecting system doesn't work all that well. For example, if you type in 'rate 1/one', the text will still pop up although it should be intended for 'rate 5/five'. The same goes for the rest of the ratings. Also, if you write in a completely unrealistic voting number, such as 1337 or 9001, the message box will still appear although you can't actually rate a level 1337 or 9001.
• If you type rate [number] in another other way (like, for example, typing rate in one text box and a number in the other) it will not detect it.

  

  A negative x-coordinate

• When in a group, undoing entering the group will cause any text in the group to be somehow deleted.
• If you move the text box with the arrow keys to the farthest left of the level at a certain coordinate while zoomed out, the x-coordinate might be set as a negative number.

Trivia

Said message box.

• The game is only in English, so you cannot type using Russian or any other non-English letters.
• You cannot type a colon (:) in text, so people use a semicolon (;) instead. It is unknown why.
• ASCII characters can not be entered.
• Users can use a period as a square (fonts 1-3) or circle (fonts 4 and 5) as it allows them to place a smaller square or circle than is possible using the shape or polygon tool.
• During the 1.64 update, Jim added a text-detecting system. If you type "rate [number]", then test the level and un-test it, a message box will appear saying: "There appears to be text in your level that abuses the rating system. Stop doing that. Misguided people apparently follow your instructions, and it's ruining Happy Wheels. I've been letting it slide, but including it in your level will now get it permanently deleted once noticed". But you can bypass the block by typing "rate [number]" in any other way.
• You cannot type a tilde "~" for an unknown reason, so the signature in your "Message" level may be only with Polytool.
• Jim's text-detecting system cannot detect the "Sign Your Name" text if you test a level and un-test it. This is most likely because level importing has already been disabled at the time the system was added.
• When you click on the text tool button, the words, "HERE'S SOME TEXT" come up by default.
• There is no spell check in the text boxes.
• The "Rating system abuse" message will not appear if you type "Vote [number]" or "Rate 0[#]"
• Text does not count as either art or shapes, which could be useful detailing long levels.
• Opacity (visibility) was added in V1.69
• People sometimes use text to make art or other things instead of using the shape or poly tool.
• Fonts 4 and 5 are used in the menus and Total Jerkface.