Added the ability for formatted (tokenized) strings to be drawn with custom rotation, origin and flipping

Closes #18

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 MLEM tries to adhere to [semantic versioning](https://semver.org/). Potentially breaking changes are written in **bold**.
 
 Jump to version:
-- [6.3.2](#632-in-development)
+- [7.0.0](#700-in-development)
 - [6.3.1](#631)
 - [6.3.0](#630)
 - [6.2.0](#620)
@@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ Jump to version:
 - [5.1.0](#510)
 - [5.0.0](#500)
 
-## 6.3.2 (In Development)
+## 7.0.0 (In Development)
+
+### MLEM
+Additions
+- **Added the ability for formatted (tokenized) strings to be drawn with custom rotation, origin and flipping**
 
 ### MLEM.Ui
 Additions

Demos/TextFormattingDemo.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Demos {
         private TokenizedString tokenizedText;
         private GenericFont font;
         private bool drawBounds;
+        private bool transform;
         private float Scale {
             get {
                 // calculate our scale based on how much larger the window is, so that the text scales with the window
@@ -85,7 +86,11 @@ namespace Demos {
             }
 
             // draw the text itself (start and end indices are optional)
-            this.tokenizedText.Draw(time, this.SpriteBatch, pos, this.font, Color.White, this.Scale, 0, this.startIndex, this.endIndex);
+            this.tokenizedText.Draw(time, this.SpriteBatch, pos, this.font, Color.White, this.Scale, 0,
+                this.transform ? 0.25F : 0,
+                this.transform ? new Vector2(size.X / this.Scale, 128) : Vector2.Zero,
+                this.transform ? SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally : SpriteEffects.None,
+                this.startIndex, this.endIndex);
 
             this.SpriteBatch.End();
         }
@@ -97,6 +102,8 @@ namespace Demos {
             // change some demo showcase info based on keybinds
             if (this.InputHandler.IsPressed(Keys.B))
                 this.drawBounds = !this.drawBounds;
+            if (this.InputHandler.IsPressed(Keys.T))
+                this.transform = !this.transform;
             if (this.startIndex > 0 && this.InputHandler.IsDown(Keys.Left))
                 this.startIndex--;
             if (this.startIndex < this.tokenizedText.String.Length && this.InputHandler.IsDown(Keys.Right))

MLEM.Extended/Font/GenericBitmapFont.cs

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Extended.Font {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void DrawCharacter(SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Vector2 position, Color color, float rotation, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, float layerDepth) {
+        public override void DrawCharacter(SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Vector2 position, Color color, float rotation, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, float layerDepth) {
             batch.DrawString(this.Font, character, position, color, rotation, Vector2.Zero, scale, effects, layerDepth);
         }
 

MLEM.Extended/Font/GenericStashFont.cs

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Extended.Font {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void DrawCharacter(SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Vector2 position, Color color, float rotation, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, float layerDepth) {
+        public override void DrawCharacter(SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Vector2 position, Color color, float rotation, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, float layerDepth) {
             this.Font.DrawText(batch, character, position, color, rotation, Vector2.Zero, scale, layerDepth, this.CharacterSpacing, this.LineSpacing);
         }
 

MLEM.Ui/Elements/Paragraph.cs

@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
             var pos = this.DisplayArea.Location + new Vector2(this.GetAlignmentOffset(), 0);
             var sc = this.TextScale * this.TextScaleMultiplier * this.Scale;
             var color = this.TextColor.OrDefault(Color.White) * alpha;
-            this.TokenizedText.Draw(time, batch, pos, this.RegularFont, color, sc, 0, this.DrawStartIndex, this.DrawEndIndex);
+            this.TokenizedText.Draw(time, batch, pos, this.RegularFont, color, sc, 0, 0, Vector2.Zero, SpriteEffects.None, this.DrawStartIndex, this.DrawEndIndex);
             base.Draw(time, batch, alpha, context);
         }
 

MLEM/Font/GenericFont.cs

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
+using MLEM.Formatting;
+using MLEM.Formatting.Codes;
 using MLEM.Misc;
 
 namespace MLEM.Font {
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Font {
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Draws the given code point with the given data for use in <see cref="DrawString(Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.SpriteBatch,System.Text.StringBuilder,Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Vector2,Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Color,float,Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Vector2,Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Vector2,Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.SpriteEffects,float)"/>.
-        /// Note that this method is only called internally.
+        /// Note that this method should only be called internally for rendering of more complex strings, like in <see cref="TextFormatter"/> <see cref="Code"/> implementations.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="batch">The sprite batch to draw with.</param>
         /// <param name="codePoint">The code point which will be drawn.</param>
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Font {
         /// <param name="scale">A scaling of this character.</param>
         /// <param name="effects">Modificators for drawing. Can be combined.</param>
         /// <param name="layerDepth">A depth of the layer of this character.</param>
-        protected abstract void DrawCharacter(SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Vector2 position, Color color, float rotation, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, float layerDepth);
+        public abstract void DrawCharacter(SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Vector2 position, Color color, float rotation, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, float layerDepth);
 
         ///<inheritdoc cref="SpriteBatch.DrawString(SpriteFont,string,Vector2,Color,float,Vector2,float,SpriteEffects,float)"/>
         public void DrawString(SpriteBatch batch, string text, Vector2 position, Color color, float rotation, Vector2 origin, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, float layerDepth) {
@@ -174,6 +176,52 @@ namespace MLEM.Font {
             return GenericFont.SplitStringSeparate(Enumerable.Repeat(new DecoratedCodePointSource(new CodePointSource(text), this, 0), 1), width, scale).First();
         }
 
+        public Matrix CalculateStringTransform(Vector2 position, float rotation, Vector2 origin, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 flipSize) {
+            var (flipX, flipY) = (0F, 0F);
+            var flippedV = (effects & SpriteEffects.FlipVertically) != 0;
+            var flippedH = (effects & SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally) != 0;
+            if (flippedV || flippedH) {
+                if (flippedH) {
+                    origin.X *= -1;
+                    flipX = -flipSize.X;
+                }
+                if (flippedV) {
+                    origin.Y *= -1;
+                    flipY = this.LineHeight - flipSize.Y;
+                }
+            }
+
+            var trans = Matrix.Identity;
+            if (rotation == 0) {
+                trans.M11 = flippedH ? -scale.X : scale.X;
+                trans.M22 = flippedV ? -scale.Y : scale.Y;
+                trans.M41 = (flipX - origin.X) * trans.M11 + position.X;
+                trans.M42 = (flipY - origin.Y) * trans.M22 + position.Y;
+            } else {
+                var sin = (float) Math.Sin(rotation);
+                var cos = (float) Math.Cos(rotation);
+                trans.M11 = (flippedH ? -scale.X : scale.X) * cos;
+                trans.M12 = (flippedH ? -scale.X : scale.X) * sin;
+                trans.M21 = (flippedV ? -scale.Y : scale.Y) * -sin;
+                trans.M22 = (flippedV ? -scale.Y : scale.Y) * cos;
+                trans.M41 = (flipX - origin.X) * trans.M11 + (flipY - origin.Y) * trans.M21 + position.X;
+                trans.M42 = (flipX - origin.X) * trans.M12 + (flipY - origin.Y) * trans.M22 + position.Y;
+            }
+            return trans;
+        }
+
+        public Vector2 MoveFlipped(Vector2 charPos, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 charSize) {
+            if ((effects & SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally) != 0)
+                charPos.X += charSize.X;
+            if ((effects & SpriteEffects.FlipVertically) != 0)
+                charPos.Y += charSize.Y - this.LineHeight;
+            return charPos;
+        }
+
+        public Vector2 TransformSingleCharacter(Vector2 stringPos, Vector2 charPosOffset, float rotation, Vector2 origin, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize, Vector2 charSize) {
+            return Vector2.Transform(this.MoveFlipped(charPosOffset, effects, charSize), this.CalculateStringTransform(stringPos, rotation, origin, scale, effects, stringSize));
+        }
+
         private Vector2 MeasureString(CodePointSource text, bool ignoreTrailingSpaces) {
             var size = Vector2.Zero;
             if (text.Length <= 0)
@@ -220,7 +268,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Font {
 
         private void DrawString(SpriteBatch batch, CodePointSource text, Vector2 position, Color color, float rotation, Vector2 origin, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, float layerDepth) {
             var flipSize = effects != SpriteEffects.None ? this.MeasureString(text, false) : Vector2.Zero;
-            var trans = this.CalculateStringTransform(position, rotation, origin, scale, flipSize, effects);
+            var trans = this.CalculateStringTransform(position, rotation, origin, scale, effects, flipSize);
 
             var offset = Vector2.Zero;
             var index = 0;
@@ -232,14 +280,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Font {
                 } else {
                     var character = CodePointSource.ToString(codePoint);
                     var charSize = this.MeasureString(character);
-
+                    var charPos = Vector2.Transform(this.MoveFlipped(offset, effects, charSize), trans);
-                    var charPos = offset;
-                    if ((effects & SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally) != 0)
-                        charPos.X += charSize.X;
-                    if ((effects & SpriteEffects.FlipVertically) != 0)
-                        charPos.Y += charSize.Y - this.LineHeight;
-                    charPos = Vector2.Transform(charPos, trans);
-
                     this.DrawCharacter(batch, codePoint, character, charPos, color, rotation, scale, effects, layerDepth);
                     offset.X += charSize.X;
                 }
@@ -367,40 +408,6 @@ namespace MLEM.Font {
             }
         }
 
-        internal Matrix CalculateStringTransform(Vector2 position, float rotation, Vector2 origin, Vector2 scale, Vector2 flipSize, SpriteEffects effects) {
-            var (flipX, flipY) = (0F, 0F);
-            var flippedV = (effects & SpriteEffects.FlipVertically) != 0;
-            var flippedH = (effects & SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally) != 0;
-            if (flippedV || flippedH) {
-                if (flippedH) {
-                    origin.X *= -1;
-                    flipX = -flipSize.X;
-                }
-                if (flippedV) {
-                    origin.Y *= -1;
-                    flipY = this.LineHeight - flipSize.Y;
-                }
-            }
-
-            var trans = Matrix.Identity;
-            if (rotation == 0) {
-                trans.M11 = flippedH ? -scale.X : scale.X;
-                trans.M22 = flippedV ? -scale.Y : scale.Y;
-                trans.M41 = (flipX - origin.X) * trans.M11 + position.X;
-                trans.M42 = (flipY - origin.Y) * trans.M22 + position.Y;
-            } else {
-                var sin = (float) Math.Sin(rotation);
-                var cos = (float) Math.Cos(rotation);
-                trans.M11 = (flippedH ? -scale.X : scale.X) * cos;
-                trans.M12 = (flippedH ? -scale.X : scale.X) * sin;
-                trans.M21 = (flippedV ? -scale.Y : scale.Y) * -sin;
-                trans.M22 = (flippedV ? -scale.Y : scale.Y) * cos;
-                trans.M41 = (flipX - origin.X) * trans.M11 + (flipY - origin.Y) * trans.M21 + position.X;
-                trans.M42 = (flipX - origin.X) * trans.M12 + (flipY - origin.Y) * trans.M22 + position.Y;
-            }
-            return trans;
-        }
-
         private static bool IsTrailingSpace(CodePointSource s, int index) {
             while (index < s.Length) {
                 var (codePoint, length) = s.GetCodePoint(index);

MLEM/Font/GenericSpriteFont.cs

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace MLEM.Font {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        protected override void DrawCharacter(SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Vector2 position, Color color, float rotation, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, float layerDepth) {
+        public override void DrawCharacter(SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Vector2 position, Color color, float rotation, Vector2 scale, SpriteEffects effects, float layerDepth) {
             batch.DrawString(this.Font, character, position, color, rotation, Vector2.Zero, scale, effects, layerDepth);
         }
 

MLEM/Formatting/Codes/Code.cs

@@ -92,12 +92,12 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting.Codes {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="Formatting.Token.DrawCharacter"/>
-        public virtual bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, ref Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref float scale, float depth) {
+        public virtual bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, Vector2 stringPos, ref Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref Vector2 scale, ref float rotation, ref Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize, Vector2 charSize) {
             return false;
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc cref="Formatting.Token.DrawSelf"/>
-        public virtual void DrawSelf(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, Token token, Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, Color color, float scale, float depth) {}
+        public virtual void DrawSelf(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, Token token, Vector2 stringPos, Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, Color color, Vector2 scale, float rotation, Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize) {}
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new formatting code from the given regex and regex match.

MLEM/Formatting/Codes/ImageCode.cs

@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting.Codes {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override void DrawSelf(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, Token token, Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, Color color, float scale, float depth) {
+        public override void DrawSelf(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, Token token, Vector2 stringPos, Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, Color color, Vector2 scale, float rotation, Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize) {
             var actualColor = this.copyTextColor ? color : Color.White.CopyAlpha(color);
-            batch.Draw(this.image.CurrentRegion, new RectangleF(pos, new Vector2(font.LineHeight * scale)), actualColor);
+            var size = new Vector2(font.LineHeight);
+            var finalPos = font.TransformSingleCharacter(stringPos, charPosOffset, rotation, origin, scale, effects, stringSize, size);
+            batch.Draw(this.image.CurrentRegion, new RectangleF(finalPos, size * scale), actualColor, rotation, Vector2.Zero, effects, 0);
         }
 
     }

MLEM/Formatting/Codes/LinkCode.cs

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting.Codes {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, ref Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref float scale, float depth) {
+        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, Vector2 stringPos, ref Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref Vector2 scale, ref float rotation, ref Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize, Vector2 charSize) {
             // since we inherit from UnderlineCode, we can just call base if selected
-            return this.IsSelected() && base.DrawCharacter(time, batch, codePoint, character, token, indexInToken, ref pos, font, ref color, ref scale, depth);
+            return this.IsSelected() && base.DrawCharacter(time, batch, codePoint, character, token, indexInToken, stringPos, ref charPosOffset, font, ref color, ref scale, ref rotation, ref origin, depth, effects, stringPos, charSize);
         }
 
     }

MLEM/Formatting/Codes/OutlineCode.cs

@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting.Codes {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, ref Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref float scale, float depth) {
+        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, Vector2 stringPos, ref Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref Vector2 scale, ref float rotation, ref Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize, Vector2 charSize) {
             foreach (var dir in this.diagonals ? Direction2Helper.AllExceptNone : Direction2Helper.Adjacent) {
-                var offset = Vector2.Normalize(dir.Offset().ToVector2()) * (this.thickness * scale);
+                var offset = Vector2.Normalize(dir.Offset().ToVector2()) * this.thickness;
-                font.DrawString(batch, character, pos + offset, this.color.CopyAlpha(color), 0, Vector2.Zero, scale, SpriteEffects.None, depth);
+                var finalPos = font.TransformSingleCharacter(stringPos, charPosOffset + offset, rotation, origin, scale, effects, stringSize, charSize);
+                font.DrawString(batch, character, finalPos, this.color.CopyAlpha(color), rotation, Vector2.Zero, scale, effects, depth);
             }
             return false;
         }

MLEM/Formatting/Codes/ShadowCode.cs

@@ -18,8 +18,9 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting.Codes {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, ref Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref float scale, float depth) {
+        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, Vector2 stringPos, ref Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref Vector2 scale, ref float rotation, ref Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize, Vector2 charSize) {
-            font.DrawString(batch, character, pos + this.offset * scale, this.color.CopyAlpha(color), 0, Vector2.Zero, scale, SpriteEffects.None, depth);
+            var finalPos = font.TransformSingleCharacter(stringPos, charPosOffset + this.offset, rotation, origin, scale, effects, stringSize, charSize);
+            font.DrawString(batch, character, finalPos, this.color.CopyAlpha(color), rotation, Vector2.Zero, scale, effects, depth);
             // we return false since we still want regular drawing to occur
             return false;
         }

MLEM/Formatting/Codes/SubSupCode.cs

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting.Codes {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, ref Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref float scale, float depth) {
+        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, Vector2 stringPos, ref Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref Vector2 scale, ref float rotation, ref Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize, Vector2 charSize) {
-            pos.Y += this.offset * font.LineHeight * scale;
+            charPosOffset.Y += this.offset * font.LineHeight * scale.Y;
             return false;
         }
 

MLEM/Formatting/Codes/UnderlineCode.cs

@@ -19,13 +19,12 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting.Codes {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, ref Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref float scale, float depth) {
+        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, Vector2 stringPos, ref Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref Vector2 scale, ref float rotation, ref Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize, Vector2 charSize) {
             // don't underline spaces at the end of lines
             if (codePoint == ' ' && token.DisplayString.Length > indexInToken + 1 && token.DisplayString[indexInToken + 1] == '\n')
                 return false;
-            var size = font.MeasureString(character) * scale;
+            var finalPos = font.TransformSingleCharacter(stringPos, charPosOffset + new Vector2(0, (this.yOffset - this.thickness) * charSize.Y), rotation, origin, scale, effects, stringSize, charSize);
-            var t = size.Y * this.thickness;
+            batch.Draw(batch.GetBlankTexture(), new RectangleF(finalPos.X, finalPos.Y, charSize.X * scale.X, this.thickness * charSize.Y * scale.Y), null, color, rotation, Vector2.Zero, SpriteEffects.None, depth);
-            batch.Draw(batch.GetBlankTexture(), new RectangleF(pos.X, pos.Y + this.yOffset * size.Y - t, size.X, t), color);
             return false;
         }
 

MLEM/Formatting/Codes/WobblyCode.cs

@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting.Codes {
         }
 
         /// <inheritdoc />
-        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, ref Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref float scale, float depth) {
+        public override bool DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, Token token, int indexInToken, Vector2 stringPos, ref Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, ref Color color, ref Vector2 scale, ref float rotation, ref Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize, Vector2 charSize) {
-            var offset = new Vector2(0, (float) Math.Sin(token.Index + indexInToken + this.TimeIntoAnimation.TotalSeconds * this.modifier) * font.LineHeight * this.heightModifier * scale);
+            charPosOffset += new Vector2(0, (float) Math.Sin(token.Index + indexInToken + this.TimeIntoAnimation.TotalSeconds * this.modifier) * font.LineHeight * this.heightModifier * scale.Y);
-            pos += offset;
             // we return false since we still want regular drawing to occur, we just changed the position
             return false;
         }

MLEM/Formatting/Token.cs

@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
         /// <param name="color">The color to draw with</param>
         /// <param name="scale">The scale to draw at</param>
         /// <param name="depth">The depth to draw at</param>
-        public void DrawSelf(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, Color color, float scale, float depth) {
+        public void DrawSelf(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, Vector2 stringPos, Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, Color color, Vector2 scale, float rotation, Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize) {
             foreach (var code in this.AppliedCodes)
-                code.DrawSelf(time, batch, this, pos, font, color, scale, depth);
+                code.DrawSelf(time, batch, this, stringPos, charPosOffset, font, color, scale, rotation, origin, depth, effects, stringSize);
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -127,14 +127,15 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
         /// <param name="color">The color to draw with</param>
         /// <param name="scale">The scale to draw at</param>
         /// <param name="depth">The depth to draw at</param>
-        public void DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, int indexInToken, Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, Color color, float scale, float depth) {
+        public void DrawCharacter(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, int codePoint, string character, int indexInToken, Vector2 stringPos, Vector2 charPosOffset, GenericFont font, Color color, Vector2 scale, float rotation, Vector2 origin, float depth, SpriteEffects effects, Vector2 stringSize, Vector2 charSize) {
             foreach (var code in this.AppliedCodes) {
-                if (code.DrawCharacter(time, batch, codePoint, character, this, indexInToken, ref pos, font, ref color, ref scale, depth))
+                if (code.DrawCharacter(time, batch, codePoint, character, this, indexInToken, stringPos, ref charPosOffset, font, ref color, ref scale, ref rotation, ref origin, depth, effects, stringSize, charSize))
                     return;
             }
 
             // if no code drew, we have to do it ourselves
-            font.DrawString(batch, character, pos, color, 0, Vector2.Zero, scale, SpriteEffects.None, depth);
+            var finalPos = font.TransformSingleCharacter(stringPos, charPosOffset, rotation, origin, scale, effects, stringSize, charSize);
+            font.DrawCharacter(batch, codePoint, character, finalPos, color, rotation, scale, effects, depth);
         }
 
         /// <summary>

MLEM/Formatting/TokenizedString.cs

@@ -180,9 +180,13 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
             return null;
         }
 
+        public void Draw(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, Color color, float scale, float depth, float rotation = 0, Vector2 origin = default, SpriteEffects effects = SpriteEffects.None, int? startIndex = null, int? endIndex = null) {
+            this.Draw(time, batch, pos, font, color, new Vector2(scale), depth, rotation, origin, effects, startIndex, endIndex);
+        }
+
         /// <inheritdoc cref="GenericFont.DrawString(SpriteBatch,string,Vector2,Color,float,Vector2,float,SpriteEffects,float)"/>
-        public void Draw(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, Color color, float scale, float depth, int? startIndex = null, int? endIndex = null) {
+        public void Draw(GameTime time, SpriteBatch batch, Vector2 pos, GenericFont font, Color color, Vector2 scale, float depth, float rotation = 0, Vector2 origin = default, SpriteEffects effects = SpriteEffects.None, int? startIndex = null, int? endIndex = null) {
-            var innerOffset = new Vector2(this.initialInnerOffset * scale, 0);
+            var innerOffset = new Vector2(this.initialInnerOffset, 0);
             for (var t = 0; t < this.Tokens.Length; t++) {
                 var token = this.Tokens[t];
                 if (endIndex != null && token.Index >= endIndex)
@@ -192,8 +196,8 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
                 var drawColor = token.GetColor(color);
 
                 if (startIndex == null || token.Index >= startIndex)
-                    token.DrawSelf(time, batch, pos + innerOffset, drawFont, drawColor, scale, depth);
+                    token.DrawSelf(time, batch, pos, innerOffset, drawFont, drawColor, scale, rotation, origin, depth, effects, this.area.Size);
-                innerOffset.X += token.GetSelfWidth(drawFont) * scale;
+                innerOffset.X += token.GetSelfWidth(drawFont);
 
                 var indexInToken = 0;
                 for (var l = 0; l < token.SplitDisplayString.Length; l++) {
@@ -205,19 +209,20 @@ namespace MLEM.Formatting {
 
                         var (codePoint, length) = line.GetCodePoint(cpsIndex);
                         var character = CodePointSource.ToString(codePoint);
+                        var charSize = drawFont.MeasureString(character);
 
                         if (startIndex == null || token.Index + indexInToken >= startIndex)
-                            token.DrawCharacter(time, batch, codePoint, character, indexInToken, pos + innerOffset, drawFont, drawColor, scale, depth);
+                            token.DrawCharacter(time, batch, codePoint, character, indexInToken, pos, innerOffset, drawFont, drawColor, scale, rotation, origin, depth, effects, this.area.Size, charSize);
 
-                        innerOffset.X += drawFont.MeasureString(character).X * scale;
+                        innerOffset.X += charSize.X;
                         indexInToken += length;
                         cpsIndex += length;
                     }
 
                     // only split at a new line, not between tokens!
                     if (l < token.SplitDisplayString.Length - 1) {
-                        innerOffset.X = token.InnerOffsets[l] * scale;
+                        innerOffset.X = token.InnerOffsets[l];
-                        innerOffset.Y += drawFont.LineHeight * scale;
+                        innerOffset.Y += drawFont.LineHeight;
                     }
                 }
             }

Sandbox/GameImpl.cs

@@ -257,43 +257,45 @@ public class GameImpl : MlemGame {
         }).SetData("Ref", "Main");
         this.UiSystem.Add("SpillTest", spillPanel);
 
-         var regularFont = spriteFont.Font;
+        var regularFont = spriteFont.Font;
-         var genericFont = spriteFont;
+        var genericFont = spriteFont;
 
-         var index = 0;
+        var index = 0;
-         var pos = new Vector2(100, 20);
+        var pos = new Vector2(100, 20);
-         var scale = 1F;
+        var scale = 1F;
-         var origin = Vector2.Zero;
+        var origin = Vector2.Zero;
-         var rotation = 0F;
+        var rotation = 0F;
-         var effects = SpriteEffects.None;
+        var effects = SpriteEffects.None;
 
-         this.OnDraw += (_, _) => {
+        const string testString = "This is a\ntest string\n\twith long lines.\nLet's write some more stuff. Let's\r\nsplit lines weirdly.";
-             const string testString = "This is a\ntest string\n\twith long lines.\nLet's write some more stuff. Let's\r\nsplit lines weirdly.";
+        var formatted = formatter.Tokenize(genericFont, testString);
-             if (MlemGame.Input.IsKeyPressed(Keys.I)) {
-                 index++;
-                 if (index == 1) {
-                     scale = 2;
-                 } else if (index == 2) {
-                     origin = new Vector2(15, 15);
-                 } else if (index == 3) {
-                     rotation = 0.25F;
-                 } else if (index == 4) {
-                     effects = SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally;
-                 } else if (index == 5) {
-                     effects = SpriteEffects.FlipVertically;
-                 } else if (index == 6) {
-                     effects = SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally | SpriteEffects.FlipVertically;
-                 }
-             }
 
-             this.SpriteBatch.Begin();
+        this.OnDraw += (_, time) => {
-             if (MlemGame.Input.IsKeyDown(Keys.LeftShift)) {
+            if (MlemGame.Input.IsKeyPressed(Keys.I)) {
-                 this.SpriteBatch.DrawString(regularFont, testString, pos, Color.Red, rotation, origin, scale, effects, 0);
+                index++;
-             } else {
+                if (index == 1) {
-                 genericFont.DrawString(this.SpriteBatch, testString, pos, Color.Green, rotation, origin, scale, effects, 0);
+                    scale = 2;
-             }
+                } else if (index == 2) {
-             this.SpriteBatch.End();
+                    origin = new Vector2(15, 15);
-         };
+                } else if (index == 3) {
+                    rotation = 0.25F;
+                } else if (index == 4) {
+                    effects = SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally;
+                } else if (index == 5) {
+                    effects = SpriteEffects.FlipVertically;
+                } else if (index == 6) {
+                    effects = SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally | SpriteEffects.FlipVertically;
+                }
+            }
+
+            this.SpriteBatch.Begin();
+            if (MlemGame.Input.IsKeyDown(Keys.LeftShift)) {
+                this.SpriteBatch.DrawString(regularFont, testString, pos, Color.Red, rotation, origin, scale, effects, 0);
+            } else {
+                formatted.Draw(time, this.SpriteBatch, pos, genericFont, Color.Green, scale, 0, rotation, origin, effects);
+            }
+            this.SpriteBatch.End();
+        };
 
         /*var viewport = new BoxingViewportAdapter(this.Window, this.GraphicsDevice, 1280, 720);
         var newPanel = new Panel(Anchor.TopLeft, new Vector2(200, 100), new Vector2(10, 10));

build.cake

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #tool dotnet:?package=docfx&version=2.75.3
 
 // this is the upcoming version, for prereleases
-var version = Argument("version", "6.3.2");
+var version = Argument("version", "7.0.0");
 var target = Argument("target", "Default");
 var gitRef = Argument("ref", "refs/heads/main");
 var buildNum = Argument("buildNum", "");