question: public void text ( String str , float x , float y ) { if ( textFont == null ) { defaultFontOrDeath ( "text" ) ; } int length = str . length ( ) ; if ( length > textBuffer . length ) { textBuffer = new char [ length + 10 ] ; } str . getChars ( 0 , length , textBuffer , 0 ) ; float high = 0 ; for ( int i = 0 ; i < length ; i ++ ) { if ( textBuffer [ i ] == '\n' ) { high += textLeading ; } } if ( textAlignY == CENTER ) { y += ( textAscent ( ) - high ) / 2 ; } else if ( textAlignY == TOP ) { y += textAscent ( ) ; } else if ( textAlignY == BOTTOM ) { y -= textDescent ( ) + high ; } int start = 0 ; int index = 0 ; while ( index < length ) { if ( textBuffer [ index ] == '\n' ) { textLineAlignImpl ( textBuffer , start , index , x , y ) ; start = index + 1 ; y += textLeading ; } index ++ ; } if ( start < length ) { textLineAlignImpl ( textBuffer , start , index , x , y ) ; } }
target:  Draw a chunk of text. Newlines that are \n (Unix newline or linefeed char, ascii 10) are honored, but \r (carriage return, Windows and Mac OS) are ignored.