Custom Text Addon for Garry's Mod

Display custom text on your HUD with configurable color, position, and font. Includes an admin-only GUI for live configuration.

Features

• Show custom text on the HUD
• Choose from preset colors and positions
• Select from built-in Garry's Mod fonts
• Admin-only in-game GUI for live config
• Config file for manual setup

Installation

1. Download or clone this repository.
2. Place the custom_text_addon folder into your garrysmod/addons/ directory.
3. (Optional) Edit lua/autorun/custom_text_config.lua to set default text, color, position, and font.

Configuration

You can configure the addon in two ways:

1. Config File

Edit lua/autorun/custom_text_config.lua:

CustomTextConfig = {
    text = "Hello from Jimputin!", -- The text to display
    color = "red",                -- Preset color: red, blue, green, white, black
    position = "bottom_middle",   -- bottom_middle, right_middle, left_middle, upper_middle
    font = "DermaLarge"           -- DermaLarge, Default, Trebuchet24, TargetID, ChatFont, etc.
}

2. Admin GUI (in-game)

Admins can open the GUI with the console command:

customtext_admin_gui

• Only admins can use this menu.
• Change the text, color, position, and font live.
• Changes are synced to all players.

Fonts

Common built-in fonts:

• DermaLarge
• Default
• Trebuchet24
• TargetID
• ChatFont
• DefaultBold
• TabLarge
• HudHintTextLarge
• HudHintTextSmall

Credits

• Addon by Jimputin & ElysianNodes.uk
• ASCII art and sponsorship message print to server console

License

Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License