Merge pull request processing#4506 from JakubValtar/npe-createfont

benfry · benfry · commit 7f4805386add · 2016-06-02T16:35:32.000-04:00
Give helpful message when createFont() called before setup()
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -6178,6 +6178,10 @@ public PFont createFont(String name, float size, boolean smooth) {
    */
   public PFont createFont(String name, float size,
                           boolean smooth, char[] charset) {
+    if (g == null) {
+      System.err.println("The sketch is not initialized yet.");
+      throw new RuntimeException("Fonts must be created inside setup() or after it has been called.");
+    }
     return g.createFont(name, size, smooth, charset);
   }
 
