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Font (inherits from FontInstance)

The Font object is the only type of object that is not attached to a parent widget; indeed, its purpose is to be shared between other objects that share font characteristics. In this way, changes to the Font object will update the text appearance of all text objects that have it set as their Font using FontInstance:SetFontObject(). This allows a coder to maintain a consistent appearance between UI elements, as well as simplifying the resources and work required to update multiple text-based UI elements.

Construction

In Lua

• CreateFont(name) - Creates a new font object with a globally accessible name.

In XML

• <Font> - Defines a font object.
• <FontFamily> - Defines a localization-dependent font object (compatibility for different character sets).

Templates

• FrameXML/Fonts.xml defines limited localization-dependent character sets, intended only for inheriting into other Fonts.
• FrameXML/SharedFontStyles.xml defines the traditional game fonts.
• FrameXML/FontStyles.xml defines additional fonts for certain use cases.

Defined Methods

Font:CopyFontObject(otherFont) - Set this Font's attributes to be a copy of the otherFont font object's.

Font:GetAlpha()

Font:SetAlpha(alpha)

Patch changes

• Patch 1.10.0 / API (2006-03-28): Implemented by the new concrete type Font.
  

External links

• wowprogramming, Jim Whitehead