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guiCreateFont

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This function creates a GUI font element that can be used in guiSetFont. Successful font creation is not guaranteed, and may fail due to hardware or memory limitations.

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Syntax

element guiCreateFont ( string filepath, [ int size = 9 ] )
Required Arguments
  • filepath: the name of the file containing the font.
Optional Arguments

NOTE: When using optional arguments, you might need to supply all arguments before the one you wish to use.

  • size (default: 9): size of the font.

Returns

  • element: value

Returns a GUI font element if successful, false if invalid arguments were passed to the function, or there is insufficient resources available.

Code Examples

shared 
-- Display a gui label
local myLabel = guiCreateLabel( 100, 300, 400, 50, "GUI label", false )


-- Use 'toggle' command to switch custom font on and off
addCommandHandler( "toggle",
    function()
        if not myFont then
            myFont = guiCreateFont( "segoeui.ttf", 20 )  -- Create GUI custom font
            guiSetFont( myLabel, myFont )                -- Apply font to a widget
        else
            destroyElement( myFont )                     -- Destroy custom font
            myFont = nil
        end
    end
)

See Also

GUI Functions
GUI Elements
Reference