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guiGetFont

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Pair: guiSetFont

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This function is used to get the current font that is used to draw text in GUI elements.

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Syntax

string,​ element guiGetFont ( element guiElement )
Required Arguments
  • guiElement: element you wish to get the font of.

Returns

  • string: value1
  • element: value2

This example sets and gets the font of a pre-made gui element and outputs it to chat box.

Code Examples

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This example sets and gets the font of a pre-made gui element and outputs it to chat box.

-- We create a dummy gui label to get text of
local dummyGUIElement = guiCreateLabel ( 0.45, 0.48, 0.10, 0.04, "Hello world", true )
guiSetFont ( dummyGUIElement, "sa-gothic" )
-- Output the font of the label to chat box
outputChatBox ( "Font used in the GUI label: " .. guiGetFont ( dummyGuiElement ) )

See Also

GUI Functions