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Added in 1.10.0 / 1.13.2

Creates a Font object.

fontObject = CreateFont(name)

Arguments

name

string - Globally-accessible name to be assigned for use as _G["name"]

Returns

fontObject

Font🔗 - Reference to the new font object.

Details

• Font objects, similar to XML <Font> elements, may be used to create a common font pattern assigned to several widgets via FontInstance:SetFontObject(fontObject).
  • Subsequently changing the font object will affect the text displayed on every widget it was assigned to.
• Since the new font object is created without any properties, it should be initialized via FontInstance:SetFont(path, height [, flags]) or Font:CopyFontObject(otherFont).