FontString:SetText

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	FontString:GetText
	FontString:SetText
	FontString:SetFormattedText

Sets the text to be displayed in the FontString.

fontString:SetText(text)

Arguments

text

string - The text to be displayed.

Details

• FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars.^{[citation needed]} 
• The font must be set before showing text.
• The text may be formatted using UI Escape Sequences.

Example

	fontString:SetText("|cff000000This text is black,|r |cffff0000while this text will be red.|r")

See also

• FontString:GetText
• FontString:SetFormattedText