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Instantiation

CreateFont()

Methods

Font:CopyFontObject(sourceFont) Font:GetAlpha() : alpha Font:SetAlpha(alpha)

FontInstance:GetFont() : fontFile, height, flags - Returns the font path, height, and flags. FontInstance:GetFontObject() : font - Returns the "parent" font object. FontInstance:GetIndentedWordWrap() : wordWrap - Returns the indentation when text wraps beyond the first line. FontInstance:GetJustifyH() : justifyH - Returns the horizontal text justification. FontInstance:GetJustifyV() : justifyV - Returns the vertical text justification. FontInstance:GetShadowColor() : colorR, colorG, colorB, colorA - Sets the text shadow color. FontInstance:GetShadowOffset() : offsetX, offsetY - Returns the text shadow offset. FontInstance:GetSpacing() : spacing - Returns the line spacing. FontInstance:GetTextColor() : colorR, colorG, colorB, colorA - Returns the default text color. FontInstance:SetFont(fontFile, height, flags) - Sets the basic font properties. FontInstance:SetFontObject(font) - Sets the "parent" font object from which this object inherits properties. FontInstance:SetIndentedWordWrap(wordWrap) - Sets the indentation when text wraps beyond the first line. FontInstance:SetJustifyH(justifyH) - Sets the horizontal text justification FontInstance:SetJustifyV(justifyV) - Sets the vertical text justification. FontInstance:SetShadowColor(colorR, colorG, colorB [, a]) - Returns the color of text shadow. FontInstance:SetShadowOffset(offsetX, offsetY) - Sets the text shadow offset. FontInstance:SetSpacing(spacing) - Sets the spacing between lines of text in the object. FontInstance:SetTextColor(colorR, colorG, colorB [, a]) - Sets the default text color.

FrameScriptObject:GetName() : name - Returns the object's global name. FrameScriptObject:GetObjectType() : objectType - Returns the object's widget type. FrameScriptObject:IsForbidden() : isForbidden - Returns true if insecure interaction with the object is forbidden. FrameScriptObject:IsObjectType(objectType) : isType - Returns true if the object belongs to a given widget type or its subtypes. FrameScriptObject:SetForbidden() #protected - Sets the object to be forbidden from an insecure execution path.

Templates

FrameXML/Fonts.xml defines limited localization-dependent character sets, intended only for inheriting into other Fonts. {⁠, ⁠}

SharedXML/SharedFontStyles.xml defines the traditional game fonts. {⁠, ⁠}

FrameXML/FontStyles.xml defines additional fonts for certain use cases. {⁠, ⁠}