GuiGetFont

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

Syntax

string, element guiGetFont ( element guiElement )

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Method: GuiElement:getFont(...)
Variable: .font
Counterpart: guiSetFont


Required Arguments

  • guiElement: element you wish to get the font of.

Returns

  • string A string containing the name of the element's current font, or false if the gui element passed to the function is invalid.
  • element The custom GUI font that is used, or nil otherwise

Example

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

General functions

Browsers

Buttons

Checkboxes

Comboboxes

Edit Boxes

Gridlists

Memos

Progressbars

Radio Buttons

Scrollbars

Scrollpanes

Static Images

Tab Panels

Tabs

Text Labels

Windows

Input

GUI

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