DxCreateFont

Only available in 1.1 This function creates a font element that can be used in dxDrawText

Syntax

element dxCreateFont ( string filepath[, int size=9, bool bold=false ] )

Required Arguments

• filepath: the name of the file containing the font

Optional Arguments

• size: size of the font
• bold: flag to indicate if the font should be bold

Returns

Returns a font element if successful, false if invalid arguments were passed to the function.

Example

-- Display text using dxDrawText
addEventHandler( "onClientRender", root,
    function()
        dxDrawText( "dxDrawText", 100, 350, 300, 350, tocolor(255,255,0), 1, myFont )
    end
)

-- Use 'toggle' command to switch custom font on and off
addCommandHandler( "toggle",
    function()
        if not myFont then
            myFont = dxCreateFont( "segoeui.ttf", 20 )  -- Create custom font
        else        
            destroyElement( myFont )                    -- Destroy custom font
            myFont = nil
        end
    end
)