fontsting:SetFont

[wellbeing]

i'm having trouble setting the font for my fontstring.

how do i point to those in the wow directory.

I know that i can go another route using "normalgamefont" or whatever, but i need to scale the size of this particular fontstring up quite a bit. From what i can tell, i wasnt allowed to define the size after setting an inherent font.

for the purpose of clarity, i'm trying to recreate a "raidwarning" style message for which i can define the duration. the built in raidwarning_sendmessage won't allow definition of duration.

in summary.. how can i make my fontstring use a font that is included in wow AND quite large?

[Xrystal]

The way I do it is as follows :

local Path, Size, Flags = self.Cooldown.Text:GetFont()
self.Cooldown.Text:SetFont(Path,myFontSize,Flags);

This should then resize to the size you want.

[wellbeing]

Originally Posted by Xrystal The way I do it is as follows : local Path, Size, Flags = self.Cooldown.Text:GetFont() self.Cooldown.Text:SetFont(Path,myFontSize,Flags); This should then resize to the size you want.

i'm not sure how to apply that to my situation..

here is my function for creating a text frame. i need it a few times with specific variables, so i just want to make it up top for use later.. i got the general format from some addon or another and modified it to my needs. i'm just unable to sort the facts on how to define the font/size.

function CreateText(name,text,x,y,parent,w,h,relto,relpt,just)

Parent = parent


local Name = name
local TextX = x
local TextY = y
local RelativeTo = relto
local RelativePoint = rept
local TextWidth = w
local TextHeight = h
local Text = text

local FrameLevel = 4

local TextFrame = CreateFrame("FRAME",Name,Parent)
TextFrame:ClearAllPoints()
TextFrame:SetWidth(TextWidth)
TextFrame:SetHeight(TextHeight)
local TextFrameFont = TextFrame:CreateFontString(nil, "BACKGROUND")





if(justify) then
TextFrameFont:SetJustifyH(justify)
end


TextFrameFont:SetAllPoints()
TextFrameFont:SetText(Text)
TextFrameFont:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.TTF", 11) -- these are the two lines im TRYING to use.
TextFrameFont:SetSize(24, 78)
--TextFrameFont:SetTextHeight(450)
--TextFrameFont:SetWidth(50)
TextFrame:SetPoint(RelativeTo,Parent,RelativePoint,TextX,TextY)
TextFrame:SetMovable(false)
TextFrame:SetFrameLevel(FrameLevel)




end

[Xrystal]

Okay, this line is possibly causing the problem. There is possibly something missing here but I can't remember exactly what else you need at the moment.

TextFrameFont:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.TTF", 11)


Try changing these specific lines ( keep the other ones in for now ).

-- Create a Font String based on GameFontNormal
local TextFrameFont = TextFrame:CreateFontString(nil, "BACKGROUND",GameFontNormal)

--Now this is where we see what the rest of the font is holding and store it
local Path, Size, Flags = TextFrameFont :GetFont()

-- Your code to set the text contents
TextFrameFont:SetText(Text)

-- Now we want to set the font with our chosen settings but keep what it is already using
TextFrameFont:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.TTF", 11,Flags)


Try that out and see if that works.

[wellbeing]

Originally Posted by Xrystal Okay, this line is possibly causing the problem. There is possibly something missing here but I can't remember exactly what else you need at the moment. TextFrameFont:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.TTF", 11) Try changing these specific lines ( keep the other ones in for now ). -- Create a Font String based on GameFontNormal local TextFrameFont = TextFrame:CreateFontString(nil, "BACKGROUND",GameFontNormal) --Now this is where we see what the rest of the font is holding and store it local Path, Size, Flags = TextFrameFont :GetFont() -- Your code to set the text contents TextFrameFont:SetText(Text) -- Now we want to set the font with our chosen settings but keep what it is already using TextFrameFont:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.TTF", 11,Flags) Try that out and see if that works.

TextFrameFont:SetFont(Path, Size,Flags)

did you mean to have that as the last line or am i missing the point?

[wellbeing]

Originally Posted by wellbeing TextFrameFont:SetFont(Path, Size,Flags) did you mean to have that as the last line or am i missing the point?

function CreateText(name,text,x,y,parent,w,h,relativeto,relativepoint,justify)

Parent = parent


local Name = name
local TextX = x
local TextY = y
local RelativeTo = relativeto
local RelativePoint = relativepoint
local TextWidth = w
local TextHeight = h
local Text = text

local FrameLevel = 4

local TextFrame = CreateFrame("FRAME",Name,Parent)
TextFrame:ClearAllPoints()
TextFrame:SetWidth(TextWidth)
TextFrame:SetHeight(TextHeight)

TextFrameFont = TextFrame:CreateFontString(nil, "BACKGROUND",GameFontNormal)
local Path, Size, Flags = TextFrameFont:GetFont()
TextFrameFont:SetText(Text)
TextFrameFont:SetFont(Path, Size,Flags)


if(justify) then
TextFrameFont:SetJustifyH(justify)
end

end

this isnt working. hmmm.