WoW:XML/FontString

Derived from: LayoutFrame

Elements: FontHeight, Color, Shadow

Attributes: font, bytes, text, spacing, outline, monochrome, nonspacewrap, justifyV, justifyH, maxLines, inherits

The Fontstring element is used to display a text in the user interface. The text displayed by the Fontstring element can be changed with the LUA function <fontstringobject>:SetText() or read with the function <fontstringobject>:GetText().

outline = "NORMAL" or "THICK", monochrome = "true" or "false", justifyV = "TOP", "MIDDLE" or "BOTTOM", justifyH = "LEFT", "RIGHT", "CENTER"

inherits can be set to an existing font. If set, the current FontString will take on all of that font's settings, unless overridden in the current FontString.

Note: <FontString> must be within a <Layer>, Attribute "font" needs to be set for element "FontHeight" to work

Template:Icon-shortcutSee [DEPRECATED http://wowprogramming.com/utils/xmlbrowser/live/FrameXML/Fonts.xml FrameXML/Fonts.xml] for the system default list of inheritable fonts!

Code: FontString Widget API

Example

<FontString name="$parentFontString" font="Fonts\FRIZQT__.TTF" text="Example Text" justifyH="LEFT" justifyV="TOP">
  <Color r="1" g="0.8" b="1" a="1"/>
  <FontHeight>
    <AbsValue val="12"/>
  </FontHeight>
  <Anchors>
   <Anchor point="TOPLEFT" relativeTo="$parent">
     <Offset>
       <AbsDimension x="20" y="-20"/>
     </Offset>
   </Anchor>
  </Anchors>
  <Shadow>
    <offset>
      <AbsDimension x="1" y="1"/>
    </offset>
    <color r="0" g="0" b="0"/>
  </Shadow>
</FontString>