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	== Description ==		== Description ==

	Sets the text to be displayed in the fontstring. The text will have the color given to it via the fontinstance definition (or a FontString:SetTextColor call). You may however use [[UI_Escape_Sequences\|escape sequences]] to modify the string's appearance.		Sets the text to be displayed in the fontstring. The text will have the color given to it via the fontinstance definition (or a [[API_FontString_SetTextColor\|FontString:SetTextColor]] call). You may however use [[UI_Escape_Sequences\|escape sequences]] to modify the string's appearance.

	NOTE: FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars.		NOTE: FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars.

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	<font style="color: black">This text is black, </font><font style="color: red">while this text will be red.</font>		<font style="color: black">This text is black, </font><font style="color: red">while this text will be red.</font>

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			;''Notes''
			* The ''Font'' must be set before calling this function. This is not done for you if the FontString is created via [[API Frame CreateFontString\|Frame:CreateFontString]]. There are 3 ways to ensure the ''Font'' is set:
			** Send in an ''inheritsFrom'' value to [[API Frame CreateFontString\|Frame:CreateFontString]].
			** Set the ''inheritsFrom'' via [[API FontInstance SetFontObject\|FontInstance:SetFontObject]].
			** Set the font directly via [[API FontInstance SetFont\|FontInstance:SetFont]].

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	== Description ==		== Description ==

	Sets the text to be displayed in the fontstring. The text will have the color given to it via the fontinstance definition (or a FontString:SetTextColor call). You may however use ~~a form of simpleHTML~~ to ~~color specific parts of a~~ string~~, as shown in the example below~~.		Sets the text to be displayed in the fontstring. The text will have the color given to it via the fontinstance definition (or a FontString:SetTextColor call). You may however use [[UI_Escape_Sequences\|escape sequences]] to modify the string's appearance.

	NOTE: FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars.		NOTE: FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars.

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	Sets the text to be displayed in the fontstring. The text will have the color given to it via the fontinstance definition (or a FontString:SetTextColor call). You may however use a form of simpleHTML to color specific parts of a string, as shown in the example below.		Sets the text to be displayed in the fontstring. The text will have the color given to it via the fontinstance definition (or a FontString:SetTextColor call). You may however use a form of simpleHTML to color specific parts of a string, as shown in the example below.

			NOTE: FontString has a limit of ~4000 chars.

	== Examples ==		== Examples ==

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== Synopsis ==

FontString:SetText(string text)

== Description ==

Sets the text to be displayed in the fontstring. The text will have the color given to it via the fontinstance definition (or a FontString:SetTextColor call). You may however use a form of simpleHTML to color specific parts of a string, as shown in the example below.

== Examples ==
FontString:SetText('|cff000000This text is black,|r |cffff0000while this text will be red.|r')
will return
<font style="color: black">This text is black, </font><font style="color: red">while this text will be red.</font>