MessageFrame and setting font

Ailae · 03-27-08, 04:49 AM

Evening all.

I am fiddling around a bit with a SpellAlert-type mod and chose to make use of the MessageFrame widget which has a built-in fadeout and showtime for messages sent via it.

According to Wowwiki this widget inherits functions from UIObject, FontInstance, Region and Frame. Great, I thought, that will make it easy to customize which font I'd like to use.

But then, confusion struck.

Code:

buffFrame:SetFont("Fonts\\FRIZQT__.TTF", 18, "OUTLINE")

This shows up on screen when I do buffFrame:AddMessage("Boofies!")

But neither of these show up on screen when sending a message to my frame. Why?

Code:

buffFrame:SetFontObject(GameFontNormal)

buffFrame:SetFont("Interface\\AddOns\\FolderOfFonts\\Fontname.ttf", 18, "OUTLINE")

I'd like to have another font than the ugly FRIZQT. And I've made sure the filename is corret.

Anyone have any idea? Or should I just go with a standard frame and make my own fading?

Thanks in advance!
/Ailae

Ailae · 03-27-08, 11:16 AM

Hm..

Code:

buffFrame:SetFontObject("GameFontNormal")

This works. Still can't pass on a font to SetFont though.