Simple Font Object Question

[Mayron]

Hi all,

I seem to have forgot how to copy a font object because I want to use GameFontNormal except having it class coloured. The Global MUI_COLOR definitely works and shows the class colours and "missionbtn" is the name of the button I have created.

Do this works correctly to show the yellow/gold coloured text:

missionbtn:SetNormalFontObject("GameFontNormal");

But this code below is what I am using and does not copy / work correctly:

local font = CreateFont("MUI_ButtonFont");
font:CopyFontObject("GameFontNormal");
font:SetTextColor(MUI_COLOR.r, MUI_COLOR.g, MUI_COLOR.b, 1);
missionbtn:SetNormalFontObject(font);
missionbtn:SetHighlightFontObject(font);

It shows up as nothing, making the button text invisible.

Completely stuck because I thought this should work. Any help? ^^
Been on a long break from programming so probably just being really stupid!

[Resike]

Change CopyFontObject to SetFontObject.

But you don't have to use a template for this, since you can just read their default values and create the same font with :SetFont, :SetShadowColor and :SetShadowOffset.

http://wowprogramming.com/docs/widgets/FontInstance

GameFontNormal:
https://github.com/Resike/BlizzardIn...tStyles.xml#L3

SystemFont_Shadow_Med1_Outline:
https://github.com/Resike/BlizzardIn...dFonts.xml#L46

[Seerah]

Like this?

local text = frame:CreateFontString("MyText", nil, "GameFontNormal")
local _, class = UnitClass("player")
local classColor = RAID_CLASS_COLORS[class]
text:SetTextColor(classColor.r, classColor.g, classColor.b, 1)

[Mayron]

Thank you, but it is a button so I need to access the button's text but I only know how to get the FontObject and of course that just makes all instances of that object the same text colour which is not ideal.

I don't want to mess with the shadow of the font etc.. just the text colour.

I still like how GameFontHighlight changes the text to white so I want to use that but when i set the text colour to class colour then usually it removes the turning to white effect. I was hoping to be lazy and use the font object's shadow style . I just wanted the normal font type class coloured on the button. Would that mean I need to create a new FontString on the button to do this? I thought I could just use the basic button text it inherits by default.

EDIT:
I tried using your method Seerah but that made the GameFontHighlight style inactive so it does not change to white when the mouse is over the button.

local missionbtn = CreateFrame("Button", "testbtn", Minimap);
missionbtn:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", Minimap, "TOPLEFT", 6, -2);
missionbtn:SetSize(14, 14);
missionbtn:SetHighlightFontObject("GameFontHighlight")
 
local text = missionbtn:CreateFontString("MyText", nil, "GameFontNormal")
text:SetTextColor(MUI_COLOR.r, MUI_COLOR.g, MUI_COLOR.b, 1)
missionbtn:SetFontString(text);

[Mayron]

MUI_COLOR = (CUSTOM_CLASS_COLORS or RAID_CLASS_COLORS)[select(2, UnitClass("player"))];
 
local missionbtn = CreateFrame("Button", "testbtn", Minimap);
missionbtn:SetPoint("TOPLEFT", Minimap, "TOPLEFT", 6, -2);
missionbtn:SetSize(14, 14);
missionbtn:SetHighlightFontObject("GameFontHighlight")
 
local font = CreateFont("MUI_ButtonFont");
font:CopyFontObject(GameFontNormal);
font:SetTextColor(MUI_COLOR.r, MUI_COLOR.g, MUI_COLOR.b, 1);
missionbtn:SetNormalFontObject(font);

This works perfectly fine but it does not show the text initially until you enter the button and then leave it. It shows the Normal Font Object only when you enter and leave and not onload which I do not understand why.

[SDPhantom]

What happens if you use Font:SetFontObject() instead?

[Mayron]

Originally Posted by SDPhantom What happens if you use Font:SetFontObject() instead?

Ah that works thank you and sorry for not trying that the first time Resike mentioned it.
Brilliant! <3