Roku SDK Documentation : Font

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Extends: Node 

Description

The Font node class specifies the font to be used by a Label node, or any other nodes that render text.

Nodes that use fonts include a field that stores a Font node. The font to use is specified by creating a Font node, and setting its uri and size fields.

The uri field can be set to any TrueType/OpenType font file. For example, to specify a font in XML markup:

<Label>
  <Font role = "font" uri = "pkg:/fonts/font.ttf" size = "24" />
</Label>

A default system font can also be specified, such as in the following:

<Label id = "myLabel" 
  width = "200" 
  height = "200" 
  text = "Hello Label" 
  font = "font:MediumBoldSystemFont" />

The table below shows the possible system font values.

The font can also be specified in BrightScript, for example:

label = CreateObject("roSGNode", "Label")
font  = CreateObject("roSGNode", "Font")
font.uri = "pkg:/fonts/font.ttf"
font.size = 24
label.font = font

Fields