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Synopsis

fontDialog [-FontList]

fontDialog is undoable, NOT queryable, and NOT editable.

On Windows systems only, the command can be invoked with no flags; in this case it displays a font picking window, and returns the name of the font that the user picked. If the user picked no font, then an empty string is returned.

Return value

string

Flags

FontList
Long name (short name) Argument types Properties
-FontList(-fl) create
This option is available on all platforms. No dialog is displayed; a list of all available font names is returned.

Flag can appear in Create mode of command Flag can appear in Edit mode of command
Flag can appear in Query mode of command Flag can be used more than once in a command.

MEL examples

string $gString = `fontDialog`;
string $gStrings[] = `fontDialog -FontList`;