# Can't seem to get textformat to work

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-textformat-to-work/178092>\
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**Created:** [February 7, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-textformat-to-work/178092 "2006-02-07T17:24:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![voxecho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/278dde/32.png) [@voxecho](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/voxecho)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/cant-seem-to-get-textformat-to-work/178092/1 "2006-02-07T17:24:33Z")

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Is there a reason that setTextFormat has no affect on an empty text field? I have set frmt.font = “Arial”; and then setTextFormat and then when I type in the field it always shows up as Times New Romans :\ however if I put even on (non space) character in the field it works fine… is this just how it is?[/FONT][/COLOR]  
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