# Font and text Format being stupid

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-and-text-format-being-stupid/171390>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 5, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-and-text-format-being-stupid/171390 "2005-12-05T01:57:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![nathan99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@nathan99](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/nathan99)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/font-and-text-format-being-stupid/171390/1 "2005-12-05T01:57:52Z")

</div>

hey guys im trying to make my fone set toArial. It wont work:(  
heres what i have tried.

```auto
_root.createTextField("menit"+num+i, D*2, this._x+12, Y, _root["men"+num]._width, 50);
    _root["menit"+num+i].selectable = false;
    var my_format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
    my_format.font = "Arial";
    _root["menit"+num+i].text = list*;
    _root["menit"+num+i].setTextFormat(my_format);

```

```auto
_root.createTextField("menit"+num+i, D*2, this._x+12, Y, _root["men"+num]._width, 50);
    _root["menit"+num+i].selectable = false;
    var my_format:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
    my_format.font = "Arial";
    _root["menit"+num+i].text = list*;
    _root["menit"+num+i].setNewTextFormat(my_format);

```

neither work any ideas?