# Setting font for created textfield

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-font-for-created-textfield/177570
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [February 3, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-font-for-created-textfield/177570 "2006-02-03T01:10:49Z")
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### Author: ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/setting-font-for-created-textfield/177570/1 "2006-02-03T01:10:49Z")

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```auto
_root.sidearea.removeMovieClip();
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("sidearea", 3);
_root.sidearea.createTextField("scriptinput", 2, 0, 0, 600, 600);
mt = new TextFormat();
mt.font = "Lucida Console";
_root.sidearea.scriptinput.setTextFormat(mt);
_root.sidearea.scriptinput.type = "INPUT";
_root.sidearea.scriptinput.border = true;
_root.sidearea.scriptinput.multiline = true;

```

just copy it into the first frame and fix it and copy it back i know its something really simple but for the life of me i cannot figure it out.

thanks.