Method
# Font
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Warning
This item was deprecated in version 2019r2. Please use `System.FontAt` as a replacement.
## Description
Used to access the names the installed fonts (0-based).
## Usage
*result* = **Font**(*index*)
| Part | Type | Description |
|--------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| result | `String` | The name of the font whose index number is passed. *Result* is in the appropriate WorldScript encoding. |
| index | `Integer` | The number of the font (0-based). |
Warning
An `OutOfBoundsException` is raised if *index* is less than 0 or greater than `System` - 1.
## Notes
Fonts are accessed in alphabetical order where Font 0 is the first Font. Use the `System` function to determine the number of fonts.
Under macOS, Font returns Font families instead of fonts. This is closer to the older Carbon behavior, but it does not return identical results.
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### Using custom fonts in your applications
Both macOS and Windows have techniques for loading fonts for a specific application.
On macOS, you can use [ATSApplicationFontsPath](http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/general/Reference/InfoPlistKeyReference/Articles/GeneralPurposeKeys.html) key in Info.plist. You add this key, specifying the relative path of the fonts in the Resources folder of your app bundle.
For Windows, the open-source [Windows Functionality Suite](https://github.com/arbp/WFS) provides a method (TemporarilyInstallFont) to do this.
## Sample code
This is a function that determines if the Font named passed is installed on the user's computer:
``` xojo
Function FontAvailable(FontName As String) As Boolean
Dim fc As Integer
fc = FontCount - 1
For i As Integer = 0 To fc
If Font(i) = FontName Then
Return True
End If
Next
Return False
End Function
```
## Compatibility
All project types on all supported operating systems.
## See also
`System` function; `User Interface Considerations for macOS` topic