createText

Creates a new, empty text node.

Signature

createText(): TextNode

Remarks

By default, parented under figma.currentPage. Without setting additional properties, the text has no characters. You can assign a string, to the characters property of the returned node to provide it with text.

Create a styled 'Hello world!' text node

(async () => {
  const text = figma.createText()

  // Move to (50, 50)
  text.x = 50
  text.y = 50

  // Load the font in the text node before setting the characters
  await figma.loadFontAsync(text.fontName)
  text.characters = 'Hello world!'

  // Set bigger font size and red color
  text.fontSize = 18
  text.fills = [{ type: 'SOLID', color: { r: 1, g: 0, b: 0 } }]
})()