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# fontPanel(_:)

Returns the application’s shared Font panel object, creating it if necessary.

```
func fontPanel(_ create: Bool) -> NSFontPanel?
```

## Parameters

`create`

If <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>, the Font panel object is created if necessary; if <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>, it is not.

## Return Value

The application’s shared Font panel object.

## See Also

[`sharedFontPanel`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontPanel/shared)

Returns the single `NSFontPanel` instance for the application, creating it if necessary.

[`+  setFontPanelFactory:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontManager/setFontPanelFactory(_:))

Sets the class that creates the shared Font panel object.

[`sharedFontPanelExists`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontPanel/sharedFontPanelExists)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the shared Font panel has been created.


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