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# orderFrontFontPanel(_:)

Opens the Font panel, creating it if necessary, and displays that panel in front of the app’s windows.

```
func orderFrontFontPanel(_ sender: Any?)
```

## Parameters

`sender`

The control that sent the message.

## See Also

[`-  fontPanel:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFontManager/fontPanel(_:))

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

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

Sets the class that creates the shared Font panel object.


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