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I'm trying to show the players name on the GUI with a label.

GUI.Label(new Rect(10,10, 100, 30), playerName);

Instead of use the default style I want to use a different font with larger character.

Any suggestion to achieve this?

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Use GUI Skins. Create a new skin (go to Assets -> Create -> GUI skin), customize it accordingly (you have options for each kind of control), and link it to your script.

public class YourScript : MonoBehaviour
{
    public GUISkin Skin;
    ...

    public void OnGUI()
    {
         GUI.skin = Skin;
         GUI.Label(new Rect(10,10, 100, 30), playerName);
    }
}

More on GUI Skins in the official documentation here.

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Also note that you can edit GUI skins in Play mode! You will see your changes in the game and they will be there when you exit Play mode. –  Rohit Garg Apr 11 at 15:42
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GUIStyle myStyle;

void Start ()
{
    myStyle = new GUIStyle();
    Font myFont = (Font)Resources.Load("Fonts/comic", typeof(Font));
    myStyle.font = myFont;
    myStyle.fontSize = 50;
}

void OnGUI ()
{
    GUI.Label(new Rect(10,10, 100, 30), playerName, myStyle);
}
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The original version of this post would have instanciated a new Style every GUI tick, I've fixed that. –  Lohoris Apr 11 at 15:34
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Thanks. Appreciate the revision. I was too hasty in trying to help with the question. –  Jason Coombes Apr 14 at 4:21
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