Using GUIStyles/GUISkins with GUIText objects?

Questions & Answers
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I initially learned how to make GUI’s using OnGUI, but since it’s inefficient for mobile devices I’m switching over to using GUIText objects. The one thing that I can’t figure out is how do I assign a GUIStyle or a GUISkin to my GUI.Text? It has no variable for this like a GUI.Label does, and a GUISkin has no setting for GUI.Texts… it just has text fields and text areas, neither of which apply to my GUITexts.

Are GUIStyles and GUISkins only used with OnGUI? If so, how do I create some template GUI settings to apply to multiple GUITexts so I don’t have to manually set this stuff every time?

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GUIText objects are a separate system from OnGUI code and the two do not interact in any way. OnGUI isn’t that inefficient, so I’d recommend not switching anything. You’ll gain little or nothing by using GUIText objects.