my $font = Wx::Font->new(..) #### #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use Wx qw(wxDEFAULT wxNORMAL wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT); package TestApp; use base 'Wx::App'; sub OnInit { my $this = shift; my $font = Wx::Font->new( 14, wxDEFAULT, wxNORMAL, wxNORMAL, 0, "", wxFONTENCODING_DEFAULT); } package main; my $app = TestApp->new();