Font
Definitions
Within
the parameters of the Advanced Scrolling Text Applet
fonts are defined by three components separated by a
, (comma) character,
Font
Face - Specifies the Type face
Font Style - Specifies the style ( plain, bold or
italic )
Font Size - Specifies the size in pixels.
Font
Face
The font faces available can vary from machine to
machine however the following values are almost always
available,
Dialog
SansSerif
Serif
Monspaced
Helvetica
TimesRoman
Courier
Please
note the type face names are case sensitive, i.e.. courier
is not the same as Courier.
Font
Style
The font style can be plain, bold, italic or Bold
and Italic which are represented as follows,
plain
- N
bold - B
italic - I
bold and italic - BI
Font
Size
Font sizes are represented by integer numbers relating
to the point size. Generally the size can range from
6 to 44.
Examples
12 point Courier, plain would be represented by
"Courier,N,12"
10 point Helvetica, italic would be represented by "Helvetica,I,10"
12 point TimesRoman, bold would be represented by "TimesRoman,B,12"
14 point Sansserif, bold and italic would be represented
by "SansSerif,BI,14"
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