Mnemonics 

'FONT'

Define/List Fonts

GUI Display/Printer 

Formats

1.

Define Font (with Specification):

'FONT'(name$,size[,attrib$[,angle]])

2.

Define Font (via Special Names):

'FONT'({"*SYSFONT" | "*GUIFONT" | "*CURFONT"})

3.

List Channel's Fonts:

'FONT'(LIST*[,chan])

4.

List Fonts, Properties:

'FONT'(LIST PROPERTIES FOR [name$][,chan])

5.

List Sizes for a Font:

'FONT'(LIST name$)

Where: 

angle

Slant for printing, in degrees. Optional.

attrib$

Font attributes. Optional string expression. Valid codes include:

&

Underscore the character following the "&" (as in hot keys)

B

Bold

C

Center text

F

Show focus lines around text

I

Italics

N

Numeric data alignment

R

Right justify text

S

Fills only text background (not whole region) with chosen colour

U

Underscore ("_")

W

Word wrap

#

Same as N

Note:
Use the 'TEXT' mnemonic to specify vertical alignment settings (Top, Middle, Bottom).

You can also control the character set:

!

Use symbol character set (char. set 2)

O

Use OEM character set (char. set 255)

J

Use Japanese character set (char. set 128)

D

Use character set 1 or current default for the given font

%nnn

Use specific Windows character set nnn (default is ANSI, character set 0)

chan

Logical file number or channel.

*CURFONT

Keyword representing the current graphic font being used. (added in PxPlus v10.10)

*GUIFONT

Keyword representing the dialogue font used by standard MS Windows applications for dialogues.

*SYSFONT

Keyword representing the default graphical system font, typically "System,0.66,B".

name$

Font name. String expression. Font must exist in the system.

size

Numeric. Use positive values for font sizes relative to the current default for the device (.5 for half size, 2 for double, etc.). Use negative sizes for absolute font size in points.

As a rough guide to equivalent sizes:

Point size -12 = 6 LPI, 10 CPI
Point size -10 = 7.2 LPI, 12 CPI
Point size - 7  = 10 LPI, 16 CPI

Description

'FONT' defines the current font and specifications. It can also be used to return comma-delimited font and property (attribute) lists for the channel (default is the terminal) or a size list for a specific (existing) font.

Two special font names may be used in place of the specifications:

 

*SYSFONT

Default graphical system font

 

*GUIFONT

Standard MS Windows dialogue font

These fonts will change based on the operating system version and theme. The new special font names may be used anywhere a font specification is given.

A new *CURFONT font may be specified, which indicates that the system should retain the current font selected. (as of PxPlus v10.10)

Note:
'FONT' works with *WINPRT*, the Windows console, and *PDF* but not with direct-to-device printers.

See Also

*PDF* PDF Print Interface
 *WINPRT* Windows Printing

Example

f$="MS Serif";
print 'font'(list F$) ! Returns sizes for MS Serif font: 13,16,19,21,27,35,10,11,
print 'font'("MS Serif",-11)