Font¶
Note
Font is derived from Object class.
A font is an object which determines the appearance of text, primarily when drawing text to a window or device context.
A font is determined by the following parameters (not all of them have to be specified, of course):
Specifying a family, rather than a specific typeface name, ensures a degree of portability across platforms because a suitable font will be chosen for the given font family, however it doesn’t allow to choose a font precisely as the parameters above don’t suffice, in general, to identify all the available fonts and this is where using the native font descriptions may be helpful - see below.
Under Windows, the face name can be one of the installed fonts on the user’s system. Since the choice of fonts differs from system to system, either choose standard Windows fonts, or if allowing the user to specify a face name, store the family name with any file that might be transported to a different Windows machine or other platform.
Note
There is currently a difference between the appearance of fonts on the two platforms, if the mapping mode is anything other than (wxMM_TEXT). Under X, font size is always specified in points. Under MS Windows, the unit for text is points but the text is scaled according to the current mapping mode. However, user scaling on a device context will also scale fonts under both environments.
Constructor¶
Font class has two constructors:
object Font:new ( string FaceName, number FontSize, string FontFlags )
object Font:new {
string FaceName = 'Calibri',
string FontFlags = 'Bold'
number FontSize = 12,
}
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| FaceName | The font face name |
| FontSize | Font size in points. |
| FontFlags | Font family, style and weight flags, values must be:
You can add this flags separated by comma: |
Inherited Methods¶
These methods are inherited from its super classes:
| Class Method | Description |
|---|---|
| Object:getName | Returns font’s name. |
| Object:setName | Sets the font name. |