The fontstyle attribute specifies the font in which text is presented.

Applies to

<text> <instruct> <defaults> <likert> <openended>

Syntax

Parameters

face name	A string in quotes indicating the name of the font.
height	(Optional) An integer that specifies the height of the font in points (default), pixels, percent, centimeters, millimeters, or inches.
bold	(Optional) A value of true or false indicating whether the font should be bold.
italic	(Optional) A value of true or false indicating whether the font should be italic.
underline	(Optional) A value of true or false indicating whether the font should underlined.
strikeout	(Optional) A value of true or false indicating whether the font should appear with a strikeout line.
quality	(Optional) An integer ranging from 1 to 5 indicating the font quality. 5 is the best quality (ClearType).

Remarks

Inquisit provides an easy to use font picker dialog to set this attribute. To use the font picker, 1) move the cursor to where you want to insert the the font attribute, 2) open the Tools menu, and 3) select "Font Wizard". Once you have selected the desired font settings in the Font Wizard dialog, select OK and the font attribute and appropriate settings will automatically be inserted in your script at the cursor location.

Examples

The following sets the font to 14pt Arial bold:

<text sometext>
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 14pt, true)
/ items = ("yada yada yada")
</text>

The following sets the font to Arial bold and sets the height to 5% of the screen height:

<text sometext>
/ fontstyle = ("Arial", 10%, true)
/ items = ("yada yada yada")
</text>

The following presents text in italic Tahoma font, 25 pixels high:

<text sometext>
/ fontstyle = ("Tahoma", 25px, false, true)
/ items = ("yada yada yada")
</text>

The following presents underlined text in 2 inch Courier New font:

<text sometext>
/ fontstyle = ("Courier New", 2in, false, false, true)
/ items = ("yada yada yada")
</text>