font attribute

Member of

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

Syntax

/ font = (name, height, weight, characterset, family)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	string	A string indicating the name of the font.
height	integer	An integer that specifies the height, in logical units, of the font. If the value is positive, it specifies the cell height of the font. If the value is negative, it specifies the character height. If it is "0", the font mapper uses a default height value.
weight	integer	An integer ranging from 0 to 900 that specifies the font thickness. A value of "400" indicates normal weight. A value of 700 indicates bold.
characterset	integer	An integer value specifying the character set of the font (e.g., ANSI, Chinese, Hebrew, Arabic, etc.).
family	integer	An integer value that specifies the pitch and family of the font.

Remarks

This attribute is obsolete and is included for backwards compatibility only. Please use the fontStyle attribute instead.

Examples

The following sets the font to 14pt Arial bold:

<text myText>
/ font = ("Arial", -19, 700, 0, 34)
/ items = ("yada yada yada")
</text>