wx:font%

Superclass: wx:object%

A font is an object which determines the appearance of text, primarily when drawing text to a canvas or device context. A font is determined by five parameters:

• point size -- the size of the text in points (1/72 inch)
• face -- the name of a font
• family -- the families are:
  • wx:const-default
  • wx:const-decorative
  • wx:const-roman
  • wx:const-script
  • wx:const-swiss
  • wx:const-modern (always fixed width)
  The family determines roughly what the font looks like if the face cannot be found.
• style -- the slant of the font, one of:
  • wx:const-normal
  • wx:const-slant (always exists)
  • wx:const-italic (sometimes does not exist under X Windows)
• weight -- the wieght of the font, one of:
  • wx:const-normal
  • wx:const-light
  • wx:const-bold
• underlining -- #t or #f

To avoid creating multiple fonts with the same characteristics, use the global wx:font-list% object wx:the-font-list.

See also wx:font-name-directory%.

• (make-object wx:font%) -> wx:font% object

  Creates an instance of the default font.

  
  

• (make-object wx:font% size family-or-font-id style weight underline) -> wx:font% object
      size : small integer
      family-or-font-id : small integer
      style : small integer
      weight : small integer
      underline = #f : boolean

  See wx:font% for the list of possible values for family-or-font-id (as a family), style, and weight. For information about font ids, see wx:font-name-directory%.

  
  

• (make-object wx:font% size name family style weight underline) -> wx:font% object
      size : small integer
      name : string
      family : small integer
      style : small integer
      weight : small integer
      underline = #f : boolean

  See wx:font% for the list of possible values for family, style, and weight. See also wx:font-name-directory% about the possible values for name.

  
  

Methods:

• get-family
• get-font-id
• get-point-size
• get-style
• get-underlined
• get-weight