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wxfont
Description
A wxfont object represents a font definition that can be referenced by any of the wxformcontrol objects that provide text.
Type Tags
None
Object Value
wxfont.new()
Description
Creates a new wxfont object with the specified face name, point size and features.
Prototype
wxfont.new (
string facenamepointsizestyleweightdecorationerror
Parameters
| Parameter | Default value | Type name | Description |
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| facename | None | string | The face name of the new font, such as "Arial", or "Times". |
| pointsize | None | integer | The size of the new font, in points. |
| style | .nul | string |
The style of the new font. Use "i" for italic.
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| weight | .nul | string |
The weight of the new font. Use "b" for bold.
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| decoration | .nul | string |
The decoration of the new font. Use "u" for underlined and
"s" for strikethrough.
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| error | .nul | integer |
Specifies an object which is used to output any error code generated during
creation of the wxfont object. If
error is not specified or is
.nul then any error which occurs during object
creation will halt the program. If an error object is specified and
an error occurs during object creation then the error code is
output into that object and the new()
method returns .nul.
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Properties
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| _ | type(*) | This property is provided for use by the user to attach any object of any type to the type in which this property is provided. |
| __ | type(*) | This property is provided for use by the user to attach any object of any type to the type in which this property is provided. It has the additional feature of being marked with the resolve keyword, so that object resolution can continue down this property. |
| decoration | string |
Gives the decoration of the font. The letter u stands for
underlined. The letter s stands for strikethrough.
The empty string implies no decoration. This could contain either
s, u, both or the empty string.
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| facename | string | Gives the face name of the font. |
| pointsize | integer | Gives the size of the font, in points. |
| style | string |
Gives the style of the font. The letter i stands for italic
and the letter n stands for normal.
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| type | type | Specifies the wxfont type object. |
| weight | string |
Gives the weight of the font. The letter b stands for bold,
the letter l for light and the letter
n for normal.
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