FontName

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Sets a font. You can only select True-Type fonts installed on the machine on which VPE is running. Other fonts than True-Type fonts are not supported.

property string VPE.FontName

read / write; runtime only; also supported by TVPEObject

Possible Values:

font name (e.g. "Times New Roman")

Default:

Platform

Value

Windows and Mac OS X

Arial, 10pt

Any other

Helvetica, 10pt

Remarks:

VPE can only handle True-Type fonts and the 14 built-in PostScript fonts. It can not use bitmap fonts, like for example “MS Sans Serif”.

 

For important details about fonts and font handling, please see the Programmer's Manual, chapter "Programming Techniques", subchapter "Fonts and Font Handling".