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font

Syntax

member(whichCastMember).font
the font of member whichCastMember

Description

Text and field cast member property; determines the font used to display the specified cast member and requires that the cast member contain characters, if only a space. The parameter whichCastMember can be either a cast member name or number.

The Director player for Java doesn't map to other fonts when converting a movie; Java substitutes the default font for any unsupported font. Use only Java's supported fonts as values for the font member property in a movie that plays back as an applet.

Java offers only the following cross-platform fonts:

Java font name

Corresponding Windows font

Corresponding Macintosh font

Helvetica

Arial

Helvetica

TimesRoman

Times New Roman

Times

Courier

Courier-New

Courier

Dialog

MS Sans Serif

Chicago or Charcoal

DialogInput

MS Sans Serif

Geneva

ZapfDingbats

WingDings

Zapf Dingbats

Default

Arial

Helvetica


The font member property can be tested and set.

To see an example of font used in a completed movie, see the Text movie in the Learning\Lingo Examples folder inside the Director application folder.

Example

This statement sets the variable named oldFont to the current font setting for the field cast member Rokujo Speaks:

oldFont = member("Rokujo Speaks").font

See also

text, alignment, fontSize, fontStyle, lineHeight (cast member property)