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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)`