VisualAge(R) Help


Font Selection

Use the Fonts window to specify the fonts you want to apply to a part or set of parts. After you have selected the font style, the mouse pointer changes and you can then select the part or parts you want to apply the new font to.

Fields

Foundry
Font maker

Family
Typeface

Charset
Character set

Style
Font weight and type

Ext. Style
Font style

Size
Font size

Sample
Display of selected font

Information about whether the font selected is a scaled font or a bitmap font appears at the bottom of the window.

Runtime considerations

Because different machines can have different fonts installed, when a machine running a VisualAge application is missing a font requested by VisualAge, the default system font for that machine is used.

Cross-platform considerations

If you are designing your application to run on multiple platforms, consider the following:

Menu-bar choices

Select OK to use the font specified.

Select Default to change a selected part to its default font.

Tasks


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