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TextFont

Changes the font of text to the specified fontName.

Format

TextFont(text;fontName)

Parameters

text - any text expression or text field.

fontName - any font name expressed in text.

Data type returned

text

Originated in

FileMaker Pro 7.0

Description

Spellings for font names must be correct. Text formatting options will be lost if the field type that is returned is something other than text.

Example 1

TextFont ( "Plaid" ; "Courier" ) returns the word Plaid in the Courier font.

TextFont ( "Plaid" ; "Arial" ) returns the word Plaid in the Arial font.

Example 2

TextSize ( TextFont ( TextColor ( MyTable::MyText ; RGB ( 0 ; 125 ; 125 ) ) ; "Courier" ) ; 12 ) returns the text contained in MyTable::MyText formatted as 12pt. green text with the Courier font.