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Font Object

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Font objects are used to specify how text is rendered. Fonts consist of at least a font family, size and color. They may also have a font style (italic or bold) and a halo Pen.

If a halo is specified, it is drawn by stroking the outline of the fonts path with the pen. The font is then rendered over the top of this. As a result, the visible halo will be approximately half the thickness of the pen.

It is possible to render just an outline halo by setting color to null.

Syntax
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FONT<family[-bold][-italic], size, color[, halo pen]>
Tip Tip

You can easily modify a font in Verizon Connect GeoBase WorkBench by pressing Ctrl+Shift+F or accessing 'edit font' from the context menu.

Examples
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FONT<arial, 8.5, !city-label-color>
FONT<"Lucida Sans Unicode"-bold, 20, (0,0,0), pen<(255,255,255,80), 3>>
Parameters

family

The name of the font family, e.g. arial. The name must be quoted if it contains spaces.

bold and italic styles may be specified by appending the family name with -bold and -italic, respectively.

size

The size of the font.

halo pen

The pen to use for drawing a halo around the text.