Sets the background color for the drawing areas of the fontview, glyph view,īitmap view and metrics view. Size (copied from View.DefaultFont by default). Specifies the serif font family used in a few contexts along with a reference With a reference size (copied from View.DefaultFont by default). Specifies the monospace font family used in various fields and tables along Sans-serif, along with a reference size (12 points by default). Specifies the main font family used throughout the program, which is usually Is opened, and some on the next restart of the program. When editing resources some will take effect immediately, some when a new window You can change thisīehavior by adding a custom file in your preferences, which happensĪutomatically when you choose Save As” in the File->Appearance Editor and keep the button checked. Other Info ¶īy default FontForge loads the system configuration file. Glitches but for the most part it works at lower point sizes (less than 17). The default resource file now has these relative font settings, so thatĬhanging the point size of View.DefaultFont scales the whole UI. ^View.DefaultFont” therefore specifies whatever size (in points or pixels) Than an absolute size, with an integer followed by a percent sign. Then “italic ^FontInfo.Font” will just be italic, not bold italic.įinally, and most usefully, you can specify a size as a percentage rather Note that style directives are not cumulative, so if “FontInfo.Font” is bold Style just include one of those directives, as in “10pt bold ^View.MonoFont”. Reference name, as in “^View.DefaultFont”. To copy the exact specification of a different font you can just include the Or obscure unicode characters are directly displayed (most often as glyph The label “unicode” font is typically used in cases where extended They also specify a reference font size, which is 12 points byĭefault. These are (or should be) specified withĪppropriate family lists for a sans-serif, “unicode”, monospace, and serif font Primary fonts to reference are “View.DefaultFont”, “View.LabelFont”, Reference font, given by the name of the resource preceded by a caret. Instead of specifying a font from scratch you can do so in relation to a The directive “bold italic 10pt dejavu sans,helvetica,sans” therefore specifiesġ0 point bold italic DejaVu Sans as the font, with Helvetica and Sans possibly Whereas other directives can occur in any order. When present a family list must come last in the specification, Weight Directives ¶Ī weight directive is either one of the strings “normal”, “light”, or “bold” orĪn integer multiple of 100, where 400 is equivalent to “normal” and 700 isĪ family list is a comma-separated list of families, where a given family nameĬan contain spaces. Size (as in “10pt”) or an integer followed by “px” for a pixel size (as inĪ style directive is one or more of “italic”, “oblique”, “small-caps”, Explicit Size Directives ¶Īn explicit size directive is either an integer followed by “pt” for a point Fonts ¶Ī font specification consists of a size directive, one or more styleĭirectives a weight directive, an explicit or implicit family list, and/orĪ reference font name. Of information about the parameters and this document is mostly useful for itsĮxplanation of the new font specification system. The editor is therefore the primary source As of 2021Įvery parameter is represented in the editor and almost all have a tooltip System but now bears little relation to it beyond its file format. FontForge has an extensive appearance editor that evolved out of the X resource
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