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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: font.n,v 1.22 2007/12/13 15:23:43 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: font.n,v 1.24 2008/09/23 13:36:39 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH font n 8.0 Tk "Tk Built-In Commands" @@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ then the command modifies the given named font to have the given values; in this case, all widgets using that font will redisplay themselves using the new attributes for the font. See \fBFONT OPTIONS\fR below for a list of the possible attributes. +.RS +.PP +Note that on Aqua/Mac OS X, the system fonts (see +\fBPLATFORM-SPECIFIC FONTS\fR below) may not be actually altered because they +are implemented by the system theme. To achieve the effect of modification, +use \fBfont actual\fR to get their configuration and \fBfont create\fR to +synthesize a copy of the font which can be modified. +.RE .TP \fBfont create\fR ?\fIfontname\fR? ?\fIoption value ...\fR? . @@ -183,7 +191,7 @@ a garbage value); in that case, some system-dependent default font is chosen. If the font description does not match any of the above patterns, an error is generated. .SH "FONT METRICS" -. +.PP The following options are used by the \fBfont metrics\fR command to query font-specific data determined when the font was created. These properties are for the whole font itself and not for individual characters drawn in that @@ -225,6 +233,7 @@ individual characters have different widths. The widths of control characters, tab characters, and other non-printing characters are not included when calculating this value. .SH "FONT OPTIONS" +.PP The following options are supported on all platforms, and are used when constructing a named font or when specifying a font using style [5] as above: @@ -288,7 +297,7 @@ The value is a boolean flag that specifies whether a horizontal line should be drawn through the middle of characters in this font. The default value for overstrike is \fBfalse\fR. .SH "STANDARD FONTS" -.LP +.PP The following named fonts are supported on all systems, and default to values that match appropriate system defaults. .TP @@ -375,6 +384,7 @@ theme fonts: .DE .RE .SH EXAMPLE +.PP Fill a text widget with lots of font demonstrators, one for every font family installed on your system: .CS @@ -392,9 +402,10 @@ foreach family [lsort \-dictionary [\fBfont families\fR]] { } } .CE - .SH "SEE ALSO" options(n) - .SH KEYWORDS font +'\" Local Variables: +'\" mode: nroff +'\" End: |