Font

The font class. Font is a property of the Bitmap class.

Superclass

• Object

Class Methods

Font.new([name[, size]])

Creates a Font object.

Font.exist?(name)

Returns TRUE when the specified font exists within the system.

Properties

name

The font name. The default is "MS PGothic".

Include an array of strings to specify multiple fonts to be used in a desired order.

font.name = ["HGPGyoshotai", "MS PGothic"]

In this example, if the higher priority font HGPGyoshotai does not exist within the system, the second choice MS PGothic will be used instead.

size

The font size. The default is 22 points.

bold

The bold flag. The default is FALSE.

italic

The italic flag. The default is FALSE.

color

The font color (Color). Alpha values may also be used. The default is (255,255,255,255).

Class Properties

default_name

default_size

default_bold

default_italic

default_color

Change the default values for each component, to be applied to each new Font object.

Font.default_name = "MS PMincho"
Font.default_bold = true