MAPFONTSIZE

Syntax

MAPFONTSIZE=m[-n]:p

The MAPFONTSIZE option maps font sizes specified in topic files to different sizes when displayed in the Help window. You can use one font size in your topic files and have the compiler change them to an appropriate size for the actual Help file display.

This option is especially useful if there is a significant size difference between the authoring display and the intended user display, as there is if the RTF file is created using Word for the Macintosh.

Parameters

m[-n]

Specifies the size of the source font. This parameter is either a single point size or a range of point sizes, as indicated by the optional parameter n, which specifies a font range to be mapped. A range of point sizes consists of the low and high point sizes separated by a hyphen (-). If a range is specified, all fonts in the range are changed to the size specified by the p parameter.

p

Specifies the size of the desired font for the Help file.

Comments

Although you can specify as many as five font ranges in the [OPTIONS] section of the Help project file, you can map only one font size or range with each MAPFONTSIZE statement. If you include more than one MAPFONTSIZE statement, the source font size or range specified in subsequent statements cannot overlap previous mappings.

Examples

The following examples illustrate the use of the MAPFONTSIZE option:

MAPFONTSIZE=8:12            ; display all 8 pt. fonts as 12 pt.
MAPFONTSIZE=12-24:16     ; display fonts from 12 to 24 pts. as 16 pt.

The following two statements show an incorrect use of the MAPFONTSIZE option because the second statement contains a point size already mapped in the preceding statement (14 falls in the 12–24 range):

MAPFONTSIZE=12-24:16
MAPFONTSIZE=14:20

See Also

FORCEFONT Option, [OPTIONS] Section