FontName, FontSize Properties

FontName, FontSize Properties

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You can use the FontName and FontSize properties to specify the font and point size respectively for text in the following situations:

Setting

The FontName property setting is the name of the font that the text is displayed in.

The FontSize property uses the following settings.

Setting Description
8 (Default for all reports and controls except command buttons) The text is 8-point type.
10 (Default for command buttons) The text is 10-point type.
Other sizes The text is the indicated size.

For controls on forms and reports, you can set these properties by using the property sheet, a macro, or Visual Basic.

You can also set these properties by clicking the Font box and the Font Size box on the Formatting (Form/Report) toolbar.

You can set the default for these properties by using a control's default control style or the DefaultControl method in Visual Basic.

For reports, you can set these properties only in an event procedure or in a macro specified by the OnPrint event property setting.

In Visual Basic, you set the FontName property by using a string expression that is the name of the desired font and you set the FontSize property by using a numeric expression equal to the desired size of the font. The setting for the FontSize property can be between 1 and 127, inclusive.

Remarks

Font availability depends on your system and printer. If you select a font that your system can't display or that isn't installed, Windows substitutes a similar font.