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QFont(3qt)							    QFont(3qt)

NAME
       QFont - Font used for drawing text

SYNOPSIS
       #include <qfont.h>

   Public Members
       enum StyleHint { Helvetica, SansSerif = Helvetica, Times, Serif =
	   Times, Courier, TypeWriter = Courier, OldEnglish, Decorative =
	   OldEnglish, System, AnyStyle }
       enum StyleStrategy { PreferDefault = 0x0001, PreferBitmap = 0x0002,
	   PreferDevice = 0x0004, PreferOutline = 0x0008, ForceOutline =
	   0x0010, PreferMatch = 0x0020, PreferQuality = 0x0040,
	   PreferAntialias = 0x0080, NoAntialias = 0x0100, OpenGLCompatible =
	   0x0200 }
       enum Weight { Light = 25, Normal = 50, DemiBold = 63, Bold = 75, Black
	   = 87 }
       enum Stretch { UltraCondensed = 50, ExtraCondensed = 62, Condensed =
	   75, SemiCondensed = 87, Unstretched = 100, SemiExpanded = 112,
	   Expanded = 125, ExtraExpanded = 150, UltraExpanded = 200 }
       QFont ()
       QFont ( const QString & family, int pointSize = 12, int weight =
	   Normal, bool italic = FALSE )
       QFont ( const QFont & font )
       ~QFont ()
       QString family () const
       void setFamily ( const QString & family )
       int pointSize () const
       float pointSizeFloat () const
       void setPointSize ( int pointSize )
       void setPointSizeFloat ( float pointSize )
       int pixelSize () const
       void setPixelSize ( int pixelSize )
       void setPixelSizeFloat ( float pixelSize )  (obsolete)
       int weight () const
       void setWeight ( int weight )
       bool bold () const
       void setBold ( bool enable )
       bool italic () const
       void setItalic ( bool enable )
       bool underline () const
       void setUnderline ( bool enable )
       bool overline () const
       void setOverline ( bool enable )
       bool strikeOut () const
       void setStrikeOut ( bool enable )
       bool fixedPitch () const
       void setFixedPitch ( bool enable )
       StyleHint styleHint () const
       StyleStrategy styleStrategy () const
       void setStyleHint ( StyleHint hint, StyleStrategy strategy =
	   PreferDefault )
       void setStyleStrategy ( StyleStrategy s )
       int stretch () const
       void setStretch ( int factor )
       bool rawMode () const
       void setRawMode ( bool enable )
       bool exactMatch () const
       QFont & operator= ( const QFont & font )
       bool operator== ( const QFont & f ) const
       bool operator!= ( const QFont & f ) const
       bool isCopyOf ( const QFont & f ) const
       HFONT handle () const
       void setRawName ( const QString & name )
       QString rawName () const
       QString key () const
       QString toString () const
       bool fromString ( const QString & descrip )
       void qwsRenderToDisk ( bool all = TRUE )
       enum Script { Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian, Georgian, Runic, Ogham,
	   SpacingModifiers, CombiningMarks, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Thaana,
	   Devanagari, Bengali, Gurmukhi, Gujarati, Oriya, Tamil, Telugu,
	   Kannada, Malayalam, Sinhala, Thai, Lao, Tibetan, Myanmar, Khmer,
	   Han, Hiragana, Katakana, Hangul, Bopomofo, Yi, Ethiopic, Cherokee,
	   CanadianAboriginal, Mongolian, CurrencySymbols, LetterlikeSymbols,
	   NumberForms, MathematicalOperators, TechnicalSymbols,
	   GeometricSymbols, MiscellaneousSymbols, EnclosedAndSquare, Braille,
	   Unicode, Tagalog, Hanunoo, Buhid, Tagbanwa, KatakanaHalfWidth,
	   Limbu, TaiLe }
       QString defaultFamily () const
       QString lastResortFamily () const
       QString lastResortFont () const
       QFont resolve ( const QFont & other ) const

   Static Public Members
       QString substitute ( const QString & familyName )
       QStringList substitutes ( const QString & familyName )
       QStringList substitutions ()
       void insertSubstitution ( const QString & familyName, const QString &
	   substituteName )
       void insertSubstitutions ( const QString & familyName, const
	   QStringList & substituteNames )
       void removeSubstitution ( const QString & familyName )
       QFont defaultFont ()  (obsolete)
       void setDefaultFont ( const QFont & f )	(obsolete)

   Protected Members
       bool dirty () const
       int deciPointSize () const

RELATED FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION
       QDataStream & operator<< ( QDataStream & s, const QFont & font )
       QDataStream & operator>> ( QDataStream & s, QFont & font )

DESCRIPTION
       The QFont class specifies a font used for drawing text.

       When you create a QFont object you specify various attributes that you
       want the font to have. Qt will use the font with the specified
       attributes, or if no matching font exists, Qt will use the closest
       matching installed font. The attributes of the font that is actually
       used are retrievable from a QFontInfo object. If the window system
       provides an exact match exactMatch() returns TRUE. Use QFontMetrics to
       get measurements, e.g. the pixel length of a string using
       QFontMetrics::width().

       Use QApplication::setFont() to set the application's default font.

       If a choosen X11 font does not include all the characters that need to
       be displayed, QFont will try to find the characters in the nearest
       equivalent fonts. When a QPainter draws a character from a font the
       QFont will report whether or not it has the character; if it does not,
       QPainter will draw an unfilled square.

       Create QFonts like this:

	   QFont serifFont( "Times", 10, Bold );
	   QFont sansFont( "Helvetica [Cronyx]", 12 );

       The attributes set in the constructor can also be set later, e.g.
       setFamily(), setPointSize(), setPointSizeFloat(), setWeight() and
       setItalic(). The remaining attributes must be set after contstruction,
       e.g. setBold(), setUnderline(), setOverline(), setStrikeOut() and
       setFixedPitch(). QFontInfo objects should be created after the font's
       attributes have been set. A QFontInfo object will not change, even if
       you change the font's attributes. The corresponding "get" functions,
       e.g. family(), pointSize(), etc., return the values that were set, even
       though the values used may differ. The actual values are available from
       a QFontInfo object.

       If the requested font family is unavailable you can influence the font
       matching algorithm by choosing a particular QFont::StyleHint and
       QFont::StyleStrategy with setStyleHint(). The default family
       (corresponding to the current style hint) is returned by
       defaultFamily().

       The font-matching algorithm has a lastResortFamily() and
       lastResortFont() in cases where a suitable match cannot be found. You
       can provide substitutions for font family names using
       insertSubstitution() and insertSubstitutions(). Substitutions can be
       removed with removeSubstitution(). Use substitute() to retrieve a
       family's first substitute, or the family name itself if it has no
       substitutes. Use substitutes() to retrieve a list of a family's
       substitutes (which may be empty).

       Every QFont has a key() which you can use, for example, as the key in a
       cache or dictionary. If you want to store a user's font preferences you
       could use QSettings, writing the font information with toString() and
       reading it back with fromString(). The operator<<() and operator>>()
       functions are also available, but they work on a data stream.

       It is possible to set the height of characters shown on the screen to a
       specified number of pixels with setPixelSize(); however using
       setPointSize() has a similar effect and provides device independence.

       Under the X Window System you can set a font using its system specific
       name with setRawName().

       Loading fonts can be expensive, especially on X11. QFont contains
       extensive optimizations to make the copying of QFont objects fast, and
       to cache the results of the slow window system functions it depends
       upon.

       The font matching algorithm works as follows: <ol type=1>

       1      The specified font family is searched for.

       2      If not found, the styleHint() is used to select a replacement
	      family.

       3      Each replacement font family is searched for.

       4      If none of these are found or there was no styleHint(),
	      "helvetica" will be searched for.

       5      If "helvetica" isn't found Qt will try the lastResortFamily().

       6      If the lastResortFamily() isn't found Qt will try the
	      lastResortFont() which will always return a name of some kind.

       Once a font is found, the remaining attributes are matched in order of
       priority: <ol type=1>

       7      fixedPitch()

       8      pointSize() (see below)

       9      weight()

       10     italic()

       If you have a font which matches on family, even if none of the other
       attributes match, this font will be chosen in preference to a font
       which doesn't match on family but which does match on the other
       attributes. This is because font family is the dominant search
       criteria.

       The point size is defined to match if it is within 20% of the requested
       point size. When several fonts match and are only distinguished by
       point size, the font with the closest point size to the one requested
       will be chosen.

       The actual family, font size, weight and other font attributes used for
       drawing text will depend on what's available for the chosen family
       under the window system. A QFontInfo object can be used to determine
       the actual values used for drawing the text.

       Examples:

	   QFont f("Helvetica");
       If you had both an Adobe and a Cronyx Helvetica, you might get either.

	   QFont f1( "Helvetica [Cronyx]" );  // Qt 3.x
	   QFont f2( "Cronyx-Helvetica" );    // Qt 2.x compatibility
       You can specify the foundry you want in the family name. Both fonts, f1
       and f2, in the above example will be set to "Helvetica [Cronyx]".

       To determine the attributes of the font actually used in the window
       system, use a QFontInfo object, e.g.

	   QFontInfo info( f1 );
	   QString family = info.family();

       To find out font metrics use a QFontMetrics object, e.g.

	   QFontMetrics fm( f1 );
	   int pixelWidth = fm.width( "How many pixels wide is this text?" );
	   int pixelHeight = fm.height();

       For more general information on fonts, see the comp.fonts FAQ.
       Information on encodings can be found from Roman Czyborra's page.

       See also QFontMetrics, QFontInfo, QFontDatabase,
       QApplication::setFont(), QWidget::font, QPainter::setFont(),
       QFont::StyleHint, QFont::Weight, Widget Appearance and Style, Graphics
       Classes, and Implicitly and Explicitly Shared Classes.

   Member Type Documentation
QFont::Script
       This enum represents Unicode allocated scripts. For exhaustive coverage
       see The Unicode Standard Version 3.0. The following scripts are
       supported:

       Modern European alphabetic scripts (left to right):

       QFont::Latin - consists of most alphabets based on the original Latin
       alphabet.

       QFont::Greek - covers ancient and modern Greek and Coptic.

       QFont::Cyrillic - covers the Slavic and non-Slavic languages using
       cyrillic alphabets.

       QFont::Armenian - contains the Armenian alphabet used with the Armenian
       language.

       QFont::Georgian - covers at least the language Georgian.

       QFont::Runic - covers the known constituents of the Runic alphabets
       used by the early and medieval societies in the Germanic, Scandinavian,
       and Anglo-Saxon areas.

       QFont::Ogham - is an alphabetical script used to write a very early
       form of Irish.

       QFont::SpacingModifiers - are small signs indicating modifications to
       the preceeding letter.

       QFont::CombiningMarks - consist of diacritical marks not specific to a
       particular alphabet, diacritical marks used in combination with
       mathematical and technical symbols, and glyph encodings applied to
       multiple letterforms.

       Middle Eastern scripts (right to left):

       QFont::Hebrew - is used for writing Hebrew, Yiddish, and some other
       languages.

       QFont::Arabic - covers the Arabic language as well as Persian, Urdu,
       Kurdish and some others.

       QFont::Syriac - is used to write the active liturgical languages and
       dialects of several Middle Eastern and Southeast Indian communities.

       QFont::Thaana - is used to write the Maledivian Dhivehi language.

       South and Southeast Asian scripts (left to right with few historical
       exceptions):

       QFont::Devanagari - covers classical Sanskrit and modern Hindi as well
       as several other languages.

       QFont::Bengali - is a relative to Devanagari employed to write the
       Bengali language used in West Bengal/India and Bangladesh as well as
       several minority languages.

       QFont::Gurmukhi - is another Devanagari relative used to write Punjabi.

       QFont::Gujarati - is closely related to Devanagari and used to write
       the Gujarati language of the Gujarat state in India.

       QFont::Oriya - is used to write the Oriya language of Orissa
       state/India.

       QFont::Tamil - is used to write the Tamil language of Tamil Nadu
       state/India, Sri Lanka, Singapore and parts of Malaysia as well as some
       minority languages.

       QFont::Telugu - is used to write the Telugu language of Andhra Pradesh
       state/India and some minority languages.

       QFont::Kannada - is another South Indian script used to write the
       Kannada language of Karnataka state/India and some minority languages.

       QFont::Malayalam - is used to write the Malayalam language of Kerala
       state/India.

       QFont::Sinhala - is used for Sri Lanka's majority language Sinhala and
       is also employed to write Pali, Sanskrit, and Tamil.

       QFont::Thai - is used to write Thai and other Southeast Asian
       languages.

       QFont::Lao - is a language and script quite similar to Thai.

       QFont::Tibetan - is the script used to write Tibetan in several
       countries like Tibet, the bordering Indian regions and Nepal. It is
       also used in the Buddist philosophy and liturgy of the Mongolian
       cultural area.

       QFont::Myanmar - is mainly used to write the Burmese language of
       Myanmar (former Burma).

       QFont::Khmer - is the official language of Kampuchea.

       East Asian scripts (traditionally top-down, right to left, modern often
       horizontal left to right):

       QFont::Han - consists of the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean)
       idiographic characters.

       QFont::Hiragana - is a cursive syllabary used to indicate phonetics and
       pronounciation of Japanese words.

       QFont::Katakana - is a non-cursive syllabic script used to write
       Japanese words with visual emphasis and non-Japanese words in a
       phonetical manner.

       QFont::Hangul - is a Korean script consisting of alphabetic components.

       QFont::Bopomofo - is a phonetic alphabet for Chinese (mainly Mandarin).

       QFont::Yi - (also called Cuan or Wei) is a syllabary used to write the
       Yi language of Southwestern China, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam.

       Additional scripts that do not fit well into the script categories
       above:

       QFont::Ethiopic - is a syllabary used by several Central East African
       languages.

       QFont::Cherokee - is a left-to-right syllabic script used to write the
       Cherokee language.

       QFont::CanadianAboriginal - consists of the syllabics used by some
       Canadian aboriginal societies.

       QFont::Mongolian - is the traditional (and recently reintroduced)
       script used to write Mongolian.

       Symbols:

       QFont::CurrencySymbols - contains currency symbols not encoded in other
       scripts.

       QFont::LetterlikeSymbols - consists of symbols derived from ordinary
       letters of an alphabetical script.

       QFont::NumberForms - are provided for compatibility with other existing
       character sets.

       QFont::MathematicalOperators - consists of encodings for operators,
       relations and other symbols like arrows used in a mathematical context.

       QFont::TechnicalSymbols - contains representations for control codes,
       the space symbol, APL symbols and other symbols mainly used in the
       context of electronic data processing.

       QFont::GeometricSymbols - covers block elements and geometric shapes.

       QFont::MiscellaneousSymbols - consists of a heterogeneous collection of
       symbols that do not fit any other Unicode character block, e.g.
       Dingbats.

       QFont::EnclosedAndSquare - is provided for compatibility with some East
       Asian standards.

       QFont::Braille - is an international writing system used by blind
       people. This script encodes the 256 eight-dot patterns with the 64 six-
       dot patterns as a subset.

       QFont::Tagalog

       QFont::Hanunoo

       QFont::Buhid

       QFont::Tagbanwa

       QFont::KatakanaHalfWidth

       QFont::Limbu - (Unicode 4.0)

       QFont::TaiLe - (Unicode 4.0)

       QFont::Unicode - includes all the above scripts.

QFont::Stretch
       Predefined stretch values that follow the CSS naming convention.

       QFont::UltraCondensed - 50

       QFont::ExtraCondensed - 62

       QFont::Condensed - 75

       QFont::SemiCondensed - 87

       QFont::Unstretched - 100

       QFont::SemiExpanded - 112

       QFont::Expanded - 125

       QFont::ExtraExpanded - 150

       QFont::UltraExpanded - 200

       See also setStretch() and stretch().

QFont::StyleHint
       Style hints are used by the font matching algorithm to find an
       appropriate default family if a selected font family is not available.

       QFont::AnyStyle - leaves the font matching algorithm to choose the
       family. This is the default.

       QFont::SansSerif - the font matcher prefer sans serif fonts.

       QFont::Helvetica - is a synonym for SansSerif.

       QFont::Serif - the font matcher prefers serif fonts.

       QFont::Times - is a synonym for Serif.

       QFont::TypeWriter - the font matcher prefers fixed pitch fonts.

       QFont::Courier - a synonym for TypeWriter.

       QFont::OldEnglish - the font matcher prefers decorative fonts.

       QFont::Decorative - is a synonym for OldEnglish.

       QFont::System - the font matcher prefers system fonts.

QFont::StyleStrategy
       The style strategy tells the font matching algorithm what type of fonts
       should be used to find an appropriate default family.

       The following strategies are available:

       QFont::PreferDefault - the default style strategy. It does not prefer
       any type of font.

       QFont::PreferBitmap - prefers bitmap fonts (as opposed to outline
       fonts).

       QFont::PreferDevice - prefers device fonts.

       QFont::PreferOutline - prefers outline fonts (as opposed to bitmap
       fonts).

       QFont::ForceOutline - forces the use of outline fonts.

       QFont::NoAntialias - don't antialias the fonts.

       QFont::PreferAntialias - antialias if possible.

       QFont::OpenGLCompatible - forces the use of OpenGL compatible fonts.

       Any of these may be OR-ed with one of these flags:

       QFont::PreferMatch - prefer an exact match. The font matcher will try
       to use the exact font size that has been specified.

       QFont::PreferQuality - prefer the best quality font. The font matcher
       will use the nearest standard point size that the font supports.

QFont::Weight
       Qt uses a weighting scale from 0 to 99 similar to, but not the same as,
       the scales used in Windows or CSS. A weight of 0 is ultralight, whilst
       99 will be an extremely black.

       This enum contains the predefined font weights:

       QFont::Light - 25

       QFont::Normal - 50

       QFont::DemiBold - 63

       QFont::Bold - 75

       QFont::Black - 87

MEMBER FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION
QFont::QFont ()
       Constructs a font object that uses the application's default font.

       See also QApplication::setFont() and QApplication::font().

QFont::QFont ( const QString & family, int pointSize = 12, int weight =
       Normal, bool italic = FALSE )
       Constructs a font object with the specified family, pointSize, weight
       and italic settings.

       If pointSize is <= 0 it is set to 1.

       The family name may optionally also include a foundry name, e.g.
       "Helvetica [Cronyx]". (The Qt 2.x syntax, i.e." Cronyx-Helvetica", is
       also supported.) If the family is available from more than one foundry
       and the foundry isn't specified, an arbitrary foundry is chosen. If the
       family isn't available a family will be set using the font matching
       algorithm.

       See also Weight, setFamily(), setPointSize(), setWeight(), setItalic(),
       setStyleHint(), and QApplication::font().

QFont::QFont ( const QFont & font )
       Constructs a font that is a copy of font.

QFont::~QFont ()
       Destroys the font object and frees all allocated resources.

bool QFont::bold () const
       Returns TRUE if weight() is a value greater than QFont::Normal;
       otherwise returns FALSE.

       See also weight(), setBold(), and QFontInfo::bold().

       Example: chart/optionsform.cpp.

int QFont::deciPointSize () const [protected]
       Returns the point size in 1/10ths of a point.

       The returned value will be -1 if the font size has been specified in
       pixels.

       See also pointSize() and pointSizeFloat().

QString QFont::defaultFamily () const
       Returns the family name that corresponds to the current style hint.

       See also StyleHint, styleHint(), and setStyleHint().

QFont QFont::defaultFont () [static]
       This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working.
       We strongly advise against using it in new code.

       Please use QApplication::font() instead.

bool QFont::dirty () const [protected]
       Returns TRUE if the font attributes have been changed and the font has
       to be (re)loaded; otherwise returns FALSE.

bool QFont::exactMatch () const
       Returns TRUE if a window system font exactly matching the settings of
       this font is available.

       See also QFontInfo.

QString QFont::family () const
       Returns the requested font family name, i.e. the name set in the
       constructor or the last setFont() call.

       See also setFamily(), substitutes(), and substitute().

       Examples:

bool QFont::fixedPitch () const
       Returns TRUE if fixed pitch has been set; otherwise returns FALSE.

       See also setFixedPitch() and QFontInfo::fixedPitch().

bool QFont::fromString ( const QString & descrip )
       Sets this font to match the description descrip. The description is a
       comma-separated list of the font attributes, as returned by toString().

       See also toString() and operator>>().

HFONT QFont::handle () const
       Returns the window system handle to the font, for low-level access.
       Using this function is not portable.

void QFont::insertSubstitution ( const QString & familyName, const QString &
       substituteName ) [static]
       Inserts the family name substituteName into the substitution table for
       familyName.

       See also insertSubstitutions(), removeSubstitution(), substitutions(),
       substitute(), and substitutes().

       Example: fonts/simple-qfont-demo/viewer.cpp.

void QFont::insertSubstitutions ( const QString & familyName, const
       QStringList & substituteNames ) [static]
       Inserts the list of families substituteNames into the substitution list
       for familyName.

       See also insertSubstitution(), removeSubstitution(), substitutions(),
       and substitute().

       Example: fonts/simple-qfont-demo/viewer.cpp.

bool QFont::isCopyOf ( const QFont & f ) const
       Returns TRUE if this font and f are copies of each other, i.e. one of
       them was created as a copy of the other and neither has been modified
       since. This is much stricter than equality.

       See also operator=() and operator==().

bool QFont::italic () const
       Returns TRUE if italic has been set; otherwise returns FALSE.

       See also setItalic().

       Example: chart/optionsform.cpp.

QString QFont::key () const
       Returns the font's key, a textual representation of a font. It is
       typically used as the key for a cache or dictionary of fonts.

       See also QMap.

QString QFont::lastResortFamily () const
       Returns the "last resort" font family name.

       The current implementation tries a wide variety of common fonts,
       returning the first one it finds. Is is possible that no family is
       found in which case a null string is returned.

       See also lastResortFont().

QString QFont::lastResortFont () const
       Returns a "last resort" font name for the font matching algorithm. This
       is used if the last resort family is not available. It will always
       return a name, if necessary returning something like" fixed" or
       "system".

       The current implementation tries a wide variety of common fonts,
       returning the first one it finds. The implementation may change at any
       time, but this function will always return a string containing
       something.

       It is theoretically possible that there really isn't a lastResortFont()
       in which case Qt will abort with an error message. We have not been
       able to identify a case where this happens. Please report it as a bug
       if it does, preferably with a list of the fonts you have installed.

       See also lastResortFamily() and rawName().

bool QFont::operator!= ( const QFont & f ) const
       Returns TRUE if this font is different from f; otherwise returns FALSE.

       Two QFonts are considered to be different if their font attributes are
       different. If rawMode() is enabled for both fonts, only the family
       fields are compared.

       See also operator==().

QFont & QFont::operator= ( const QFont & font )
       Assigns font to this font and returns a reference to it.

bool QFont::operator== ( const QFont & f ) const
       Returns TRUE if this font is equal to f; otherwise returns FALSE.

       Two QFonts are considered equal if their font attributes are equal. If
       rawMode() is enabled for both fonts, only the family fields are
       compared.

       See also operator!=() and isCopyOf().

bool QFont::overline () const
       Returns TRUE if overline has been set; otherwise returns FALSE.

       See also setOverline().

int QFont::pixelSize () const
       Returns the pixel size of the font if it was set with setPixelSize().
       Returns -1 if the size was set with setPointSize() or
       setPointSizeFloat().

       See also setPixelSize(), pointSize(), QFontInfo::pointSize(), and
       QFontInfo::pixelSize().

int QFont::pointSize () const
       Returns the point size of the font. Returns -1 if the font size was
       specified in pixels.

       See also setPointSize(), deciPointSize(), and pointSizeFloat().

       Examples:

float QFont::pointSizeFloat () const
       Returns the point size of the font. Returns -1 if the font size was
       specified in pixels.

       See also pointSize(), setPointSizeFloat(), pixelSize(),
       QFontInfo::pointSize(), and QFontInfo::pixelSize().

void QFont::qwsRenderToDisk ( bool all = TRUE )
       Saves the glyphs in the font that have previously been accessed as a
       QPF file. If all is TRUE (the default), then before saving, all glyphs
       are marked as used.

       If the font is large and you are sure that only a subset of characters
       will ever be required on the target device, passing FALSE for the all
       parameter can save a significant amount of disk space.

       Note that this function is only applicable on Qt/Embedded.

bool QFont::rawMode () const
       Returns TRUE if raw mode is used for font name matching; otherwise
       returns FALSE.

       See also setRawMode() and rawName().

QString QFont::rawName () const
       Returns the name of the font within the underlying window system.

       On Windows, this is usually just the family name of a TrueType font.

       On X11, it is an XLFD (X Logical Font Description). When Qt is build
       with Xft support on X11, the return value can be an Xft pattern or an
       XLFD.

       Using the return value of this function is usually not portable.

       See also setRawName().

void QFont::removeSubstitution ( const QString & familyName ) [static]
       Removes all the substitutions for familyName.

       See also insertSubstitutions(), insertSubstitution(), substitutions(),
       and substitute().

QFont QFont::resolve ( const QFont & other ) const
       Returns a new QFont that has attributes copied from other.

void QFont::setBold ( bool enable )
       If enable is true sets the font's weight to QFont::Bold; otherwise sets
       the weight to QFont::Normal.

       For finer boldness control use setWeight().

       See also bold() and setWeight().

       Examples:

void QFont::setDefaultFont ( const QFont & f ) [static]
       This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working.
       We strongly advise against using it in new code.

       Please use QApplication::setFont() instead.

void QFont::setFamily ( const QString & family )
       Sets the family name of the font. The name is case insensitive and may
       include a foundry name.

       The family name may optionally also include a foundry name, e.g.
       "Helvetica [Cronyx]". (The Qt 2.x syntax, i.e." Cronyx-Helvetica", is
       also supported.) If the family is available from more than one foundry
       and the foundry isn't specified, an arbitrary foundry is chosen. If the
       family isn't available a family will be set using the font matching
       algorithm.

       See also family(), setStyleHint(), and QFontInfo.

void QFont::setFixedPitch ( bool enable )
       If enable is TRUE, sets fixed pitch on; otherwise sets fixed pitch off.

       See also fixedPitch() and QFontInfo.

void QFont::setItalic ( bool enable )
       If enable is TRUE, italic is set on; otherwise italic is set off.

       See also italic() and QFontInfo.

       Examples:

void QFont::setOverline ( bool enable )
       If enable is TRUE, sets overline on; otherwise sets overline off.

       See also overline() and QFontInfo.

void QFont::setPixelSize ( int pixelSize )
       Sets the font size to pixelSize pixels.

       Using this function makes the font device dependent. Use setPointSize()
       or setPointSizeFloat() to set the size of the font in a device
       independent manner.

       See also pixelSize().

       Example: qwerty/qwerty.cpp.

void QFont::setPixelSizeFloat ( float pixelSize )
       This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working.
       We strongly advise against using it in new code.

       Sets the logical pixel height of font characters when shown on the
       screen to pixelSize.

void QFont::setPointSize ( int pointSize )
       Sets the point size to pointSize. The point size must be greater than
       zero.

       See also pointSize() and setPointSizeFloat().

       Example: fonts/simple-qfont-demo/viewer.cpp.

void QFont::setPointSizeFloat ( float pointSize )
       Sets the point size to pointSize. The point size must be greater than
       zero. The requested precision may not be achieved on all platforms.

       See also pointSizeFloat(), setPointSize(), and setPixelSize().

void QFont::setRawMode ( bool enable )
       If enable is TRUE, turns raw mode on; otherwise turns raw mode off.
       This function only has an effect under X11.

       If raw mode is enabled, Qt will search for an X font with a complete
       font name matching the family name, ignoring all other values set for
       the QFont. If the font name matches several fonts, Qt will use the
       first font returned by X. QFontInfo cannot be used to fetch information
       about a QFont using raw mode (it will return the values set in the
       QFont for all parameters, including the family name).

       Warning: Do not use raw mode unless you really, really need it! In most
       (if not all) cases, setRawName() is a much better choice.

       See also rawMode() and setRawName().

void QFont::setRawName ( const QString & name )
       Sets a font by its system specific name. The function is particularly
       useful under X, where system font settings (for example X resources)
       are usually available in XLFD (X Logical Font Description) form only.
       You can pass an XLFD as name to this function.

       A font set with setRawName() is still a full-featured QFont. It can be
       queried (for example with italic()) or modified (for example with
       setItalic()) and is therefore also suitable for rendering rich text.

       If Qt's internal font database cannot resolve the raw name, the font
       becomes a raw font with name as its family.

       Note that the present implementation does not handle wildcards in XLFDs
       well, and that font aliases (file fonts.alias in the font directory on
       X11) are not supported.

       See also rawName(), setRawMode(), and setFamily().

void QFont::setStretch ( int factor )
       Sets the stretch factor for the font.

       The stretch factor changes the width of all characters in the font by
       factor percent. For example, setting factor to 150 results in all
       characters in the font being 1.5 times ( ie. 150% ) wider. The default
       stretch factor is 100. The minimum stretch factor is 1, and the maximum
       stretch factor is 4000.

       The stretch factor is only applied to outline fonts. The stretch factor
       is ignored for bitmap fonts.

       NOTE: QFont cannot stretch XLFD fonts. When loading XLFD fonts on X11,
       the stretch factor is matched against a predefined set of values for
       the SETWIDTH_NAME field of the XLFD.

       See also stretch() and QFont::StyleStrategy.

void QFont::setStrikeOut ( bool enable )
       If enable is TRUE, sets strikeout on; otherwise sets strikeout off.

       See also strikeOut() and QFontInfo.

void QFont::setStyleHint ( StyleHint hint, StyleStrategy strategy =
       PreferDefault )
       Sets the style hint and strategy to hint and strategy, respectively.

       If these aren't set explicitly the style hint will default to AnyStyle
       and the style strategy to PreferDefault.

       Qt does not support style hints on X11 since this information is not
       provided by the window system.

       See also StyleHint, styleHint(), StyleStrategy, styleStrategy(), and
       QFontInfo.

       Examples:

void QFont::setStyleStrategy ( StyleStrategy s )
       Sets the style strategy for the font to s.

       See also QFont::StyleStrategy.

void QFont::setUnderline ( bool enable )
       If enable is TRUE, sets underline on; otherwise sets underline off.

       See also underline() and QFontInfo.

       Examples:

void QFont::setWeight ( int weight )
       Sets the weight the font to weight, which should be a value from the
       QFont::Weight enumeration.

       See also weight() and QFontInfo.

       Example: fonts/simple-qfont-demo/viewer.cpp.

int QFont::stretch () const
       Returns the stretch factor for the font.

       See also setStretch().

bool QFont::strikeOut () const
       Returns TRUE if strikeout has been set; otherwise returns FALSE.

       See also setStrikeOut().

StyleHint QFont::styleHint () const
       Returns the StyleHint.

       The style hint affects the font matching algorithm. See
       QFont::StyleHint for the list of strategies.

       See also setStyleHint(), QFont::StyleStrategy, and
       QFontInfo::styleHint().

StyleStrategy QFont::styleStrategy () const
       Returns the StyleStrategy.

       The style strategy affects the font matching algorithm. See
       QFont::StyleStrategy for the list of strategies.

       See also setStyleHint() and QFont::StyleHint.

QString QFont::substitute ( const QString & familyName ) [static]
       Returns the first family name to be used whenever familyName is
       specified. The lookup is case insensitive.

       If there is no substitution for familyName, familyName is returned.

       To obtain a list of substitutions use substitutes().

       See also setFamily(), insertSubstitutions(), insertSubstitution(), and
       removeSubstitution().

QStringList QFont::substitutes ( const QString & familyName ) [static]
       Returns a list of family names to be used whenever familyName is
       specified. The lookup is case insensitive.

       If there is no substitution for familyName, an empty list is returned.

       See also substitute(), insertSubstitutions(), insertSubstitution(), and
       removeSubstitution().

       Example: fonts/simple-qfont-demo/viewer.cpp.

QStringList QFont::substitutions () [static]
       Returns a sorted list of substituted family names.

       See also insertSubstitution(), removeSubstitution(), and substitute().

QString QFont::toString () const
       Returns a description of the font. The description is a comma-separated
       list of the attributes, perfectly suited for use in QSettings.

       See also fromString() and operator<<().

bool QFont::underline () const
       Returns TRUE if underline has been set; otherwise returns FALSE.

       See also setUnderline().

int QFont::weight () const
       Returns the weight of the font which is one of the enumerated values
       from QFont::Weight.

       See also setWeight(), Weight, and QFontInfo.

RELATED FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION
QDataStream & operator<;< ( QDataStream & s, const QFont & font )
       Writes the font font to the data stream s. (toString() writes to a text
       stream.)

       See also Format of the QDataStream operators.

QDataStream & operator>> ( QDataStream & s, QFont & font )
       Reads the font font from the data stream s. (fromString() reads from a
       text stream.)

       See also Format of the QDataStream operators.

SEE ALSO
       http://doc.trolltech.com/qfont.html
       http://www.trolltech.com/faq/tech.html

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 1992-2007 Trolltech ASA, http://www.trolltech.com.  See the
       license file included in the distribution for a complete license
       statement.

AUTHOR
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BUGS
       If you find a bug in Qt, please report it as described in
       http://doc.trolltech.com/bughowto.html.	Good bug reports help us to
       help you. Thank you.

       The definitive Qt documentation is provided in HTML format; it is
       located at $QTDIR/doc/html and can be read using Qt Assistant or with a
       web browser. This man page is provided as a convenience for those users
       who prefer man pages, although this format is not officially supported
       by Trolltech.

       If you find errors in this manual page, please report them to qt-
       bugs@trolltech.com.  Please include the name of the manual page
       (qfont.3qt) and the Qt version (3.3.8).

Trolltech AS			2 February 2007			    QFont(3qt)
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