The
LineSpacing property gets and sets the line spacing for variables of type
Font. The line spacing value corresponds to the multiplicative factor of the single line spacing.
Reminder: Line spacing is the space between lines of text.
MyFont is Font
MyFont.Name = "Arial"
MyFont.SizeUnit = unitPoint
MyFont.Size = 12
MyFont.LineSpacing = 1.5
MyFont.CharacterSpacing = 5
Syntax
Getting the line spacing of a variable of type Font Hide the details
<Result> = <Font>.Line spacing
<Result>: Real
Multiplicative factor of the single line spacing.
<Font>: Font variable
Name of the Font variable to be used.
Setting the line spacing of a variable of type Font Hide the details
<Font>.Line spacing = <Line spacing>
<Font>: Font variable
Name of the Font variable to be used.
<Line spacing>: Real
Multiplicative factor of the single line spacing.
Remarks
Style of a control: Setting line spacing in the editor
You can define the font used for the different elements of the control in the "Style" tab of the control description window. You can also set the line spacing and character spacing for the current font in the font size settings.
Font variable
A font can be created from a
Font variable.
To define the font characteristics, use:
- the FontCreate function.
- the Charset, Orientation, StrikeOut, Color, Bold, Italic, CharacterSpacing, LineSpacing, Name, Underline, Size and SizeUnit properties.
This font can be used: