CharacterSpacing (Property)

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CharacterSpacing

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Example

Style of a control: Setting character spacing in the editor

Font variable

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CharacterSpacing (Property)

In french: Interlettre

The CharacterSpacing property gets and sets the spacing between characters.

Example

p is Font
p.Name = "Arial"
p.SizeUnit = unitPoint
p.Size = 12
p.LineSpacing = 1.5
p.CharacterSpacing = 5

Syntax

Getting the character spacing Hide the details

<Result> = <Font>.CharacterSpacing

<Result>: Integer

Character spacing value (expressed in points). This value can be positive or negative. This spacing is added to or subtracted from the default spacing value.

<Font>: Font variable

Name of the Font variable to be used.

Setting the character spacing Hide the details

<Font>.CharacterSpacing = <New spacing>

<Font>: Font variable

Name of the Font variable to be used.

<New spacing>: Integer

New character spacing value (expressed in points). This value can be positive or negative. This spacing is added to or subtracted from the default spacing value.

Remarks

Style of a control: Setting character 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:

To write text in drawings (dFont).
To write in charts (grLabelFont, grLegendFont, grTitleFont and grAxisTitleFont).
To print (iFont).
In the controls of a window (Font property).
In the controls of a report (Font property).