The Font Object
The system provides a standard implementation of the font object. The standard font object supports a number of read-write properties as well as a set of methods through its IFont interface. The standard font object implementation exposes an event interface, IFontEventsDisp.
The standard font object has the following properties:
| Property name | Return type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Application |
VT_DISPATCH |
Returns the Application object; read only. |
| Bold |
VT_BOOL |
Sets or returns True if the font is bold, otherwise False; read/write. |
| Charset |
VT_I2 |
The character set used in the font, such as ANSI_CHARSET, DEFAULT_CHARSET, or SYMBOL_CHARSET. |
| Italic |
VT_BOOL |
Sets or returns True if the font is italic; otherwise False, read/write. |
| Name |
VT_BSTR |
Returns the name of the font; read only. |
| Parent |
VT_DISPATCH |
Returns the parent of the Font object; read only. |
| Size |
VT_CY |
Sets or returns the point size of the font; read/write. |
| Strikethrough |
VT_BOOL |
Sets or returns True if the font appears with a line running through it, otherwise False; read/write. |
| Underline |
VT_BOOL |
Sets or returns True if the font is italic otherwise False, read/write. |
| Weight |
VT_I2 |
The boldness or weight of the font. |
The standard font object implementation exposes a new event interface, IFontEventsDisp. This event contains FontChanged, which notifies the font object that its font resource has changed:
| Event name | Description |
|---|---|
| FontChanged(PropertyName as String) |
This event is contained in the IFontEventsDisp interface. The event is called whenever a property of the font object is changed. The PropertyName parameter will contain the English name of the property that has been changed in Visual Basic or the DISPID of the changed property in C and C++. |
For more information on font object properties, see IFont.
For more information on IFontDisp, see IFontDisp.