Font Object Members

Word Developer Reference

Contains font attributes (such as font name, font size and color) for an object.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Grow	Increases the font size to the next available size.
	Reset	Removes manual character formatting (formatting not applied using a style). For example, if you manually format a word as bold and the underlying style is plain text (not bold), the Reset method removes the bold format.
	SetAsTemplateDefault	Sets the specified font formatting as the default for the active document and all new documents based on the active template.
	Shrink	Decreases the font size to the next available size.

Properties

	Name	Description
	AllCaps	True if the font is formatted as all capital letters. Read/write Long.
	Animation	Returns or sets the type of animation applied to the font. Read/write WdAnimation.
	Application	Returns an Application object that represents the Microsoft Word application.
	Bold	True if the font is formatted as bold. Read/write Long.
	BoldBi	True if the font is formatted as bold. Read/write Long.
	Borders	Returns a Borders collection that represents all the borders for the specified font.
	Color	Returns or sets the 24-bit color for the specified Font object. Can be any valid WdColor constant or a value returned by Visual Basic's RGB function.
	ColorIndex	Returns or sets a WdColorIndex constant that represents the color for the specified font. Read/write .
	ColorIndexBi	Returns or sets the color for the specified Font object in a right-to-left language document. Read/write WdColorIndex.
	Creator	Returns a 32-bit integer that indicates the application in which the specified object was created. Read-only Long.
	DiacriticColor	Returns or sets the 24-bit color to be used for diacritics for the specified Font object. Read/write.
	DisableCharacterSpaceGrid	True if Microsoft Word ignores the number of characters per line for the corresponding Font object. Read/write Boolean.
	DoubleStrikeThrough	True if the specified font is formatted as double strikethrough text.
	Duplicate	Returns a read-only Font object that represents the character formatting of the specified font.
	Emboss	True if the specified font is formatted as embossed. Read/write Long.
	EmphasisMark	Returns or sets a WdEmphasisMark constnat that represents the emphasis mark for a character or designated character string. Read/write.
	Engrave	True if the font is formatted as engraved. Read/write Long.
	Hidden	True if the font is formatted as hidden text. Read/write Long.
	Italic	True if the font or range is formatted as italic. Read/write Long.
	ItalicBi	True if the font or range is formatted as italic. Read/write Long.
	Kerning	Returns or sets the minimum font size for which Microsoft Word will adjust kerning automatically. Read/write Single.
	Name	Returns or sets the name of the specified object. Read/write String.
	NameAscii	Returns or sets the font used for Latin text (characters with character codes from 0 (zero) through 127). Read/write String.
	NameBi	Returns or sets the name of the font in a right-to-left language document. Read/write String.
	NameFarEast	Returns or sets an East Asian font name. Read/write String.
	NameOther	Returns or sets the font used for characters with character codes from 128 through 255. Read/write String.
	Outline	True if the font is formatted as outline. Read/write Long.
	Parent	Returns an Object that represents the parent object of the specified Font object.
	Position	Returns or sets the position of text (in points) relative to the base line. Read/write Long.
	Scaling	Returns or sets the scaling percentage applied to the font. Read/write Long.
	Shading	Returns a Shading object that refers to the shading formatting for the specified font.
	Shadow	True if the specified font is formatted as shadowed. Read/write Long.
	Size	Returns or sets the font size, in points. Read/write Single.
	SizeBi	Returns or sets the font size in points. Read/write Single.
	SmallCaps	True if the font is formatted as small capital letters. Read/write Long.
	Spacing	Returns or sets the spacing (in points) between characters. Read/write Single.
	StrikeThrough	True if the font is formatted as strikethrough text. Read/write Long.
	Subscript	True if the font is formatted as subscript. Read/write Long.
	Superscript	True if the font is formatted as superscript. Read/write Long.
	Underline	Returns or sets the type of underline applied to the font. Read/write WdUnderline.
	UnderlineColor	Returns or sets the 24-bit color of the underline for the specified Font object.