Font families

Use the fontFamily style attribute to define a generic or specific font family.

This section describes the possible values of the fontFamily style attribute.

Syntax

font-family [,...]

Note:

font-family defines a generic font family or a specific font family.

Usage

The language defines a set of generic font families, interpreted by the front end according to the graphical capability of the workstation:

Table 1. Generic font families
Generic font family name	Real font family example
serif	Times
sans-serif	Arial
cursive	Comic Sans Ms
fantasy	Algerian
monospace	Courier New

Any other name is interpreted as a specific font family, which identifies a local font supported by the front-end. Usually, it is one of the fonts installed on the workstation operating system. See front-end documentation for a list of supported local fonts.

Any font name containing white-spaces must be quoted, with single quotes.

You can specify a comma-separated list of font families.

<StyleAttribute name="fontFamily" value="sans-serif" />
<StyleAttribute name="fontFamily" value="'Courier New'" />
<StyleAttribute name="fontFamily" value="'Times New Roman',Times,serif" />