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GetFontID

Description

Function GetFontID converts the string name of an available font to a font ID which can be passed to other VectorScript routines.

FUNCTION GetFontID(fontName : STRING): INTEGER;
def vs.GetFontID(fontName):
    return INTEGER

Parameters

Name Type Description
fontName STRING Name of installed font.

Remarks

returns -1 if the requested font is not available

Examples

VectorScript

PROCEDURE Example;
VAR
str :STRING;
BEGIN
str := StrDialog('Enter the font name:', 'Arial');
AlrtDialog(Concat('The font ID is: ', GetFontID(str)));
END;
RUN(Example);

Python

def Example():
	str = vs.StrDialog('Enter the font name:', 'Arial')
	vs.AlrtDialog(vs.Concat('The font ID is: ', vs.GetFontID(str)))

Example()

Version

Availability: from VectorWorks8.0

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