setDefaultFont() – EFS

setDefaultFont()
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setDefaultFont( fontFace, size [, fgColor] [, flags])

The setDefaultFont() function was introduced in EFS2 and is designed to work in conjunction with the drawText() function. It allows you to set a default font to be used in all drawing operations.

Parameters

fontFace	the fontFace to use as the default
size	the desired size of the font
fgColor	optional. the foreground color to use
flags	optional. see Text Flags below

Text Flags

Text.BOLD	display the text in bold
Text.ITALIC	display the text in italics
Text.UNDERLINE	underline the text
Text.LEFT	align the text to the left
Text.RIGHT	align the text to the right
Text.TOP	align the text to the top
Text.BOTTOM	align the text to the bottom
Text.ONTOP	draw the text on top of the study
Text.FRAME	draw a frame around the text using fgColor as the frame color
Text.BUTTON	draws the text as a button (fgColor is ignored)
Text.CENTER	horizontally center the text over the bar
Text.VCENTER	vertically center the text
Text.PLAIN	display plain text

Note: Text flags can be ORed together to combine various attributes (e.g., Text.ITALIC | Text.BOLD | Text.UNDERLINE)

Usage

   //set the default font to Arial 14-pt, use magenta a the color and apply
   //bold and underline attributes
   setDefaultFont( "Arial", 14, Color.magenta, Text.BOLD | Text.UNDERLINE );
   //set the default font to Courier New 10-pt
   setDefaultFont( "Courier New", 10 );