Text Options
The
Text Options dialog is displayed using the Text option of the Options
Menu.
The Escape Characters are characters that will have a special meaning in any text that is displayed in Gsharp. For example you could specify that the ^ character is to be used to signify superscript. Whenever Gsharp sees a ^ it will display the next character in superscript. e.g.
H_2O|e = mc^2|4!742 2!744
The UNICLD database is a collection of characters that can be used in Gsharp. For example !741 is a heart, !867 is a crescent and !872 is a tree.
| Spacing Mode | "kerned" (default), "fixed", "proportional" | If kerned the spaces between characters is minimised. With fixed all characters are the same width and with proportional the width of the character is proportional to the character body. |
| Character Spacing | float. Default: 0 | Set the spacing between adjacent characters. A positive value increases the spacing; a negative reduces the spacing. |
| Font | Any font. Default: "simp" | Default font. |
| Font Mode | "bestFit" (default), "software" or "hardware" | Software means the specified font is taken from the UNICLD database. Hardware means the font is taken from the hardware font library. With Best Fit a hardware font is used if one exists otherwise a software font is used. |
| Multiline Layout | "right", "left", "center" or "blocked" | Justification of any texts containing a Newline character. |
| Multiline Spacing | integer | The line spacing for any texts containing a Newline character. |
GSL programmers can use the textoption class to set these values.
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