Detailed Description▲
Properties of type font default to the application's default font.
The most commonly used properties are:
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string font.family
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bool font.bold
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bool font.italic
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bool font.underline
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real font.pointSize
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int font.pixelSize
If both pointSize and a pixelSize are specified, pixelSize will be used.
The following properties are also available:
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enumeration font.weight
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bool font.overline
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bool font.strikeout
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enumeration font.capitalization
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real font.letterSpacing
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real font.wordSpacing
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bool font.kerning
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bool font.preferShaping
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enumeration font.hintingPreference
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object font.features
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string font.styleName
Example:
Text { font.family: "Helvetica"; font.pointSize: 13; font.bold: true }When integrating with C++, note that any QFont value passed into QML from C++ is automatically converted into a font value, and vice-versa.
This value type is provided by the QtQuick import.
Numerical values for font weights follow the CSS specification, where a weight of 100 is extremely light, and 900 is extremely bold. The following values are supported:
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Constant |
Description |
|---|---|
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Font.Thin |
100 |
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Font.ExtraLight |
200 |
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Font.Light |
300 |
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Font.Normal |
400 |
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Font.Medium |
500 |
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Font.DemiBold |
600 |
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Font.Bold |
700 |
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Font.ExtraBold |
800 |
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Font.Black |
900 |
Capitalization supports the following values:
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Constant |
Description |
|---|---|
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Font.MixedCase |
No capitalization change is applied. |
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Font.AllUppercase |
Alters the text to be rendered in all uppercase type. |
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Font.AllLowercase |
Alters the text to be rendered in all lowercase type. |
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Font.SmallCaps |
Alters the text to be rendered in small-caps type. |
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Font.Capitalize |
Alters the text to be rendered with the first character of each word as an uppercase character. |
Setting the hinting preference only has an effect when using the "NativeRendering" render type. The property supports the following values:
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Constant |
Description |
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Font.PreferDefaultHinting |
Use the default hinting level for the target platform. |
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Font.PreferNoHinting |
If possible, render text without hinting the outlines of the glyphs. |
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Font.PreferVerticalHinting |
If possible, render text with no horizontal hinting, but align glyphs to the pixel grid in the vertical direction. |
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Font.PreferFullHinting |
If possible, render text with hinting in both horizontal and vertical directions. |
See Also▲
See also QML Value Types