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 //by Richard Russell, July 2007//\\ \\  The BBC BASIC for Windows [[http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcwin/manual/bbcwin8.html#font|*FONT]] command selects the font size in **points** (nominally units of 1/72 inch), and as a consequence the character height in **pixels** varies acccording to the current Dots Per Inch setting. This is the way font size selection in Windows normally works and is what you would expect. See the article [[/Supporting%20different%20DPI%20values|Supporting different DPI values]] for more information.\\ \\  However there can be occasions when you would prefer the font height to be a specific size in pixels and not to change according to the DPI setting. For example you may wish the text to align with a graphic image which isn't scaled according to the DPI. To do that use the following code:\\  //by Richard Russell, July 2007//\\ \\  The BBC BASIC for Windows [[http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcwin/manual/bbcwin8.html#font|*FONT]] command selects the font size in **points** (nominally units of 1/72 inch), and as a consequence the character height in **pixels** varies acccording to the current Dots Per Inch setting. This is the way font size selection in Windows normally works and is what you would expect. See the article [[/Supporting%20different%20DPI%20values|Supporting different DPI values]] for more information.\\ \\  However there can be occasions when you would prefer the font height to be a specific size in pixels and not to change according to the DPI setting. For example you may wish the text to align with a graphic image which isn't scaled according to the DPI. To do that use the following code:\\ 
 +<code bb4w>
         @vdu%!220 = PixelHeight%         @vdu%!220 = PixelHeight%
         *FONT FaceName         *FONT FaceName
 +</code>
 Note particularly that **no size** is specified in the *FONT command. So for example if you wanted to select the Arial font with a height of 40 pixels you could do that as follows:\\  Note particularly that **no size** is specified in the *FONT command. So for example if you wanted to select the Arial font with a height of 40 pixels you could do that as follows:\\ 
 +<code bb4w>
         @vdu%!220 = 40         @vdu%!220 = 40
         *FONT Arial         *FONT Arial
 +</code>
 This sets the height of the character **cell**. You can alternatively set the height of the character itself (i.e. excluding the //internal leading//) by specifying a negative value:\\  This sets the height of the character **cell**. You can alternatively set the height of the character itself (i.e. excluding the //internal leading//) by specifying a negative value:\\ 
 +<code bb4w>
         @vdu%!220 = -40         @vdu%!220 = -40
         *FONT Arial         *FONT Arial
-\\+</code>
 ---- ----
-\\ **BBC BASIC for Windows version 6 only**:\\ \\  You can optionally specify a style such as **bold**, //italic// or __underlined__ as follows:\\ + 
 +**BBC BASIC for Windows version 6 only**:\\ \\  You can optionally specify a style such as **bold**, //italic// or __underlined__ as follows:\\  
 +<code bb4w>
         @vdu%!220 = 40         @vdu%!220 = 40
         *FONT Arial,B         *FONT Arial,B
 +</code>
 You can also set the character's width independently of its height:\\  You can also set the character's width independently of its height:\\ 
 +<code bb4w>
         @vdu%!216 = -40         @vdu%!216 = -40
         @vdu%!220 = 40         @vdu%!220 = 40
         *FONT Arial         *FONT Arial
 +</code>
 Note that you must specify the width as a negative value. Note that you must specify the width as a negative value.
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