Fonts and Font Brushes

Fonts and Font Brushes

Microvellum Reports features two components that are used to draw and set up text. These components are Text and Rich Text.

To access the font for these components, open the Style Designer, and the Font property is found in the Object Inspector at the side of the window.


Fig. 1 – Style Designer > Object Inspector > Appearance > Font

Select Fonts

A report’s text can be generated using different font styles. The font is determined through the Font.Name property.


Fig. 2 – Font Examples

Any font that is available from the .NET Framework can be used in a report.

Select a font that is likely to be present on a user’s machine or a report may not render correctly.

Size

The font size is controlled by the Font.Size property.


Fig. 3 – Font Size Examples

Styles

There are options available to be applied to fonts such as strikeout, underlined, italic, semibold, bold, and regular. These styles are controlled by the following properties: Font.Bold, Font.Strikeout, Font.Underline and Font.Italic. These styles can be combined.


Fig. 4 – Font Style Examples

Text Brush

The Text Brush property is accessed through the same method as the font property. Select the Style Designer, and the Text Brush property is found in the Object Inspector at the side of the window.


Fig. 5 – Style Designer > Object Inspector > Appearance > Text Brush

There are five brush types available:

  1. Solid
  2. Hatch
  3. Glass
  4. Glare
  5. Gradient

Fig. 6 – Brush Types Available