Re: Changing TextStyle within Show
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg88062] Re: [mg88030] Changing TextStyle within Show
- From: Bob Hanlon <hanlonr at cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:09:05 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-to: hanlonr at cox.net
Show[Graphics[Table[
Text[
Style[FromCharacterCode[96 + n], FontSize -> 11 + n,
FontColor -> Hue[n/26]],
{n/26, n/26}], {n, 26}]]]
Bob Hanlon
---- carlos at Colorado.EDU wrote:
> I have often used TextStyle as a global option in Show, for example
>
> TextStyle->{FontFamily->"Times",FontSlant->"Italic",FontSize->9}
>
> to render all text in a plot. Is there a way to use it as a
> Graphics instruction so that font size, etc. is changed for subsequent
> Text objects as the plot is processed?
>
> The Graphics documentation (I am looking at 5.2 on my laptop) says
> yes, but gives no specific format or examples. I would expect a
> function like Graphics[TextStyle[ arguments ]] to be available
> but cant find a description.
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