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.
> 
> 
>