SoFont

InventorModule

genre	InventorNodesAutomatic
author	Silicon Graphics Inc
package	MeVisLab/Standard
definition	inventor.def

Purpose

The node SoFont defines the current font type and point size for all subsequent text shapes in the scene graph. Fonts are specified using PostScript names, except for the default font. The default font, called defaultFont, is the standard SGI graphics font for 2D text, while “Utopia” is the standard Open Inventor font for 3D text.

Windows

Default Panel

Output Fields

self

name: self, type: SoNode

Parameter Fields

Visible Fields

Name

name: name, type: String, default: "defaultFont"

Sets the font name as a PostScript name.

For example, Times Roman is specified as Times-Roman.

Multiple fonts can be specified by separating the font names with semicolons. When multiple fonts are provided, the first font in the list that contains a given character is used to render that character.

Size

name: size, type: Float, default: 10

Sets the font size.

The value is expressed in points for 2D text and in the current units for 3D text.