LOGO-L> Error message using setlablefont

[Alistair Berwick]

Can anyone help? When using MSWLogo setlabelfont [Arial], I get an error
message that says this font does not exist and prompts me to try one from a
list. Thing is, I can not see why this message occurs as Arial is plainly
there.The commander font and label font accept that the font exists, but why
doesn't the primitive?

Many thanks

Alistair Berwick

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[George Mills]

Set the Font you desire through the Menu Set->Label Font first.
Then use the function LABELFONT to find out what all the parameters are
to properly select the Arial font. Just the name is not always sufficient
depending on what font's are loaded in your system. Also with just the
name you don't know what size and boldness you will get and it will
vary from computer to computer. You want the full specification of
the font.

You can then copy and paste the output of LABELFONT to your program
that needs to set it.

<Set desired font it the menu>
show labelfont
[[Arial] -24 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 34]
<add the following to your program>
setlabelfont [[Arial] -24 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 34]

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[Paul C Dench]

Hi Alistair
The full syntax for the command is a long list of parameters (refer MSWLogo
Help)
e.g. SETLABELFONT [[Arial] -19 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 34]

I find that I can get away with SETLABELFONT [[Arial]] or SETLABELFONT
[[Times New Roman]] i.e. a double set of square brackets whereas a single
set of square brackets is not always reliable.

You'll have to ask George why

At 08:21 AM 7/8/99 PDT, Alistair Berwick wrote:
>Can anyone help? When using MSWLogo setlabelfont [Arial], I get an error
>message that says this font does not exist and prompts me to try one from a
>list. Thing is, I can not see why this message occurs as Arial is plainly
>there.The commander font and label font accept that the font exists, but why
>doesn't the primitive?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Alistair Berwick
>
>
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