Re: Update support for fonts

On Saturday 18 February 2006 17:38, David Broadfoot wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jeff Weeks [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Sunday, 19 February 2006 4:36 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc: José Bollo
> > Subject: Update support for fonts
> >
> > Because of the separation between logical fonts (which is,
>
> effectively, a
>
> > font
> > name) and a styled font (a logical font coupled with a size, angle,
>
> bold
>
> > or
> > italics, etc) I've created a FONT_STYLE class.
>
> The correct terminology for what you are calling a "logical font" is
> TYPEFACE.
>
> The correct terminology for what you are calling a "styled font" is
> simply FONT.
>
> A FONT is a TYPEFACE of a specific size, angle, boldness, etc.

Fair enough :)  I wasn't aware of the terms... simply trying to explain my 
reasoning for adding the FONT_STYLE class.  Does this seem appropriate, then?

Thanks,
Jeff