Version 5.8.0

# `DefineFontfamily`

Defines a font family consisting of the shapes “regular”, “bold”, “bold italic” and “italic”. To be used in `Paragraph`, `Textblock`, `Fontface` and `Table` with the attribute `fontfamily`.

## Child elements

`Bold`, `BoldItalic`, `Italic`, `Regular`

## Parent elements

`AtPageCreation`, `AtPageShipout`, `Case`, `Contents`, `ForAll`, `Include`, `Layout`, `Loop`, `Otherwise`, `Record`, `SavePages`, `Section`, `Until`, `While`

## Attributes

`fontsize` (number)
  Font size. Without unit, DTP points are assumed.
`leading` (number)
  Distance between two baselines. Without unit, DTP points are expected.
`name` (text)
  The symbolic name that is used as a reference to access this font family.
`scriptsize` (length, optional, since version 4.19.31)
  Super/subscript font size. Defautlts to 80% of the font size.
`subshift` (length, optional, since version 4.19.31)
  (Down-)shift of subscript. 0pt is on the base line, positive values move down. Defaults to 30% of the font size.
`supershift` (length, optional, since version 4.19.31)
  (Up-)shift of superscript. 0pt is on the base line, positive values move up. Defaults to 30% of the font size.

## Remarks

The default fontface is named “text” and it can be redefined by defining a new font family called “text”.

The variants bold, italic and bold italic are optional.

## Example

    <DefineFontfamily name="Title" fontsize="12" leading="14">
      <Regular fontface="Helvetica Regular"/>
      <Bold fontface="Helvetica Bold"/>
      <Italic fontface="Helvetica Italic"/>
      <BoldItalic fontface="Helvetica Bold Italic"/>
    </DefineFontfamily>

This font family can now be accessed like this:

    <Textblock fontfamily="Title">
      <Paragraph>
        <Value>...<Value>
      </Paragraph>
    </Textblock>

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