Functions Reference

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196 FileMaker Functions Reference
FileMaker Pro looks for a font that matches the specified font name and font script
character set. If no matches exist, FileMaker Pro looks for a default font with the font script
specified in the Fonts tab of the Preferences dialog box. If this fails, then the
TextFontRemove function uses the default font for the system script specified in the
Fonts tab of the Preferences dialog box. This font might not be the same as the font script
provided.
The following font scripts are available:
Roman
Greek
Cyrillic
CentralEurope
ShiftJIS
TraditionalChinese
SimplifiedChinese
•OEM
Symbol
Other
Examples
TextFontRemove(“Arial Text and Courier Text”) returns Arial Text and
Courier Text displayed in the field’s default font.
TextFontRemove(“Arial Text and Courier Text”;“Arial”) returns Arial
Text and Courier Text with the Arial font removed from the words Arial Text for all
fontScripts that use the Arial font.
TextFontRemove(“Arial Text and Courier Text”;“Arial”;Cyrillic)
returns Arial Text and Courier Text with the Arial font removed from Cyrillic character
sets.
TextFormatRemove
Format
TextFormatRemove(text)
Parameters
text - any text expression or text field
Data type returned
text