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CHARACTER PROPERTIES, DATA TYPES, AND DESCRIPTIONS
R/O PROPERTY NAME TYPE DESCRIPTION
•
ascent font units Maximum ascent of any
character in this text
base shift base units Baseline shift of the first
character of this text
•
baseline vertical Vertical offset (from the top
measurement of the containing text box)
of the baseline of the first
character of this text
• best type type class Best descriptor type
character character Character spec applied
style spec to this text
•
character type no type/ Type of the character
one byte/ (East Asian only)
two byte/
many types
• class type class Class descriptor type
color color spec Color of the first character
of this text
contents unicode text Contents of this text
(string)
• default type type class Default descriptor type
•
descent font units Maximum descent of any
character in this text
font plain text Name of the font of the
(string) first character in this text
grouped Boolean If true , this text is
character grouped (East Asian only)
• height font units Height of this text
•
horizontal horizontal Horizontal offset (from the
offset measurement left side of the containing
text box) of the first
character of this text
horizontal percent Horizontal scale of the first
scale character of this text
kern fixed Kerning of the first character
of this text
language small integer Language of the first
character of this text
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