# ATTR_LABEL_FONT (Control)

Type: | Control attribute
Description: | The name of the font for the control label. You may use a CVI supplied font or any host font supported on your system. For example, Arial and Courier are available on Windows. Always set the font before setting the size or style.
Control Types: | ActiveX controls, binary switches, canvases, color numerics, command buttons, digital graphs, graphs, LEDs, list boxes, numerics, picture buttons, picture rings, pictures, radio buttons, rings, numeric slides, ring slides, strings, strip charts, tables, text boxes, text buttons, timers, toggle buttons, trees.
Data Type: | string

Values

VAL_MENU_FONT | Default font style for LabWindows/CVI menus. This font contains typeface information only. This value is an alias to an operating system font. Therefore, the operating system and user preferences on your machine determine this font style.
VAL_DIALOG_FONT | Default font style for LabWindows/CVI dialog boxes and control text. This font contains typeface information only. This value is an alias to an operating system font. Therefore, the operating system and user preferences on your machine determine this font style.
VAL_EDITOR_FONT | Default font style for the LabWindows/CVI Source window. This font contains typeface information only. This value is an alias to an operating system font. Therefore, the operating system and user preferences on your machine determine this font style.
VAL_APP_FONT | Default font style for the LabWindows/CVI Workspace window. This font contains typeface information only. This value is an alias to an operating system font. Therefore, the operating system and user preferences on your machine determine this font style.
VAL_MESSAGE_BOX_FONT | Default font style for LabWindows/CVI message boxes. This font contains typeface information only. This value is an alias to an operating system font. Therefore, the operating system and user preferences on your machine determine this font style.
VAL_MENU_META_FONT | Default font for LabWindows/CVI menus. Meta fonts contain typeface information, point size, and text styles such as bold, shadow outline, underline, italics, and strikeout. Because meta fonts contain character size information, strings that use meta fonts are more likely to have the same width across platforms. This value is an alias to an operating system font. Therefore, the operating system and user preferences on your machine determine this font.
VAL_DIALOG_META_FONT | Default font for LabWindows/CVI dialog boxes and control text. Meta fonts contain typeface information, point size, and text styles such as bold, shadow outline, underline, italics, and strikeout. Because meta fonts contain character size information, strings that use meta fonts are more likely to have the same width across platforms. This value is an alias to an operating system font. Therefore, the operating system and user preferences on your machine determine this font.
VAL_EDITOR_META_FONT | Default font for the LabWindows/CVI Source window. Meta fonts contain typeface information, point size, and text styles such as bold, shadow outline, underline, italics, and strikeout. Because meta fonts contain character size information, strings that use meta fonts are more likely to have the same width across platforms. This value is an alias to an operating system font. Therefore, the operating system and user preferences on your machine determine this font.
VAL_APP_META_FONT | Default font for the LabWindows/CVI Workspace window. Meta fonts contain typeface information, point size, and text styles such as bold, shadow outline, underline, italics, and strikeout. Because meta fonts contain character size information, strings that use meta fonts are more likely to have the same width across platforms. This value is an alias to an operating system font. Therefore, the operating system and user preferences on your machine determine this font.
VAL_MESSAGE_BOX_META_FONT | Default font for LabWindows/CVI message boxes. Meta fonts contain typeface information, point size, and text styles such as bold, shadow outline, underline, italics, and strikeout. Because meta fonts contain character size information, strings that use meta fonts are more likely to have the same width across platforms. This value is an alias to an operating system font. Therefore, the operating system and user preferences on your machine determine this font.
VAL_7SEG_META_FONT | Font that provides compatibility with LabWindows for DOS. Meta fonts contain typeface information, point size, and text styles such as bold, shadow outline, underline, italics, and strikeout. Because meta fonts contain character size information, strings that use meta fonts are more likely to have the same width across platforms.
VAL_SYSTEM_META_FONT | Font that provides compatibility with function panels and user interface panels from LabWindows for DOS that use extended IBM PC characters. Because other fonts may not contain these extended characters, cut/paste operations may fail. Meta fonts contain typeface information, point size, and text styles such as bold, shadow outline, underline, italics, and strikeout. Because meta fonts contain character size information, strings that use meta fonts are more likely to have the same width across platforms.