# Font Element

Specifies the ID number of the font used to format the text.

## Syntax

    <Font>
        [Unit]
        [F]
        [Err]>
    </Font>

## Attributes

Optional string. Represents a unit of measure. The default is NUM. For details about NUM, see Units of measure.

F

Optional string. Represents the element's formula. This attribute can contain one of the following strings: "someFormula" if the formula exists locally, "No Formula" if the formula is locally deleted or blocked, or "Inh" if the formula is inherited.

If the attribute is not present, the element's formula is a simple constant, for example, <element>5</element>.

Err

Optional string. Indicates that the formula evaluates to an error. The value of Err is the current value (an error message string); the value of the element is the last valid value.

## Element properties

Property | Value
--- | ---
Name | Font
Minimum Occurrences | 0
Maximum Occurrences | 1

## Element information

Parent elements

Char

Child elements

None

## Remarks

Font ID numbers vary according to the fonts installed on the user's system. The ID number corresponds to the ID attribute of a FontEntry element in the document's font table (contained in the Fonts element). The number 0 represents the default font.

The Font element is relevant only when contained in a Shape or StyleSheet element. It is ignored when contained in a DocumentSheet or PageSheet element.

## See also

Font cell (Character section)

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