# fontElt complexType

Defines a font.

## Type Information

Namespace | http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/word/2003/wordml
Schema name | XML Document 2003

## Elements and Attributes

### Child Elements

Element | Description
--- | ---
altName | Represents the alternate name for the font.
panose-1 | Represents the PANOSE typeface classification number, which is a compact 10-byte description of a fonts critical visual characteristics, such as contrast, weight, and serif style. The digits represent Family Kind, Serif Style, Weight, Proportion, Contrast, Stroke Variation, Arm Style, Letterform, Midline, and X-Height.
charset | Represents the character set for the font.
family | Represents the font family this font belongs to. A font family is a set of fonts having common stroke width and serif characteristics. There are five font families. A sixth family allows Word to use the default font.
notTrueType | Represents indicates that this font is not a TrueType or OpenType font, but rather a raster or vector font.
pitch | Represents specified the font pitch. The pitch indicates if the font is fixed pitch, proportionally spaced, or relies on a default setting.
sig | Contains information identifying the code pages and Unicode subranges for which a specified font provides glyphs.

### Attributes

Attribute | Type | Required | Description | Possible Values
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
name | stringType | optional | Gets or sets the face name of this font. |

## Definition

    <xsd:complexType name="fontElt" >
      <xsd:sequence>
        <xsd:element name="altName" type="stringProperty" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
        </xsd:element>
        <xsd:element name="panose-1" type="panoseProperty" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
        </xsd:element>
        <xsd:element name="charset" type="ucharHexNumberProperty" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
        </xsd:element>
        <xsd:element name="family" type="fontFamilyProperty" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
        </xsd:element>
        <xsd:element name="notTrueType" type="onOffProperty" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
        </xsd:element>
        <xsd:element name="pitch" type="pitchElt" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
        </xsd:element>
        <xsd:element name="sig" type="fontSigElt" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
        </xsd:element>
      </xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:attribute name="name" type="stringType">
      </xsd:attribute>
    </xsd:complexType>

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