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Text Attributes

  • Last UpdatedJan 07, 2026
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This section describes text attributes functions.

text_height_set(Height)

The function sets the modal text height.

Input Parameters:

Height

real

The text height (> 0.0)

Returned value:

None

Exceptions:

kcs_ValueError

Invalid parameter value

text_height_get()

The function gets the modal text height.

Input Parameters:

None

Returned value:

[0]

real

The text height

Exceptions:

None

text_rotation_set(Rot)

The function sets the modal text rotation angle.

Input Parameters:

Rot

real

The text rotation angle, in degrees.

Returned value:

None

Exceptions:

None

text_rotation_get()

The function gets the modal text rotation angle.

Input Parameters:

None

Returned value:

[0]

real

The text rotation angle, in degrees

Exceptions:

None

text_aspect_set(Aspect)

The function sets the modal text aspect, that means, the width/height ratio.

Input Parameters:

Aspect

real

The text aspect. A negative value means proportional text.

Returned value:

None

Exceptions:

None

text_aspect_get()

The function gets the modal text aspect.

Input Parameters:

None

Returned value:

[0]

real

The text aspect

Exceptions:

None

text_slant_set(Slant)

The function sets the modal text slanting angle

Input Parameters:

Slant

real

The text slanting angle, in degrees (90 means standard slant).

Returned value:

None

Exceptions:

None

text_slant_get()

The function gets the modal text slanting angle.

Input Parameters:

None

Returned value:

[0]

real

The text slanting angle, in degrees

Exceptions:

None

text_ascii_font_set(Font)

The function sets the modal ASCII text font.

Input Parameters:

Font

integer

The ASCII text font.

Valid fonts are:

0-7 (system fonts)

8-99 (user-defined fonts)

101,105 (ISO8859 fonts)

Returned value:

None

Exceptions:

kcs_ValueError

Invalid parameter value

text_ascii_font_get()

The function gets the modal ASCII text font.

Input Parameters:

None

Returned value:

[0]

integer

The ASCII text font

Exceptions:

None

text_vector_font_set(Vfont)

The function sets the modal text vector (multi-byte) font, for example, Japanese.

Note: The validity of given font is not checked here.

Input Parameters:

Vfont

integer

The text vector font

Returned value:

None

Exceptions:

None

text_vector_font_get()

The function gets the modal text vector font.

Input Parameters:

None

Returned value:

[0]

integer

The text vector font

Exceptions:

None

text_ilsp_set(Ilsp)

The function sets the modal text interline space factor, used for multiple line texts. The distance between two text lines will then be Interline space factor * text height.

Note: A negative value means "negative" growth direction.

Input Parameters:

Ilsp

real

The text interline space factor

Returned value:

None

Exceptions:

None

text_ilsp_get()

The function gets the modal text interline space factor.

Input Parameters:

None

Returned value:

[0]

real

The text interline space factor

Exceptions:

None

Example:

# Example: kcs_ex_draft5.py

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