MediaScript Objects and Methods 107
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Weight modifiers modify the weight (thickness) of the font. Valid weight values, in order
of increasing thickness, are:
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“thin”
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“extralight” or “ultralight”
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“light”
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“normal” or “regular”
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“medium”
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“semibold” or “demibold” (“semi” or “demi” are also acceptable)
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“bold”
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“extrabold” or “ultrabold” (“extra” or “ultra” are also acceptable)
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“heavy” or “black”
Other Style parameters are “Underline”, “Italic” or “Italics”, and “Strikethru” or
“Strikeout”.
NOTE: You can combine Style parameters as necessary. For example: Style @ “Bold
Italic”
Text - specifies the text to be drawn. The text string must be enclosed in quotes. To indicate
a line break, use \n.
Color - specifies the color to be used for the text. The default value for text color is white.
For more information about setting a foreground color, see “setColor()” on page 131.
Rtype - specifies the target bit depth. Supported bit-depths are: “Gray-8”, “RGB-15”,
“RGB-16”, “RGBA-16”, “RGB-18”, “RGB-24”, “RGBA-32”, “HSV-24”, “HLS-24”, “CMYK-
32”, “CMYKA-40”. The 16-bit type, is 5-6-5, while the 16a-bit is 1-5-5-5 with the top bit as
an alpha channel.
In addition, the following shortcuts will have default values when used as input
parameters:
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Gray -> Gray-8
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RGB -> RGB-24
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RGBA -> RGBA-32
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HSV -> HSV-24
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HLS -> HLS-24
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CMYK -> CMYK-32
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CMYKA -> CMYKA-40
NOTE: Deprecated Rtype values include: “Grayscale”, “15-bit”, “16-bit”, “16a-bit”, “24-bit”,
“32-bit”.
Size - sets the point size of the font to be used, and its default value is 12 and the maximum
is 4095.
Justify - specifies how the text will be justified. The default is “center”. Other options are
“left”, “right-hand”, and “justified”. (The “justified” option is available on Windows only.)
This parameter only affects text with multiple lines.
