Making fontWeight work?

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January 14, 2019
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I'm using the fontWeight method to try to set the font of a text field to bold.

I loop through all the fields, and let's say the field I'm looking to make bold is called "Number":

loop

{

get name //cFieldName

get field of name //oField

if(cFieldName == "Number"){oField,fontWeight = 700;}

}

in the javascript API manual it says fontWeight 700+ is considered bold, but when the script runs without errors, it doesn't change the font weight at all. I'm editing fontSize and textFont in the same script and they work, so it's not a question of the structure of the script, I don't think.

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Test Screen Name

Legend

Do you see a bold version of PTSans in the pull down list of fonts? The font MUST EXIST. Acrobat will not turn a nonbold font into bold, as Word will.

T

Test Screen Name

Legend

Yes, choose the bold weight of the font (which MUST be installed) by its name. If in doubt, what is the font name?

markok7Author

Participant

PTSans is the font that I am using. I'd like to avoid span objects if possible. Could you give me an example of setting it to bold for the field?

Thom Parker

Community Expert

Look through the font selections on the Appearance tab of the field properties. Notice how there are bold, italic and other versions of the fonts. The Bold bit is really a different version of the font, that's provided in the font file. So, bold is selected by selecting the bold version of the font. Of course, not all fonts provide bold versions.

You can find the bold name by selecting it on the properties dialog (shown below) and then using the console window to show the name used in JavaScript, like this.

this.getField("Text1").textFont;