font

The first part of a Computer Graphics Metafile, the metafile description, includes a font table. In the picture body, a font is designated by an index into this table. By default, this terminal generates a table with the following fonts:

      Arial
      Arial Italic
      Arial Bold
      Arial Bold Italic
      Times Roman
      Times Roman Italic
      Times Roman Bold
      Times Roman Bold Italic
      Helvetica
      Roman

Case is not distinct, but the modifiers must appear in the above order (that is, not 'Arial Italic Bold'). 'Arial Bold' is the default font.

You may also specify a font name which does not appear in the default font table. In that case, a new font table is constructed with the specified font as its only entry. You must ensure that the spelling, capitalization, and spacing of the name are appropriate for the application that will read the CGM file.