How to change the font?

Question

I want to change the font and set its style to bold. I have two problems:

changing CharWeight works but not CharFontName
it applies "bold" to the whole paragraph, not only to the selection

Here's my code:

sub AddAnimation
    xTextCursor = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Selection(0)
    xText = xTextCursor.getText()
    xText.CharFontName = "Consolas"
    xText.CharWeight = com.sun.star.awt.FontWeight.BOLD
end Sub

What is the font name currently set to? Try starting with an empty document and creating one text block. — Jim K, Apr 03 '17 at 17:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '17 at 17:51

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Calling getText() gets the entire text, not just the selected part.

Sub ChangeFont
    xTextCursor = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Selection(0)
    xTextCursor.CharFontName = "Consolas"
    xTextCursor.CharWeight = com.sun.star.awt.FontWeight.BOLD
End Sub

The font name changed when I tried it, using both LO and AOO.

Are you using CTL or CJK scripts? If so, then it needs to be CharFontNameComplex or CharFontNameAsian. However if CharWeight worked, then that must not be the issue.

One more guess: Maybe a style is overriding it.

answered Apr 03 '17 at 17:51

Jim K

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How to change the style then? – Olivier Pons Apr 09 '17 at 09:36
Go to "Styles and Formatting" in the sidebar to see if that is the problem. Apparently the relevant styles are called [Graphic Styles](https://help.libreoffice.org/Impress/Styles_and_Formatting#Graphic_Styles). – Jim K Apr 10 '17 at 21:56
Such a mess in the source code, I've given up on this, thanks for your answer! – Olivier Pons Apr 01 '18 at 06:12

How to change the font?

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