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iOSFont.Ascent **Ascent** As `Double` The ascent of the font. The ascent of a font is the distance from the tops of the tallest glyphs to the baseline. This property is read-only. ``` xojo Var f As iOSFont = iOSFont.SystemFont(20) ' 20-point Var fontAscent As Double = f.Ascent ```

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iOSFont.CapHeight **CapHeight** As `Double` The height of a capital letter above the baseline for the font. This property is read-only. ``` xojo Var f As iOSFont = iOSFont.SystemFont(20) ' 20-point Var fontCapHeight As Double = f.CapHeight ```

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iOSFont.Descent **Descent** As `Double` The descent of the font. The descent of a font is the distance from the baseline to the bottom of the lowest descenders on the glyphs. This property is read-only. ``` xojo Var f As iOSFont = iOSFont.SystemFont(20) ' 20-point Var fontDescent As Double = f.Descent ```

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iOSFont.Leading **Leading** As `Double` The leading for the font. The leading is the recommended vertical distance from the bottom of the descenders to the top of the next line in a multiline setting. This property is read-only. ``` xojo Var f As iOSFont = iOSFont.SystemFont(20) ' 20-point Var fontLeading As Double = f.Leading ```

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iOSFont.LineHeight **LineHeight** As `Double` The line height for the font. This property is read-only. ``` xojo Var f As iOSFont = iOSFont.SystemFont(20) ' 20-point Var fontLineHeight As Double = f.LineHeight ```

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iOSFont.Name **Name** As `Text` The name of the font. This property is read-only. ``` xojo Var f As iOSFont = iOSFont.SystemFont(20) ' 20-point Var fontName As Text = f.Name ```

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iOSFont.Size **Size** As `Double` The point size of the font. This property is read-only. ``` xojo Var f As iOSFont = iOSFont.SystemFont(20) ' 20-point Var fontSize As Double = f.Size ```

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iOSFont.XHeight **XHeight** As `Double` The distance between the baseline and the mean line for the font. Typically, this is the height of the letter x in the font. This property is read-only. ``` xojo Var f As iOSFont = iOSFont.SystemFont(20) ' 20-point Var fontXHeight As Double = f.XHeight ``` ## Method descriptions

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iOSFont.BoldSystemFont **BoldSystemFont**(size As `Double` = 0) As iOSFont Gets the bold system font at the specified size. This method is `shared`. ``` xojo Label1.TextFont = iOSFont.BoldSystemFont ```

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iOSFont.Constructor **Constructor**(postscriptName As `String`, pointSize As `Double`)

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`Constructors` are special methods called when you create an object with the `New` keyword and pass in the parameters above.

Creates an iOSFont from the postscriptName. iOS adds a few additional fonts: \* KhmerSangamMN \* DamascusLight \* LaoSangamMN \* AppleSDGothicNeo-UltraLight \* KohinoorDevanagari-Light \* KohinoorDevanagari-Medium \* KohinoorDevanagari-Book Sets a button text to use Courier: ``` xojo Var courier As New iOSFont("Courier", 18) Button1.TextFont = courier ```

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iOSFont.ItalicSystemFont **ItalicSystemFont**(size As `Double` = 0) As iOSFont Gets the italic system font at the specified point size. This method is `shared`. Sets a Label to use a large system italic font: ``` xojo Label1.TextFont = iOSFont.ItalicSystemFont(48) ```

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iOSFont.SmallSystemFontSize **SmallSystemFontSize** As `Double` Gets the small system font point size. Use this to provide the size parameter to BoldSystemFont, ItalicSystemFont and SystemFont to get those fonts in the small size. This method is `shared`. ``` xojo Label1.TextFont = iOSFont.SystemFont(iOSFont.SmallSystemFontSize) ```

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iOSFont.SystemFont **SystemFont**(size As `Double` = 0) As iOSFont Gets the system font. This method is `shared`. ``` xojo Label1.TextFont = iOSFont.SystemFont(48) ```

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iOSFont.SystemFontSize **SystemFontSize** As `Double` Gets the system font size. This method is `shared`. ``` xojo Label1.TextFont = iOSFont.ItalicSystemFont(iOSFont.SystemFontSize) ``` ## Notes Notes You can find a list of fonts available on iOS devices at [iOSFonts.com](http://iosfonts.com/). ## Compatibility iOS projects on the iOS operating system. ## See also `Object` parent class; `MobileButton`, `MobileTextField`, `MobileTextArea` controls; `iOSGraphics` class