FormatType

Usage

• FormatType is an option for output streams, graphics and functions such as Text which specifies the default format type to use when outputting expressions.

Notes

• Standard values for FormatType are given in the notes for Format.

• SetOptions[stream, FormatType -> type] resets the format type for an open stream.

• For graphics functions the default option setting is FormatType :> $FormatType.

• For graphics functions box-based format types such as StandardForm and TraditionalForm can be used only when a notebook front end is present.

• See Section 2.10.15 and Section 2.12.3.

• See also: TextStyle, LanguageCategory.

• New in Version 1; modified in 3.

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