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Mathematica > Notebooks and Documents > Notebook Formatting & Styling > Text Styling >
Font Options
Mathematica allows full control of fonts, not only in ordinary text but also in typeset structures, graphics and user interface elements. All features of fonts can be accessed programmatically, using symbolic specifications.
Style create output with styling options
Basic Settings
Bold  ▪ Italic  ▪ Plain  ▪ Underlined
Large  ▪ Small  ▪ Tiny  ▪ Larger  ▪ Smaller
    
FontColor color of text
Background color of background
    
FontSize font size in absolute points, or relative to overall image size
Magnification overall magnification factor
    
FontFamily "Times", "Helvetica", etc.
Low-Level Control
    
    
Option Inspector set any option for a selection, cell, etc.
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