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BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
FontFamily
FontFamily
is an option for Style and Cell that specifies the font family in which text should be rendered.
Details
- The default is FontFamily->"Courier". Other common choices are
and 
. - Mathematica will combine settings for FontFamily, FontWeight, FontSlant, FontTracking, and sometimes FontSize to construct a complete name for the font you want. It will then use this name, together with any settings you have specified for
and 
, to try to locate an appropriate font on your particular computer system. - When generating PostScript output on a printer or otherwise, settings you give for
are typically used in preference to other font specifications. - Mathematica will try making replacements for the font family name that you specify with the option FontSubstitutions.
- Mathematica by default uses heuristics such as translating
to 
for appropriate computer systems.
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