scaling property

Font.scaling property

Gets or sets character width scaling in percent.

@property
def scaling(self) -> int:
    ...

@scaling.setter
def scaling(self, value: int):
    ...

Examples

Shows how to set horizontal scaling and spacing for characters.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)

# Add run of text and increase character width to 150%.
builder.font.scaling = 150
builder.writeln("Wide characters")

# Add run of text and add 1pt of extra horizontal spacing between each character.
builder.font.spacing = 1
builder.writeln("Expanded by 1pt")

# Add run of text and bring characters closer together by 1pt.
builder.font.spacing = -1
builder.writeln("Condensed by 1pt")

doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + "Font.scaling_spacing.docx")

See Also

Font.position property Font.shading property