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diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/font.tex b/docs/latex/wx/font.tex
index 7fa1453b5ae7e124de8f0a6a6f01cadf7b660c3a..db5d0a0d6792ed7c39c606a52a50bf7c97474b97 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/font.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/font.tex
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ A font is an object which determines the appearance of text. Fonts are
 used for drawing text to a device context, and setting the appearance of
 a window's text.
 
+You can retrieve the current system font settings with \helpref{wxSystemSettings}{wxsystemsettings}.
+
+\helpref{wxSystemSettings}{wxsystemsettings}
+
 \wxheading{Derived from}
 
 \helpref{wxGDIObject}{wxgdiobject}\\
@@ -15,6 +19,34 @@ a window's text.
 
 \wxheading{Constants}
 
+The font flags which can be used during the font creation are:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+enum
+{
+    // no special flags: font with default weight/slant/anti-aliasing
+    wxFONTFLAG_DEFAULT          = 0,
+
+    // slant flags (default: no slant)
+    wxFONTFLAG_ITALIC           = 1 << 0,
+    wxFONTFLAG_SLANT            = 1 << 1,
+
+    // weight flags (default: medium)
+    wxFONTFLAG_LIGHT            = 1 << 2,
+    wxFONTFLAG_BOLD             = 1 << 3,
+
+    // anti-aliasing flag: force on or off (default: the current system default)
+    wxFONTFLAG_ANTIALIASED      = 1 << 4,
+    wxFONTFLAG_NOT_ANTIALIASED  = 1 << 5,
+
+    // underlined/strikethrough flags (default: no lines)
+    wxFONTFLAG_UNDERLINED       = 1 << 6,
+    wxFONTFLAG_STRIKETHROUGH    = 1 << 7,
+};
+\end{verbatim}
+
+The known font encodings are:
+
 \begin{verbatim}
 enum wxFontEncoding
 {
@@ -92,7 +124,7 @@ wxSWISS\_FONT}
 
 \helpref{wxFont overview}{wxfontoverview}, \helpref{wxDC::SetFont}{wxdcsetfont},\rtfsp
 \helpref{wxDC::DrawText}{wxdcdrawtext}, \helpref{wxDC::GetTextExtent}{wxdcgettextextent},\rtfsp
-\helpref{wxFontDialog}{wxfontdialog}
+\helpref{wxFontDialog}{wxfontdialog}, \helpref{wxSystemSettings}{wxsystemsettings}
 
 \latexignore{\rtfignore{\wxheading{Members}}}
 
@@ -103,7 +135,7 @@ wxSWISS\_FONT}
 Default constructor.
 
 \func{}{wxFont}{\param{int}{ pointSize}, \param{int}{ family}, \param{int}{ style}, \param{int}{ weight},
- \param{const bool}{ underline = FALSE}, \param{const wxString\& }{faceName = ""},
+ \param{const bool}{ underline = false}, \param{const wxString\& }{faceName = ""},
  \param{wxFontEncoding }{encoding = wxFONTENCODING\_DEFAULT}}
 
 Creates a font object (see \helpref{font encoding
@@ -129,7 +161,7 @@ overview}{wxfontencodingoverview} for the meaning of the last parameter).
 
 \docparam{weight}{One of {\bf wxNORMAL}, {\bf wxLIGHT} and {\bf wxBOLD}.}
 
-\docparam{underline}{The value can be TRUE or FALSE. At present this has an effect on Windows only.}
+\docparam{underline}{The value can be true or false. At present this has an effect on Windows and Motif 2.x only.}
 
 \docparam{faceName}{An optional string specifying the actual typeface to be used. If the empty string,
 a default typeface will chosen based on the family.}
@@ -144,7 +176,7 @@ is the encoding set by calls to
 say, KOI8 to create all fonts by default with KOI8 encoding. Initially, the
 default application encoding is the same as default system encoding.}
 \twocolitem{{\bf wxFONTENCODING\_ISO8859\_1...15}}{ISO8859 encodings.}
-\twocolitem{{\bf wxFONTENCODING\_KOI8}}{The standard russian encoding for Internet.}
+\twocolitem{{\bf wxFONTENCODING\_KOI8}}{The standard Russian encoding for Internet.}
 \twocolitem{{\bf wxFONTENCODING\_CP1250...1252}}{Windows encodings similar to ISO8859 (but not identical).}
 \end{twocollist}
 If the specified encoding isn't available, no font is created.
@@ -153,7 +185,7 @@ If the specified encoding isn't available, no font is created.
 \wxheading{Remarks}
 
 If the desired font does not exist, the closest match will be chosen.
-Under Windows, only scaleable TrueType fonts are used.
+Under Windows, only scalable TrueType fonts are used.
 
 See also \helpref{wxDC::SetFont}{wxdcsetfont}, \helpref{wxDC::DrawText}{wxdcdrawtext}
 and \helpref{wxDC::GetTextExtent}{wxdcgettextextent}.
@@ -174,11 +206,18 @@ the application should try to clean up all fonts itself. This is because
 wxWindows cannot know if a pointer to the font object is stored in an
 application data structure, and there is a risk of double deletion.
 
+\membersection{wxFont::IsFixedWidth}\label{wxfontisfixedwidth}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{IsFixedWidth}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if the font is a fixed width (or monospaced) font, 
+{\tt false} if it is a proportional one or font is invalid.
+
 \membersection{wxFont::GetDefaultEncoding}\label{wxfontgetdefaultencoding}
 
 \func{static wxFontEncoding}{GetDefaultEncoding}{\void}
 
-Returns the current applications default encoding.
+Returns the current application's default encoding.
 
 \wxheading{See also}
 
@@ -243,7 +282,7 @@ styles.
 
 \constfunc{bool}{GetUnderlined}{\void}
 
-Returns TRUE if the font is underlined, FALSE otherwise.
+Returns true if the font is underlined, false otherwise.
 
 \wxheading{See also}
 
@@ -260,6 +299,12 @@ weight identifiers.
 
 \helpref{wxFont::SetWeight}{wxfontsetweight}
 
+\membersection{wxFont::Ok}\label{wxfontok}
+
+\constfunc{bool}{Ok}{\void}
+
+Returns {\tt true} if this object is a valid font, {\tt false} otherwise.
+
 \membersection{wxFont::SetDefaultEncoding}\label{wxfontsetdefaultencoding}
 
 \func{static void}{SetDefaultEncoding}{\param{wxFontEncoding }{encoding}}
@@ -361,7 +406,7 @@ Sets underlining.
 
 \wxheading{Parameters}
 
-\docparam{underlining}{TRUE to underline, FALSE otherwise.}
+\docparam{underlining}{true to underline, false otherwise.}
 
 \wxheading{See also}
 
@@ -404,4 +449,3 @@ fail the test.
 Inequality operator. Two fonts are not equal if they contain pointers
 to different underlying font data. It does not compare each attribute.
 
-