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<h1>CharacterStyle</h1>
<p> Extends <b><a href="../classes/PathStyle.html"><tt>PathStyle</tt></a></b></p>
<p>The CharacterStyle object represents the character style of a text
item (<a href="../classes/TextItem.html#characterstyle"><tt>textItem.characterStyle</tt></a>)</p>
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<b>Example</b>
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<pre class="code">var text = new PointText(new Point(50, 50));
text.content = 'Hello world.';
text.characterStyle = {
fontSize: 50,
fillColor: 'black',
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<div class="reference-members"><h2>Properties</h2>
<div id="font-member" class="member">
<div id="font-link" class="member-link">
<a name="font" href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('font', false);"><tt><b>font</b></tt></a>
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<div id="font-description" class="member-description hidden">
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<div class="member-title">
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<a href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('font', false);"><tt><b>font</b></tt></a>
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<p>The font of the character style.</p>
<ul><b>Default:</b>
<li>
<tt>'sans-serif'</tt>
</li>
</ul>
<ul><b>Type:</b>
<li>
<tt>String</tt>
</li>
</ul>
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<div id="fontsize-member" class="member">
<div id="fontsize-link" class="member-link">
<a name="fontsize" href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('fontsize', false);"><tt><b>fontSize</b></tt></a>
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<div id="fontsize-description" class="member-description hidden">
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<a href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('fontsize', false);"><tt><b>fontSize</b></tt></a>
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<p>The font size of the character style in points.</p>
<ul><b>Default:</b>
<li>
<tt>10</tt>
</li>
</ul>
<ul><b>Type:</b>
<li>
<tt>Number</tt>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="reference-members"><h2>Properties inherited from <a href="../classes/PathStyle.html"><tt>PathStyle</tt></a></h2>
<h3>Stroke Style</h3>
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<div id="strokecolor-link" class="member-link">
<a name="strokecolor" href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('strokecolor', false);"><tt><b>strokeColor</b></tt></a>
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<a href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('strokecolor', false);"><tt><b>strokeColor</b></tt></a>
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<p>The color of the stroke.</p>
<ul><b>Type:</b>
<li>
<a href="../classes/RgbColor.html"><tt>RgbColor</tt></a> / <a href="../classes/HsbColor.html"><tt>HsbColor</tt></a> / <a href="../classes/HslColor.html"><tt>HslColor</tt></a> / <a href="../classes/GrayColor.html"><tt>GrayColor</tt></a>
</li>
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<b>Example</b> — Setting the stroke color of a path:
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<script type="text/paperscript" canvas="canvas-0">
// Create a circle shaped path at { x: 80, y: 50 }
// with a radius of 35:
var circle = new Path.Circle(new Point(80, 50), 35);
// Set its stroke color to RGB red:
circle.strokeColor = new RgbColor(1, 0, 0);
</script>
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<div id="strokewidth-member" class="member">
<div id="strokewidth-link" class="member-link">
<a name="strokewidth" href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('strokewidth', false);"><tt><b>strokeWidth</b></tt></a>
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<div id="strokewidth-description" class="member-description hidden">
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<div class="member-title">
<div class="member-link">
<a href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('strokewidth', false);"><tt><b>strokeWidth</b></tt></a>
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<p>The width of the stroke.</p>
<ul><b>Default:</b>
<li>
<tt>1</tt>
</li>
</ul>
<ul><b>Type:</b>
<li>
<tt>Number</tt>
</li>
</ul>
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<b>Example</b> — Setting an item's stroke width:
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<script type="text/paperscript" canvas="canvas-1">
// Create a circle shaped path at { x: 80, y: 50 }
// with a radius of 35:
var circle = new Path.Circle(new Point(80, 50), 35);
// Set its stroke color to black:
circle.strokeColor = 'black';
// Set its stroke width to 10:
circle.strokeWidth = 10;
</script>
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<div id="strokecap-member" class="member">
<div id="strokecap-link" class="member-link">
<a name="strokecap" href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('strokecap', false);"><tt><b>strokeCap</b></tt></a>
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<div id="strokecap-description" class="member-description hidden">
<div class="member-header">
<div class="member-title">
<div class="member-link">
<a href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('strokecap', false);"><tt><b>strokeCap</b></tt></a>
</div>
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<p>The shape to be used at the end of open <a href="../classes/Path.html"><tt>Path</tt></a> items, when they
have a stroke.</p>
<ul><b>Default:</b>
<li>
<tt>'butt'</tt>
</li>
</ul>
<ul><b>Type:</b>
<li>
<tt>String('round', 'square', 'butt')</tt>
</li>
</ul>
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<b>Example</b> — A look at the different stroke caps:
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<script type="text/paperscript" canvas="canvas-2">
var line = new Path(new Point(80, 50), new Point(420, 50));
line.strokeColor = 'black';
line.strokeWidth = 20;
// Select the path, so we can see where the stroke is formed:
line.selected = true;
// Set the stroke cap of the line to be round:
line.strokeCap = 'round';
// Copy the path and set its stroke cap to be square:
var line2 = line.clone();
line2.position.y += 50;
line2.strokeCap = 'square';
// Make another copy and set its stroke cap to be butt:
var line2 = line.clone();
line2.position.y += 100;
line2.strokeCap = 'butt';
</script>
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<div id="strokejoin-member" class="member">
<div id="strokejoin-link" class="member-link">
<a name="strokejoin" href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('strokejoin', false);"><tt><b>strokeJoin</b></tt></a>
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<div class="member-header">
<div class="member-title">
<div class="member-link">
<a href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('strokejoin', false);"><tt><b>strokeJoin</b></tt></a>
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<p>The shape to be used at the corners of paths when they have a stroke.</p>
<ul><b>Default:</b>
<li>
<tt>'miter'</tt>
</li>
</ul>
<ul><b>Type:</b>
<li>
<tt>String</tt> ('miter', 'round', 'bevel')
</li>
</ul>
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<b>Example</b> — A look at the different stroke joins:
</p>
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<script type="text/paperscript" canvas="canvas-3">
var path = new Path();
path.add(new Point(80, 100));
path.add(new Point(120, 40));
path.add(new Point(160, 100));
path.strokeColor = 'black';
path.strokeWidth = 20;
// Select the path, so we can see where the stroke is formed:
path.selected = true;
var path2 = path.clone();
path2.position.x += path2.bounds.width * 1.5;
path2.strokeJoin = 'round';
var path3 = path2.clone();
path3.position.x += path3.bounds.width * 1.5;
path3.strokeJoin = 'bevel';
</script>
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<div id="dashoffset-member" class="member">
<div id="dashoffset-link" class="member-link">
<a name="dashoffset" href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('dashoffset', false);"><tt><b>dashOffset</b></tt></a>
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<div id="dashoffset-description" class="member-description hidden">
<div class="member-header">
<div class="member-title">
<div class="member-link">
<a href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('dashoffset', false);"><tt><b>dashOffset</b></tt></a>
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<p>The dash offset of the stroke.</p>
<ul><b>Default:</b>
<li>
<tt>0</tt>
</li>
</ul>
<ul><b>Type:</b>
<li>
<tt>Number</tt>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
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<div id="dasharray-member" class="member">
<div id="dasharray-link" class="member-link">
<a name="dasharray" href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('dasharray', false);"><tt><b>dashArray</b></tt></a>
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<div id="dasharray-description" class="member-description hidden">
<div class="member-header">
<div class="member-title">
<div class="member-link">
<a href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('dasharray', false);"><tt><b>dashArray</b></tt></a>
</div>
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<div class="member-close"><input type="button" value="Close" onClick="toggleMember('dasharray', false);"></div>
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<p>Specifies an array containing the dash and gap lengths of the stroke.</p>
<ul><b>Default:</b>
<li>
<tt>[]</tt>
</li>
</ul>
<ul><b>Type:</b>
<li>
<tt>Array</tt>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
<b>Example</b>
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<script type="text/paperscript" canvas="canvas-4">
var path = new Path.Circle(new Point(80, 50), 40);
path.strokeWidth = 2;
path.strokeColor = 'black';
// Set the dashed stroke to [10pt dash, 4pt gap]:
path.dashArray = [10, 4];
</script>
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<div id="miterlimit-member" class="member">
<div id="miterlimit-link" class="member-link">
<a name="miterlimit" href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('miterlimit', false);"><tt><b>miterLimit</b></tt></a>
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<div id="miterlimit-description" class="member-description hidden">
<div class="member-header">
<div class="member-title">
<div class="member-link">
<a href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('miterlimit', false);"><tt><b>miterLimit</b></tt></a>
</div>
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<div class="clear"></div>
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<p>The miter limit of the stroke.</p>
<p>When two line segments meet at a sharp angle and miter joins have been
specified for <a href="../classes/PathStyle.html#strokejoin" onclick="return toggleMember('strokejoin', true);"><tt>strokeJoin</tt></a>, it is possible for the miter to extend
far beyond the <a href="../classes/PathStyle.html#strokewidth" onclick="return toggleMember('strokewidth', true);"><tt>strokeWidth</tt></a> of the path. The miterLimit imposes a
limit on the ratio of the miter length to the <a href="../classes/PathStyle.html#strokewidth" onclick="return toggleMember('strokewidth', true);"><tt>strokeWidth</tt></a>.</p>
<ul><b>Default:</b>
<li>
<tt>10</tt>
</li>
</ul>
<ul><b>Type:</b>
<li>
<tt>Number</tt>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<h3>Fill Style</h3>
<div id="fillcolor-member" class="member">
<div id="fillcolor-link" class="member-link">
<a name="fillcolor" href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('fillcolor', false);"><tt><b>fillColor</b></tt></a>
</div>
<div id="fillcolor-description" class="member-description hidden">
<div class="member-header">
<div class="member-title">
<div class="member-link">
<a href="#" onClick="return toggleMember('fillcolor', false);"><tt><b>fillColor</b></tt></a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="member-close"><input type="button" value="Close" onClick="toggleMember('fillcolor', false);"></div>
<div class="clear"></div>
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<div class="member-text">
<p>The fill color.</p>
<ul><b>Type:</b>
<li>
<a href="../classes/RgbColor.html"><tt>RgbColor</tt></a> / <a href="../classes/HsbColor.html"><tt>HsbColor</tt></a> / <a href="../classes/HslColor.html"><tt>HslColor</tt></a> / <a href="../classes/GrayColor.html"><tt>GrayColor</tt></a>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
<b>Example</b> — Setting the fill color of a path to red:
</p>
<div class="paperscript split">
<div class="button">Run</div>
<script type="text/paperscript" canvas="canvas-5">
// Create a circle shaped path at { x: 80, y: 50 }
// with a radius of 35:
var circle = new Path.Circle(new Point(80, 50), 35);
// Set the fill color of the circle to RGB red:
circle.fillColor = new RgbColor(1, 0, 0);
</script>
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