Change font in Qt application

21 Sep
2009

Article Metadata

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Tested with

Devices(s): Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

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Compatibility

Platform(s): Symbian^1,Symbian^3

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Article

Keywords: Font

Created: savaj (12 Jun 2009)

Last edited: savaj (22 Oct 2011)

Overview

This code example shows how to change font of application an in Qt. This is done by setting the desired font QFont using QApplication::setFont().

This snippet can be self-signed.

Preconditions

• Install Qt SDK

Headers required

#include <QFont>

Source

		//specify a  new font.
		QFont newFont("Courier", 8, QFont::Bold, true);
		//set font of application
		QApplication::setFont(newFont);

Postconditions

The code snippet is expected to show font "Courier" on application.

Font Courier (Bold and Italic)



After changing font to Times

External links

• QFont

Internal Links

• How to use QFontComboBox

Code Example

• File:QtChangeFont.zip shows how you can change text from font Courier to font Times from the menu. The example is tested on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.