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ID	...	Creation date	June 12, 2009
Platform	S60 3rd Edition, FP1, FP2 S60 5th Edition	Tested on devices	Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Category	Qt for Symbian	Subcategory

Keywords (APIs, classes, methods, functions): QApplication::setFont(), QApplication::font()

Overview

This code snippets shows how to change font of application in Qt. API QApplication::setFont() will set the font of application, and it take QFont as parameter. so normally we need to specify font using QFont API.

This snippet can be self-signed. As it does not use any API which require developer/certified signing.

Preconditions

• Download and Install latest version Qt for Symbian - Installation packages which has links on how to install the latest version

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: QFont reference

Internal Links

• How to use QFontComboBox

Code Example

• The Code Example will show font Courier and you can change it to Times from menu. The example is tested on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.