responseFontStyle attribute

Member of

<likert> <openended> <sliderTrial> <survey> <checkboxes> <dropdown> <image> <listbox> <radioButtons> <slider> <textbox> <surveyPage>

Syntax

/ responseFontStyle = (name, height, bold, italic, underline, strikeout, quality, characterset)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	expression	A string indicating the name of the font. The name can hold several font names separated by commas as a fallback in case the system doesn't support the first font.
height	expression	Optional. An integer that specifies the height of the font in points (default), pixels, or percent.
bold	boolean	Optional. Indicates whether the font should be bold.
italic	boolean	Optional. Indicates whether the font should be italic.
underline	boolean	Optional. Indicates whether the font should underlined.
strikeout	boolean	Optional. Indicates whether the font should appear with a strikeout line.
quality	integer	Optional. An integer ranging from 1 to 5 indicating the font quality. 5 is the best quality (ClearType).
characterset	integer	An integer indicating the character set code.

Remarks

The font can be set for the entire survey, or for a particular page, with the page setting overriding the survey settings. Individual items may have additional font settings that will override this font style.

The font can be set for an openended free recall response.

Inquisit provides an easy to use font picker dialog to set this attribute. To use the font picker, 1) move the cursor to where you want to insert the the font attribute, 2) open the Insert menu, and 3) select "Font...". Once you have selected the desired font settings in the Font Wizard dialog, select OK and the font attribute and appropriate settings will automatically be inserted in your script at the cursor location.

Examples

The following sets the default font for the edit control of a textbox survey item to text in 2 inch Courier New font:

<textbox q1>
/ responseFontStyle = ("Courier New", 2in, false, false, false)
/ caption = ("Enter the first three words that pop into your head.")
</textbox>

The following sets the font for the options of a checkbox survey item to an 8 point Courier New font:

<checkboxes q1>
/ responseFontStyle = ("Courier New", 8pt, false, false, true)
/ caption = ("Check all that apply.")
/ options=("I am a US citizen.", "I have never been convicted of a felony")
</checkboxes>

The following sets the default survey response font to 14pt Arial bold:

<survey somesurvey>
/ responseFontStyle = ("Arial", 14pt, true)
/ pages = (1=p1; 2=p2; 3=p3)
</survey>

The following sets the default survey response font to Arial bold and sets the height to 5% of the screen height:

<survey somesurvey>
/ responseFontStyle = ("Arial", 10%, true)
/ pages = (1=p1; 2=p2; 3=p3)
</survey>

The following sets the default response font for a particular survey page to italic Tahoma font, 25 pixels high:

<surveypage page1>
/ responseFontStyle = ("Tahoma", 25px, false, true)
/ questions = (1=q1; 2=q2; 3=q3)
</surveypage>

The following sets the default font for the edit control of an openended trial to text in 12 point Courier New font:

<openended q1>
/ responseFontStyle = ("Courier New", 12pt, false, false, false)
/ stimulusTimes = [0=somecaption]
</openended>